Medi-Futures FAU general overview
Medi-Futures FAU students hear from South Florida based healthcare professionals.
The Medi-Futures Program is a virtual shadowing program in which shadowing presentations are delivered via Zoom. Through Medi-Futures, pre-health students have the opportunity to interact with healthcare professionals within various careers and specialties as they dive deep into their path to healthcare, education, and lifestyle, along with diseases, treatments, research, and patient cases relevant to their field.
Flexible Attendance Options
The flexibility of Medi-Futures brings shadowing to students. Participants have the option to view shadowing presentations live via zoom at a scheduled time or via presentation recordings at a time convenient for them.
Earn Virtual Shadowing Hours and/or A Certificate
Medi-Futures offers 40 presentations each fall and spring semester, and 18 presentations each summer semester. As a part of Medi-Futures, participants are added to a Canvas page to view presentations and to complete the associated quizzes (worth 1 point each). Each quiz point earned equates to 1 virtual shadowing hour!
Students interested in earning a Medi-Futures certificate are required to view all presentations scheduled for the semester in which they are participating; in a fall or spring semester, a certificate equals 40 virtual shadowing hours; in a summer semester, a certificate equals 18 virtual shadowing hours.
Though we encourage participants to aim for a certificate, we understand not all students have the time to dedicate to viewing 40 presentations; a certificate is not required for virtual shadowing hours to be earned. For students who complete less than 40 presentations and quizzes, virtual shadowing hours are still earned and they can be verified by our team for application purposes. For example, if you view 14 presentations and earn 14 points from corresponding quizzes, you have earned 14 virtual shadowing hours!
Medi-Futures FAU Spring 2025
Program Dates and Schedule
Medi-Futures Spring 2025 will take place from January 30th to March 18th.
The Spring 2025 session is 7 weeks in duration, and it will include live Zoom presentations every Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday (participants have the option to attend live zoom presentations or to view presentation recordings later in the week).
Participants will shadow 40 healthcare professionals within various specialties via Zoom; therefore, up to 40 virtual shadowing hours and/or a certificate may be earned upon program completion.
Registration Information
Registration for the Spring 2025 session will open on Monday, January 6th at 8am EST and it will close on Friday, January 24th at 11:59pm EST. There is no registration limit on the number of FAU students who can participate – as long as students register before the deadline, they may participate this semester. Students interested in registering must be affiliated with Florida Atlantic University (i.e. current student, recent graduate, etc.).
We offer flexible attendance options, including synchronous and asynchronous participation, so participants are not required to attend every live presentation. For more information regarding the Spring 2025 session, please view the syllabus below.