About Health Sciences Early College Academy

Get real healthcare experience and free college credit in actual healthcare settings! You could be on your way to becoming a geneticist, biomedical engineer, doctor or whatever healthcare career is right for you. If you'll be a high school junior or senior with a minimum 3.0 GPA and some math and science background, this could be just the program for you.

Biomedical Technology - GVSU's Cook-DeVos Center

• Dig into cell structure and function while working in a GVSU lab
• Isolate DNA and study new technologies in genetics using elecrophoresis
• Mutate, grow and study micro-organisms for pharmaceutical use

Diagnostic Healthcare Professions - Downtown Market

• Perform live blood draws
• Practice diagnostic tests using sonography and electrocardiograph equipment

• Perform microbiology to grow and study bacteria and learn about new suberbugs

Therapeutic Healthcare Professions - Downtown Market

• Check patient vital signs including blood pressure, pulse and respiration
• Develop a care plan for an actual patient by interacting with them and reviewing their chart 

• Practice wound care and put casts on "patients," place and remove sutures and staples

Key Highlights for all Locations
 

• Enroll in college and participate in college coursework, while you're still in high school
• Earn up to 7 free college credits each year - up to 14 credits after two years!