Discover your future in medicine and health

This immersive, 10-day course introduces students to the interconnected world of modern medicine — from the first response in an emergency to the public health systems that safeguard entire populations. Through lectures, guest speakers, and hands-on simulations, students will experience the full spectrum of healthcare roles and gain insight into how care is coordinated across disciplines.

By the end of the course, participants will understand not only how health professionals treat individuals but also how their collective efforts sustain community health.

Program details

Course Code: PREC.605
Prerequisites: None
Instructor: Caison Warner Ph.D.
Method: Commuter (Silicon Valley)
Dates: July 6– 17, 2026
Times: 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday
Cost: $2,500

Topics

  • Guest lectures in public health, emergency medicine, nursing, clinical laboratory science, surgery, pediatrics, psychiatry, and palliative care
  • How professionals from EMTs to physicians coordinate patient care from crisis to recovery.
  • The continuum of medicine: from outbreak response and diagnostics to ethics, empathy, and community health.
  • Outbreak investigation, mock triage, scribe role-play, nursing skill lab (vitals, IVs, medication basics), and diagnostic case simulation.
  • Lab work: mock blood draws, PCR demonstration, bacterial susceptibility testing, and data interpretation.
  • Trace a patient case through stages of the healthcare system, integrating insights from each role.
  Sample Schedule
Day 1 Public Health: The Foundation of Care
Day 2 Stability and Transport: EMT & Paramedic Roles
Day 3 Intake and the Front Line: MA, Medical Scribes
Day 4 Nursing: Nurse Practitioners + Physicians Assistants
Day 5 The Doctor’s Perspective
Day 6 Phlebotomy and Clinical Laboratory Science
Maybe Pharmacy
Day 7 Health Research
Day 8 Surgery and Other Specialities
Day 9 Hospice and Palliative Care
Day 10 Connecting It All: From Patient to Population
  Final Team Presentations to peers, instructors, and guests: Case findings linking individual patient care to population-level health outcome

Course Instructor

Caison Warner, Instructor, Pre-College Premed

Caison Warner    
Ph.D. Candidate, UC Santa Cruz

Caison Warner is a doctoral candidate in Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology at UC Santa Cruz. His research on toxin-antitoxin systems in E. coli contributes to understanding bacterial persistence, antibiotic resistance, and potential medical applications. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Neuroscience and has published work on antibiotic resistance genes, plasmid biology, and Wolbachia-based strategies for controlling vector-borne diseases. Caison has taught and assisted in medically relevant courses, including Functional Anatomy, Cadaver Lab, Molecular Biology, Experimental Biology, and Psychopathology. He mentors students in genomic analysis and bioinformatics, particularly projects involving antibiotic resistance and gene targets related to bacterial toxins. His experience spans molecular techniques, microbiology, bioinformatics, and high-performance computing—skills widely used in modern biomedical research. He has also contributed to public health-related symposiums and outreach while maintaining leadership roles in university programs that support future scientists and healthcare professionals.