The Power to Save a Life
Are you doctor material? Do you see yourself diagnosing illnesses, treating patients, and making the world a better place — one healthy patients at a time? Then Explo ER is just where you should be.
Is There a Doctor in the House?
The greatest asset any doctor could have, we believe, is a desire to treat illnesses and heal patients. Why is why, at Explo ER, you’ll focus on learning how to treat any case that comes crashing through those emergency room doors. But you’ll also understand why it’s important to treat the patient as well as their symptoms.
Picture yourself getting to try out the latest in technology, techniques, and medical equipment — every day. Then picture yourself getting to do it shoulder-to-shoulder with some of Boston’s best doctors and surgeons, who will treat you not as the students you are, but as the doctors you are set to become.
Learning by Doing
We do things a little differently here. Instead of having to sit through hours of lectures and memorization — like regular medical students have to — you’ll get to jump right in on the action. That’s because we believe that, as budding professionals, the best way to understand what it’s like to be a doctor — and to learn to think like a doctor — is to be a doctor.
At Explo ER, you’ll learn by doing. You’ll get to inspect x-rays for fractures, learn how to treat an infection, and become CPR and First Aid certified. We’ll take you inside a working ambulance, a Medflight helicopter, and a state-of-the-art medical simulation center — where you’ll be challenged to use lifesaving skills, introduce IVs, and intubate patients when CPR just isn’t getting the job done. You have to think fast, recognize symptoms, diagnose, and treat — all faster than you ever thought possible. And we have no doubt you’ll be up to the challenge.
Thinking Outside the Box
Explo ER combines Explo's renowned educational practice with the expertise of industry professionals to provide students with a one-of-a-kind experience not typically found at an ordinary school. Our courses teach "outside the box" and go outside the classroom.
At Explo, we’re not looking to confine learning to the classroom, though the classroom plays an integral part. We’re interested in inspiring students to challenge themselves, to immerse themselves in a profession and learn it from the inside out. Our Explo Focus programs bridge the gap between academic learning and real-world application, giving our students a truer, more realistic insight into what really goes into their chosen profession. And by introducing students to these experiences at 12 to 15 years of age, we know we’re catching them at a stage where inspired learning can have the most impact.
According to the Professional
At Explo ER, you’ll have the opportunity to work shoulder-to-shoulder with ER doctors and EMTs, and get exclusive, professional-only access to the exciting field of emergency medicine. As Dr. Christian Arbelaez, Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, says:
“One of the other parts of this was really getting them to feel like they were doctors. So we wanted them to get scrubs, just like other doctors do. And even the cases that they ran, I kept referring to them as, “Okay, Doctor, what are you going to do next?” So, really living the whole experience and really making it come alive.”
