Office of Recruitment and Science Outreach

Get Connected at Any Level

Whether you’re in high school or already at the collegiate level,
we have resources to help you explore a career in the health sciences and get to know UT Health San Antonio.

We welcome students, who are 16-18 or who are in college, to campus for in-person educational activities,  or to volunteer or work in our research labs. We strongly encourage the students to be fully vaccinated before they come onto campus.  If they are not vaccinated,  we will offer vaccinations through our hub if students are planning to stay on campus longer than 30 days. Please click on programs tab for more information.

Please consider watching these resource videos regarding best practices for becoming the very best student you possibly can be!

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Don’t SugarCoat Diabetes Interactive Sessions (DSD). The Don’t sugarcoat Diabetes project is a community service-learning project and initiative that has been going on since 2016. It has been led by healthcare professions students with the goal of educating you about diabetes, its risk factors, and prevention. This session will consist of a Powerpoint with interactive activities and games embedded  keep students engaged while learning important concepts, delivered at your school by LOM medical students.  There will be a brief pre and post surveys for all attendees to measure the knowledge gained from attending our seminar with incentives for participation.   If you are a Northside ISD or Northeast ISD school, please select a Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday afternoon between September 8th and December 17th. If you are a San Antonio ISD, Southside ISD, Harlandale ISD, South San Antonio ISD, and Edgewood ISD school, please select a Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday morning between September 8th and December 17th.

Diabetes affects so many people in our world today, so our professional students hope to educate our community to prevent this disease and make our society healthier! To sign up for DSD sessions, please complete the following form.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DSDFall2025

Health Professions Recruitment and Exposure Program (HPREP) is a graduate student-led initiative, officially approved as a Community Engaged Learning (CEL) project, designed to serve as a pipeline for high school students in San Antonio by providing early exposure to healthcare careers through interactive workshops. The goal is to help address the shortage of healthcare professionals in South Texas by building awareness and interest early on. This is designed for High School Students who are 11th-12th graders (40-60 returning for repeated sessions). Orientation Session is set for December 6, 2025. Workshop sessions will be December 13, 2025, January 10, 2026, and January 17, 2026. Ideally, a group would register through their teacher, who would commit to bringing the groups to campus for all four sessions. However, individuals can register as well, if they can commit to attending all four sessions. Each workshop date will feature three different health profession programs, each leading a 55-minute session (roughly 15–20 minutes for teaching a key concept or career pathway, and 35–40 minutes for an interactive activity). At any given time, each workshop will host 15–20 students, for a total of about 40–60 students participating overall.

Please register with the form below:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/HPREP25-26

DOCTORS OF TOMORROW. Our Medical Student Led Campus Visit Project called the Doctor’s of Tomorrow was a huge success last school year, so we are offering it again this Fall. These events will occur on Sept. 12, Sept. 23, October 7, October 14th and November 4th. Please sign up your class, as soon as you can to join us from 9am-12noon. This is an immersive experience for high school students at our medical school campus. Our goal is to expose students to the field of medicine and public health through interactive activities, admissions presentations, and a guided campus tour. These visits are being coordinated by the ORSO office, but will be led by medical students. It is a unique opportunity for your students to learn all about medical school from medical students directly. There are limited spots and a maximum of 90 students, from a max of 3 schools, can attend each event.

Please sign up using this specific form:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/N2BVGMZ

Given the success of last year’s event, we are excited to have this program once again! Brain and Eye day is coming soon! Brain and Eye Day for High School Students is a one day program hosted by Medical Students at the Long School of Medicine. Classes will rotate between five stations including Eye Anatomy, Brain Anatomy, Eye Diseases, Brain Diseases, and Mental Health. Students will participate in hands-on activities such as learning through models, dissections, and games. This program aims to increase student knowledge and awareness of common neurological disease processes and promote the importance of maintaining one’s brain and eye health. Again, this is for high school students, and it is preferred for teachers to register groups as a class. It will happen on January 16th from 9:30am-12:30pm. We have limited number of slots so please consider signing your group up soon via the survey below.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BEDay2026