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Medical Science Academy

Beverly Hills High School

The Medical Science Academy is a 3-year multi-disciplinary program incorporating college preparatory academics, leadership and service for college and career preparedness.

Academics: Introduction to Medical Science, Honors Biotechnology and Honors Biomedical Innovations are UC approved Laboratory science courses.  Intro to Med Science incorporates clinical content involving patients and the healthcare field and it fulfills the Health Education Graduation requirement. In Honors Biotechnology students learn lab skills and are exposed to the possibilities in medial research.   In Honors Biomedical Innovations, students design innovative solutions for the most pressing health challenges of the 21st century.   

Leadership: MSA students hold leadership positions that engage our local medical community within our school environment and students create school events related to the medical field. 

Service: All MSA students have the opportunity to volunteer at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Student experience real-life scenarios within a large healthcare facility.  

 The Medical Science Academy strongly emphasizes high standards of professionalism especially when volunteering with patients at Cedars.   

In addition, the program may offer the opportunity for students to be involved in internships, conferences, field trips and guest speakers from the Medical and Science community.

The Medical Science Academy was implemented in the Fall of 2012.  Over the years the Coordinator of MSA, Colleen Lynch, has carefully selected and continues to improve curriculum and experiences that exposes students to a wide variety of clinical and laboratory content, techniques and skills within the medical field.  Additionally, the MSA program continues to build relationships with our local medical community which may offer students unique experiences within the medical field.