? Volunteer for community activities. ? Sign up for health-related courses. ? Read the current health care news. ? Community volunteers pay attention to special community activities that you can voluntarily participate in, such as blood donation activities and health fairs. Your high school students' self-government, science society and parents' meeting may also hold health-related activities. Many health fairs publicize specific diseases such as diabetes, hypertension and hepatitis B to community members. In these community health activities, you can actively educate others. You will not only learn more about the disease itself, but also gain experience in patient education, which is a skill that premedical students need as future doctors.
You can now begin to understand how the cultural and social environment affects individuals' ability to live a healthier life. There are other opportunities in the community to serve specific patient groups. For example, you may meet breast cancer patients and survivors in a walking marathon. Some preparatory students who are interested in neurology volunteer to help people with special needs in school and after-school programs.
Other popular volunteer opportunities include coaching the Special Olympics team, working with disease support groups, and volunteering in the activities of medical non-profit organizations. Volunteer service in health-centered community activities will provide you with experience in public health, community health and health education.
? Register health-related courses and make full use of health-related courses in high schools and local universities. Although it is important for high school preparatory students to study rigorous science courses to help them prepare for college, you can also challenge your studies by studying medical-related courses (such as anatomy and human nutrition). With the vigorous development of virtual education, many universities and medical schools offer free health care courses to the public. For example, some preparatory high school students take public health or infectious diseases courses. These courses provide students with the basis of epidemiology and public health principles.
You can also gain clinical skills through CPR and basic life support courses. These practical courses will provide you with medical skills to deal with emergencies. These courses will also help you meet the future requirements for nurses and lifeguards.
? Reading Current Health News An easy way to learn about medicine is to read current health news, which students studying in the United States need to know. Turn to your local and national news sources and you will usually find a healthy section. You can know what is happening in the medical field by reading headline articles regularly, and then learn more about the topics you are interested in. News articles can provide you with ideas about courses, university majors, extracurricular activities and research.
Enjoy the career of exploring medicine. Medicine is becoming more and more interdisciplinary, so if you are also interested in art, computer science or public policy, you can pursue a career that combines medicine with one or more other fields. In fact, interdisciplinary ideas have been integrated, and the medical association has made great progress!