High School Outreach Program

A team of medical scientists, including a School of Medical Sciences academic as well as post-doctoral researchers and higher degree research (HDR) and honours students, will showcase a real-world medical research problem relevant to the stage 6 curriculum.

Students will have the opportunity to network with University of Sydney students and discover what studying at the university is like.

Stage 5 students will visit the University of Sydney Westmead campus for a day of neuroscience, medical and nursing student training activities. This includes:

• a guided tour through Westmead Hospital and the new, state-of-the-art teaching spaces, 
• an interactive lecture, 
• neuroscience workshops, and 
• virtual reality simulation demonstrations.

Morning tea and lunch are provided.

Stage 6 students will visit the University of Sydney Camperdown campus for a 'day in the life of a University of Sydney Undergraduate student'. This includes:

• a guided tour through the Camperdown campus, 
• a traditional lecture in the Charles Perkins Centre (CPC), 
• a hands-on practical class in the cutting-edge CPC X lab, and
• activities in the Ainsworth Interactive Collection of Medical Pathology (Pathology Musuem).

Morning tea and lunch are provided.

A selected number of stage 6 students are invited to a special seminar given by a high-profile medical scientist followed by lunch with the speaker. Speakers have included Professors Sharon Lewin (AO) and Edward Holmes (FRS).

Stage 6 extension science students will attend a day-long camp to learn techniques to analyse large datasets.