Future Doctors Teach connects medical students with Philadelphia classrooms to deliver engaging, student-driven science lessons that spark curiosity, build trust, and inspire future healthcare leaders.
Future Doctors Teach places medical student volunteers into K–12 classrooms to co-teach weekly science lessons. Lessons are built around students’ real questions—“Why do teeth grow?” “Can a dragon breathe fire?”—and help them connect science to their bodies, lives, and futures. Our goal: build a generation of more health-literate students and more community-connected doctors.
Philadelphia has some of the highest rates of preventable hospitalizations in the country. At the same time, science and health education remain under-resourced in many schools. Future Doctors Teach bridges this gap through mentorship, science literacy, and meaningful relationships between future doctors and their future patients.
“The kids have been so excited. They ask every week, ‘When are the doctors coming?’... They’re talking about science and medicine and seeing themselves in those futures.” — Mrs. Schwartz, Partner Teacher
Operation Stethoscope gives every student in our program a personal stethoscope. It’s not just a science tool—It’s a symbol of care, curiosity, and possibility.
Students learn how their bodies work, ask their own health questions, and begin to see science as something they can connect with and succeed in.
$10 covers one stethoscope for one student.
