Career pathways
Connect where you are now with the subjects, training, and choices that can lead to a rewarding career.
National Youth Health Care, Medical & Innovation Symposium 2026
It's more than medicine.
Explore health careers, experience real-world learning, and discover how technology is creating new opportunities across healthcare.
Monday, October 19, 2026Event date
ACSOM CampusPortsmouth, Dominica
No experience neededBring your curiosity
Symposium highlights
Learn by seeing, asking, and doing.
Interactive career booths
Explore careers, meet professionals, and learn directly from people working across the field.
Clinical demonstrations
See medical concepts come to life through anatomy lab activities and hands-on clinical demonstrations.
Simulation experiences
Step into realistic patient-care scenarios and experience how health teams solve problems together.
Innovation showcase
Discover how technology, data science, and engineering are transforming the future of healthcare.
Panels and ongoing support
Ask questions, hear real stories, and stay connected with mentors through the symposium's online portal.
Explore six healthcare zones
Move through the healthcare journey.
Student groups rotate through six themed stations, progressing from career entry points to hands-on clinical simulation.
Career Entry Points
- Pre-med programmes at DSC
- Medical school at ACSOM
- Financing medical education
- Professional mentorship & networking
Medical Doctor / Specializing
- Family medicine & pediatrics
- Emergency, trauma, surgery & anesthesia
- Women's health & OB-GYN
- Cardiology, oncology & other specialties
Allied Health & Diagnostics
- Nursing careers
- Physical therapy & nutrition
- Pharmacy & pharmaceutical manufacturing
- Radiology & laboratory technology
Public Health & Education
- Public health & epidemiology
- Mental health & sex education
- Community health & public safety
- Teaching & research
Health Systems & Informatics
- Hospital administration & operations
- Patient safety & quality outcomes
- Medical informatics & remote medicine
- Medical science & engineering
Simulation Lab
- Hands-on clinical simulation
- Team-based scenarios
- Decision-making & critical thinking
- All healthcare roles working together
Each group spends 15 minutes at a station before rotating clockwise. The complete experience runs for approximately two hours.
Strategic partnership
Together, inspiring the next generation.
An initiative of the Dominica State College Alumni Association, delivered in partnership with:
- Dominica State College Alumni Association
- American Canadian School of Medicine
- Dominica State College
- Ministry of Education
- Ministry of Health
Registration is now open
Bring your curiosity. Build skills for the future.
Questions? youthhealthsymposium@gmail.com · (767) 611-4567