Designed to introduce youth to health careers, this three-week camp experience educates participants about the roles and responsibilities of health care professionals in various medical fields. Scripps Family Medicine residents provide a variety of opportunities for participants, such as hands-on activities with health professionals, tours of hospital departments, and presentations on specific health careers and issues. 

This six-week camp exposes high school sophomores and juniors to health careers and fosters leadership skills and college preparedness. Weekly themes include Primary Care, Health and Wellness, Public Health, Disease and Prevention, Leaders of Tomorrow, and College Readiness. Activities include opportunities for hands-on interactions with health professionals, mentoring and clinical shadowing, tours of hospitals and community health clinics, and theme-related workshops. The camp is a collaboration with Scripps Family Medicine Residency Program in partnership with UCSD School of Medicine.

Designed to help high school students set a course for a successful health care career, the program pairs participants with various health and social service professionals for hourly sessions twice weekly for five weeks in the hospital setting. Students experience a variety of roles and responsibilities in various departments and learn first-hand about various career paths. Family medicine residents are mentors for this program and meet with students weekly. Students also shadow residents during rounds and throughout the experience. 

Family medicine residents help pique student interest in pursuing a health care career by exposing them to 80 or more health professions and tours of hospital departments. 

Health care professionals — such as medical residents, dietitians, nurses and doctors — enlighten students on health care careers and health-related topics. Interactive sessions include Nursing 101, Doc 101, Health and Nutrition, Stroke Prevention, Breast Health, Teen Pregnancy, Substance Abuse, STDs, Health Professions 101, and Mental Health Issues that Impact High School Students. Students receive health career resources that include information on education requirements, scholarships and financing for college. 

Students have an opportunity to observe such elective surgeries as total knee and hip replacements, interact with the surgeons and other operating room staff members, and ask on-the-spot questions during the surgery. 

Two health clinics established at Palomar and Southwest High School allow medical residents to gain additional skills in adolescent medicine and for youth to gain the knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary to pursue health careers. At the clinics, which are designed by students, family medicine residents and faculty based on youth needs assessment surveys, residents and students interact twice per week.