Our 2025 TAP Health Summer Academy has concluded. Thank you to all our students, host sites, interns, sponsors, mentors & guest speakers for an AMAZING summer.
TAP HEALTH PROGRAMS
TAP Health is The Health Collaborative’s signature careers pipeline initiative for high school students.
Our mission is to build the next generation of healthcare professionals by aligning the best young talent with education opportunities and experiences at health systems and healthcare organizations.
The TAP Health Summer Academy is a group of career exploration programs consisting of TAP MD; TAP RN; and TAP HC – programs which respectively help guide students through the ins & outs of seeking a career as a physician, registered nurse, or any career within the broad spectrum of healthcare. Upon completion of any TAP Health program, our students become part of an Alumni Network consisting of more than 600 students, many of whom are already nurses, medical interns, and residents right in our own medical community! We know our programs have both an immediate and long-term impact in helping students feel equipped and empowered to pursue a rewarding healthcare career.
Our signature Careers expo event! HealthFORCE allows high school students in any grade the opportunity to explore an entire range of careers. In addition to an exciting panel of professionals – there are activities, prizes and dozens of regional healthcare employers and colleges who set up booths to highlight what’s exciting about different healthcare professions. Our next event is on October 28, 2025. Click here to visit our HealthFORCE page!
From nursing to occupational therapy, pharmacy, public health, healthcare administration, health IT & more – let’s “tap” into your potential to work in healthcare! This program has numerous events to give students a well-rounded view of a variety of healthcare careers.
Students attend various learning experiences that show the A to Z’s of being a physician… what you should do now to prepare, various specialties, practice settings, info about medical school & more! Let’s “tap” your potential to be a physician.
In 2022, we introduced a new program, TAP RN. This program helps us make progress in increasing the number of registered nurses in our medical community!
Our Remote program allows students to get virtual access to live and recorded events from wherever technology allows! These events include online presentations, panels, individual speakers, videos, podcasts and more. Students enrolled in other TAP programs will automatically have access to TAP HEALTH Remote, along with students who join because they wish to learn about healthcare at a distanced pace.
WATCH OUR 2025 THSA RECAP VIDEO!
Tap Health Alum – let’s keep in touch!
TAP Health has existed in some form or another since 2011. Knowing if and when our students become healthcare professionals is a critical piece of our success. Although we have confirmed high school student lists for each year, contact information regularly changes. If you were in TAP MD, TAP HC, TAP RN, or TAP Health Remote, then you are an alumni of our TAP Health programming, and we would love to keep up with you!
IMPACT
Over 90% of students who have completed a TAP Health program have indicated they plan to pursue a career in medicine or healthcare.
Since 2011, nearly 900 students have completed an in-person TAP Health cohort (TAP HC, TAP MD or TAP RN).
SUMMER ACADEMY APPLICATION
- The 2025 TAP Health Summer Academy application is now closed and the 2026 application will open January 15, 2026.
- Though it is subject to change, you may look at the application below for review purposes only:
Explore Other Opportunities
Partnering with The Health Collaborative’s member hospitals and organizations, along with regional partners and colleges in the area, our TAP Health Summer Academy aims to offer a robust amount of experiences for each student to imagine what career possibilities exist for them in healthcare. However, there are other opportunities and programs available around the region to gain similar experiences at one location. We have composed a Regional Healthcare Career Exploration Opportunities Guide to offer students both in and out of TAP Health the chance to find additional healthcare career experiences that may be perfect for you.
WHAT DO STUDENTS OF TAP HEALTH HAVE TO SAY?
I thought you’d be excited to hear that I recently graduated from Ohio State with a BS in Neuroscience and will be starting in the UC MD/PhD program this summer! TAP MD was a major part of my personal statement for applications and I frequently talked about the lessons I learned during interviews. Thanks for everything you did for the program, I don’t know if I’d even be going to med school without TAP MD!
ALEX SPRAGUE
TAP MD Class of 2014
I have enjoyed every moment of TAP MD and have learned so much. I know now more than ever that I want to be a doctor. I hope someday you are bringing students to watch me perform surgery. If you ever need alumni for anything, keep me in mind.
SAM SCHLOSS
TAP MD Class of 2017
TAP HEALTH MEDIA
UC HEALTH HOSTS TAP MD CLASS FOR “TRAUMA 101”
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