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Your Pathway to Medical Excellence
Obtain one of the most important and valuable credentials you can earn as a pre-medical high school or college student.
Introduction to Medical Diagnosis Certification
The Groundbreaking Pre-medical Program Designed by MD/PhDs and under the auspices of Georgetown University Medical School Dean Emeritus, Dr. Stephen Ray Mitchell
Rigorous 12-week, Self-Paced, Online Course Leading to a Uniquely Impressive and Respected Certification for Pre-medical High School Students
What sets apart the most successful pre-medical college applicants? It's not just stellar grades and test scores; it's demonstrating authentic and detailed medical knowledge, keen observation and diagnostic reasoning skills, and a rigorous understanding of how physicians think. While your peers are still memorizing textbook science for AP classes, you could be mastering the art of differential diagnosis—a skill typically reserved for first and second-year medical students.
The Introduction to Medical Diagnosis Certification (IMDC) course offers pre-med students an unprecedented opportunity: to study anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology of various organ systems, and learn real diagnostic skills.
Upon completion, you'll gain the most eminent credential of its kind: the only certification under the auspices of Georgetown University Medical School Dean Emeritus, Dr. Stephen Ray Mitchell.
This may be your only chance to become part of an elite group of advanced STEM students and future young medical leaders who will be accepted to our nation's top universities by distinguishing yourself through the rigor of medical science study.
Why THIS Certification is Your Competitive Edge
This exclusive 12-week program transcends typical pre-med preparation by immersing you in the sophisticated art of differential diagnosis—the systematic process physicians use to identify the correct disease or condition. You will prove your mastery in these foundational approaches to identifying disease:
Anatomy & Physiology
Master the structure and function of vital organ systems
Pathophysiology
Understand how diseases affect the body
Diagnostic Procedures
Learn about ECGs, imaging studies, and laboratory tests, and how to use them in diagnosis
Medical Decision-Making
Develop the critical thinking abilities and keen pattern recognition skills used by physicians
Designed For Today's Ambitious Pre-Med Students
This Course Features:
- Engaging multimedia content including videos, workbooks, and interactive elements
- Self-paced learning with checkpoint quizzes on anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, and diagnostic procedures and decision-making
- Expert instruction from MD/PhDs
- Real-world clinical media including charts, graphs, and medical scans
- Unlimited Quiz and Final retakes to ensure mastery AND success
- Option to fast-track the course to meet college application deadlines
Upon Completion, You'll Receive
Official IMDC Certification
An internationally prestigious credential and the only certification under the auspices of Dr. Stephen Ray Mitchell, Georgetown Medical School Dean Emeritus
Real-World Diagnostic Skills
The ability to analyze symptoms, create differential diagnoses, and recommend appropriate testing—skills typically taught in medical school
A Lifelong Resource
Your access never expires, so you'll be able to return again and again, to review the materials and refresh your understanding, throughout college and medical school.
What You'll Learn - Week By Week
Here's Your certification roadmap
Introduction
You will be immersed in the urgency of medical diagnosis through a high-stakes EMERGENCY ROOM case to experience firsthand the life-or-death impact of a physician’s decisions.
Cardiovascular Anatomy and Physiology
You will learn the foundational anatomy and physiology of the cardiovascular system, including the structure and function of the heart, its electrical conduction system, and the systemic and pulmonary vasculature. This will set the stage for how physicians understand acute chest pain.
Cardiovascular Pathophysiology
You will learn how blood pressure is regulated. You will also learn the warning signs of life-threatening cardiovascular conditions, including myocardial infarction, atrial fibrillation, aortic dissection, and cardiac tamponade.
Respiratory Anatomy and Physiology
Through detailed exploration of the respiratory system, students trace the path of air through the upper and lower respiratory tracts, examine how the diaphragm and chest wall enable breathing, and uncover the mechanisms of gas exchange that sustain oxygen delivery throughout the body.
Respiratory Pathophysiology
Learn how pneumonia and a pneumothorax disrupt normal lung function.
Gastrointestinal Anatomy and Physiology
Explore how food moves through the digestive system, how organs like the stomach, intestines, liver, and pancreas contribute to digestion and nutrient absorption, and how the body transforms food into usable energy and waste.
Gastrointestinal Pathophysiology
Week 5 focuses on the underlying causes and symptoms of common gastrointestinal disorders, highlighting how disruptions in digestive function can lead to serious health complications and require timely diagnosis and care. This includes conditions such as acid reflux, peptic ulcers, gallstones, and pancreatitis.
Differential Diagnosis of Acute Chest Pain
In Week 6, you will bring together what you have learned so far to begin the process of diagnosis. You will look at many different causes of potential acute chest pain.
The Building Blocks of Diagnosis: History Taking and Physical Examinations
You will shift your focus to the human story behind the symptoms, learning how to take a targeted medical history that captures essential details about a patient's chief complaint. Through structured frameworks like OLD CARTS and SOCRATES, you will learn to ask important questions to guide your decision making and lay the foundation for diagnosis.
Differential Diagnosis
Learn the systems approach and the etiological approach to diagnosis, as well as other tools, to generate and refine differential diagnosis.
Diagnostic Studies
Explore key diagnostic studies, including ECG, echocardiogram, X-ray, CT scan, and ultrasound, gaining insight into how these studies support clinical decision-making and help confirm or rule out critical conditions.
Laboratories
Learn how to interpret key laboratory tests—including metabolic panels, blood counts, cardiac markers, and clotting indicators—to support clinical decision-making and rule out life-threatening conditions.
Case Studies
Finally, you'll step into the shoes of a practicing physician, applying everything you’ve learned in realistic emergency scenarios with six real-world case studies.
Outstanding Certification Benefits
College Application Distinction
A powerful credential to highlight on your Common Application under the required Academic Honors and Awards section
Interview
Talking Points
Fascinating intellectual experiences to discuss during college and medical school interviews
Compelling
Essay Material
Authentic medical diagnostic experiences to showcase in your personal statements and college supplements
Upon Successful Completion of the Course You Will Receive
The Premier Pre-Medical Studies Certification
- Impressive ready-for-framing certificate
- Inscribed with your name and signed by Georgetown University Medical School's Dean Emeritus
- Immediate download of PDF certificate version and issuance of an authenticated link for inclusion on your résumé and applications
Meet Dr. Stephen Ray Mitchell
About
Stephen Ray Mitchell, M.D., MBA, MACP, FAAP, FRCP — Dean Emeritus for Medical Education, Georgetown University School of Medicine
Dr. Mitchell is dean emeritus of one of America’s most prestigious medical schools, Georgetown University where he is responsible for the medical school administration, curriculum, and student affairs. He opened and continues to be Director of the Georgetown University Hospital Childhood Arthritis Center.
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$1,895
$1,295
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($1,895 After Congress Ends)
three installments
$655 x 3
$455 x 3
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($655/mo After Congress Ends)
You'll have the same access and great benefits with either tuition payment plan,
but you’ll save $70 with the single payment option.
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Both Enrollment Options Include a 30-Day, No Questions Asked, Money Back Satisfaction Guarantee.
You will have a full month to evaluate every aspect of this program. If, for any reason, the course does not meet your needs, you can get a full refund anytime within 30 days after your enrollment.
Frequently Asked Questions
No. The course is completely self-paced. You can begin whenever time permits and complete the course on your own schedule. There is no required start or finish date.
Most students are able to comfortably complete each of the twelve course modules on a one-per week schedule.
Yes you can, by requesting to be put on the “Fast-Track” version of the course. Please note: should you wish this option, please make the election as early as possible, since your quizzes will not carry over between versions.
As noted, there are 12 modules. Each module consists of a narrated video lesson and a comprehensive downloadable workbook, followed by a multiple-choice quiz. You must pass the quiz with a grade of 70% or better to elevate to the next module. (If you don’t pass, you can restudy the material and retake the quiz.)
To become certified, you must prove mastery of the material by first passing all module quizzes and then pass the final (with a grade of 70% or better). After passing the final, you will immediately receive a digital certificate and authenticated link, followed by a “suitable for framing” printed and signed certificate four to six weeks later.
No. The course is 100% online. You will not need to be physically present at any location.
There are no formal pre-requisites for this course.
The course content never expires. You can treat the materials as a comprehensive professional resource and refer to them in college or later in your career.
Most students are high school juniors or seniors, but college students and some exceptional younger students will successfully complete the course and receive certification.
Yes, many students elect to do so. Others prefer to complete each module when released.
Typically, three to five hours. However, some modules are more comprehensive than others, and have multiple components which may require more time for completion.
Yes. Delegates attending the Congress are entitled to receive a $600 merit scholarship. In addition, course tuition has been kept as low as possible to ensure every student seeking this important credential is able to acquire it.
Yes. A second enrollment is available at a 50% tuition discount. Contact us for the second student discount code.
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A Final Note...
YOUR MEDICAL FUTURE STARTS TODAY
Top-tier college and medical school admissions both grow more competitive each year, with thousands of qualified applicants vying for limited spots. What will separate you from thousands of other young scholar applicants? The Introduction to Medical Diagnosis Certification isn't just another credential—it's tangible proof of your readiness for the rigors of medical education, signed and certified by Dr. Stephen Ray Mitchell, Dean Emeritus of Georgetown Medical School.
This prestigious endorsement signals to admissions committees that you've mastered concepts typically reserved for first-year medical students. While your peers scramble to find ways to demonstrate their medical aptitude, you'll already possess a certification that showcases your diagnostic reasoning skills, clinical thinking, and commitment to medical scholarship at the most rigorous level.
Don't leave your top college or medical school dreams to chance. Invest in your future today—because tomorrow's physicians are preparing now.
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