The Excellence in Learning program helps high school students cultivate skills for an ongoing and independent style of rigorous learning. For the 2025 session, the selected participants will attend the Tomorrow's Health Care Experts: Future Leaders in Medicine Youth Summit. Students are exposed to patient-based learning, interactive simulation activities, and more.
The program exists through a partnership between the MU School of Medicine, the MU School of Health Professions, the Washington University School of Medicine, and participating St. Louis high schools.
After the Saturday Scholars program at Washington University, selected students and one teacher from each school are invited to visit our Columbia campus for an intensive one-day medical education experience.
What to Expect
The Excellence in Learning program will be held on April 5, 2025, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., in conjunction with the T.H.E. Future Leaders in Medicine Youth Summit.
- Interactions with health care professionals
- Pre-College Advising
- Clinical Simulations
- Exposure to Mizzou Med
- Patient-Based Learning
Sample Program Schedule
Saturday, April 5, 2025
- Leave St. Louis Saturday Morning
- Arrive to Columbia
- Breakfast and Welcome
- Introduction to Patient-Based Learning
- Future Leaders in Medicine Youth Summit
- Keynote
- Breakout Sessions
- Lunch
- Closing
- Leave for St. Louis
- Arrive in St. Louis
How to Apply
Students participating in Washington University’s Saturday Scholars Program (SSP) will be invited to apply. Based on their high school teachers' recommendations and SSP attendance, they will be accepted and invited to join Excellence in Learning.
