Middle/High School Students

CATCH Academy or Community Approach to Careers in Health is a longitudinal exploration for high school students during their sophomore/junior years of high school. The Academy begins with a week long intensive program of introduction into health careers and leadership training on the UTHSCSA campus. Students are exposed to the Allied Health careers by faculty and currently enrolled Allied Health students. Additionally, each student group is required to select a community project that promotes health and wellness throughout their home campuses as well as establish a Health Careers Club in their school to promote health professions as careers. Sponsored by the South Central AHEC and assisted by the School of Allied Health Sciences, the CATCH Academy has been in place since the summer of 2005.

The Youth Health Service Corps is a program for 9th and 10th grade students interested in health careers. The program trains students for the volunteer setting and encourages them to be active in their community by providing community service at selected agencies. Students are recognized for their efforts and qualify for scholarships.

Doug Bearden teaches South San Antonio High School students about Clinical Laboratory Sciences at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.

HOPE
Health Occupations Planning Exposition (HOPE). This program is a one-day event; the morning is reserved for junior high school students and the afternoon is reserved for high school students. The goal of the program is to develop and reinforce existing interests in health care professions. The event allows students to attend lectures on health careers, visit with health professionals, participate in hands-on activities and obtain information on the various health care professions.

ACT/SAT Workshops
These are one-day workshops designed to help students prepare for college entrance exams. The workshops offer guidance & instruction on verbal & mathematical skills.

Summer Biomedical Enrichment Program
This program involves a one-week visit to the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. The junior and senior students rotate through the different departments of the University, are given hands-on experiences and interact with the medical school’s professional faculty. The program has been enhanced to provide an opportunity for students to participate intensively in a science research project as part of their high school curriculum.

AHEC Academy
This program is a one-week summer program for high school students. The program’s goal is to provide sixty hours of training that will prepare high school junior and senior students for the school-to-college/career process. Training is provided in the areas of personal skills assessment; academic awareness; standardized testing preparation; health care exploration; college search, application & portfolio creation; and college survival skills.

Current Health Professionals ▪ College/Health Professions Students
Middle/High School Students ▪ Elementary Students