What is the Medical Certificate Program?
Information Below Updated Last - August 3rd, 2026
Beckman's Medical Certificate Program (MCP) was founded in 2015 to give students an introduction to the medical field and the unique opportunity to interact with health professionals. It is a free, optional 3 year sequential club/program that awards students with certificates each year and a graduation award if students complete all 3 years.
Last school year (2025-2026), our program educated over 550+ Beckman students and hosted
120+ health care professionals to mentor, teach and inspire our students throughout 21 different events on our school campus.
Any Beckman student may join at any time. See below for requirements to earn a certificate/award.
For more information, please email Mr. Chow at pchow@tustin.k12.ca.us!
For more information, please follow us on Instagram @BHS_MCP or view the Year 1-3 Tabs!
Year 1
To receive a certificate, students need to complete an online Anatomy Course with 10 modules on the 10 human body systems. In addition, students need to attend 4 of 6 offered speaker seminars during select Wednesday "Free" Tutorials where they will learn from and interact with healthcare professionals in different specialties based on student interest.
(Last year's specialties (2025-2026) included Emergency Medicine Anesthesiology, Pediatrics, Neurosurgery, Psychiatry, Family/Internal Medicine, General Surgery, OBGYN and Primary Care.)
Year 2
To receive a certificate, students need to attend 4 of the 6 offered speaker seminars during select Wednesday "Free" Tutorials where they will learn from and interact with healthcare professionals in different specialties based on student interest.
(Last year's specialties included Registered Nurse/Nurse Practitioner, Resident Doctor, Occupational Therapist, Dentist/Clinical Instructor of Dental School, Dietician, Physical Therapist, Pharmacist, Speech Language Pathologist, Cybersecurity, College Researchers, etc.
In addition, students will engage in a Spring Mentorship Professional Networking event (in person) where they will choose 3 mentors of interest from a large list of specialties and have an opportunity to have an open dialogue with the medical professional for 30 minutes each. Students are required to prepare specific questions to ask their mentor.
Year 3
To receive a Year 3 certificate and the MCP Graduation Pin, students will need to attend a our Fall "Medical Professionals Day" in which they will go through a series of six in-person workshops that are aimed to help them start thinking about the next stages of their professional plan AND & our Fall "Medical Skills Day" (a NEW event started in 2022) where students will learn a variety of Medical Skills for a future career in healthcare in collaboration with Chapman University PA School. This school year (2026-2027) will be our 5th year collaborating with Chapman University PA school.
For our Fall Medical Professionals Day, students will interact with 6 different panels: Community College students, College Students, Medical Students, Doctors in Residency,
Young Doctors/Professionals in STEM for 1-10 years, and Doctors/Professionals in STEM for 10+ years.
In addition, students will complete an online Professional Development Course with modules on student loans, interviewing tips and how to choose a career/specialty.
In addition, students will attend 1 of 2 offered Keynote Seminars during Spring Semester
Finally, students will have the opportunity to complete an
in-person lab dissection this Spring 2027!