
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!
HSECA PROGRAMS
SPRING OPEN HOUSE
INFORMATION
Diagnostic and Therapeutic Programs
Tuesday March 12, 2019
5:30PM - 7:00PM
Grand Rapids Downtown Market
Entrance - 109 Logan St. SW
BioMedical Program
Saturday March 9, 2019
11AM - 1:00PM
GVSU Cook DeVos Health Professions Building
301 Michigan NE
Room 477
HSECA Students Bring Home the Gold
At HOSA Regional Competition
8 - Gold Medal 1st Place
4 - Silver Medal 2nd Place
3 - Bronze Medal 3rd Place
13 - Top Ten Place
See the full list of awards on our HOSA webpage.
Contact us at 616.447.5671
or email hseca@kentisd.org
The Health Sciences Early College Academy program was featured on theMaranda Where You Live television show!