All Aspiring Doctors, Surgeons, PAs, and Other Medical and Healthcare Professionals!
Immerse yourself in a medical school-caliber online learning experience that’ll give you an authentic foretaste of the fascinating world of medicine.
The Apprentice Doctor® Online Medical Academy provides a unique opportunity to delve into the world of medicine. Discover medical instruments, surgical tools, examination and diagnostic techniques, as well as, insights into various career paths within the medical field, all delivered through our online learning platform.
You will acquire practical medical and surgical skills using a variety of simulation practice kits while working through a series of accredited training courses. Our approach combines self-paced instruction, hands-on project-based learning, and interactive tutorials created by medical professionals.
Hands-on learning from home
The Apprentice Doctor’s Online Medical Academy offers a comprehensive curriculum covering a multitude of crucial subjects within the healthcare profession. Our program encompasses a broad spectrum of topics, spanning from ethical considerations to research methodologies and the diagnosis of various medical conditions. Additionally, we provide hands-on learning experiences through practical projects that teach a diverse array of medical and surgical skills.
Our courses are created by experienced medical practitioners and field experts. By leveraging a combination of multimedia resources, including videos, illustrations, and audio recordings, we deliver engaging and informative lessons, ensuring a well-rounded learning experience for all our students.
- This is an asynchronous program – students may start any day of the year, and work at their own pace.
- Study "distance-learning" from home.
- Gain well over 100 medical and surgical skills.
- Accumulate over 200 extracurricular medical training hours (these hours may be presented as alternative shadowing hours on academic applications).
The Apprentice Doctor’s Online Medical Academy has designed a unique concept to help you reach your goals and dreams of becoming a successful medical professional:
The Immersion in Medicine skills course cluster
Below is the bundle of six Apprentice Doctor® medical/surgical simulation training kits you will receive.
The For Future Doctors Practice Kit and Course is designed to introduce you to a wide spectrum of essential medical skills through a collection of engaging and interactive projects, totaling over 50 in number. These projects provide hands-on learning opportunities that not only impart valuable knowledge but also make the learning experience enjoyable.
Throughout the course, you will gain proficiency in the utilization of common medical instruments and acquire practical experience in conducting standard medical procedures, including examinations and the measurement of vital signs, among others.
Upon successfully completing the assessment module, you will be awarded a foundation medical skills certificate, recognizing your mastery of these fundamental skills and further enhancing your qualifications in the medical field.
- Most general examination skills
- Don and doff gloves
- Snellen eye test
- Pupillary-light reflex
- Heart sounds
- Blood pressure
- Neural reflexes
- Interpret the color of mucous membranes
- Urinalysis
- More than 50 fun, practical medical projects!
Our comprehensive For Future Doctors Practice Kit and Course is designed to introduce you to a wide spectrum of essential medical skills through a collection of engaging and interactive projects, totaling over 50 in number. These projects provide hands-on learning opportunities that not only impart valuable knowledge but also make the learning experience enjoyable.
Throughout the course, you will gain proficiency in the utilization of common medical instruments and acquire practical experience in conducting standard medical procedures, including examinations and the measurement of vital signs, among others.
Upon successfully completing the assessment module, you will be awarded a foundation medical skills certificate, recognizing your mastery of these fundamental skills and further enhancing your qualifications in the medical field.
- Most general examination skills
- Don and doff gloves
- Snellen eye test
- Pupillary-light reflex
- Heart sounds
- Blood pressure
- Neural reflexes
- Interpret the color of mucous membranes
- Urinalysis
- More than 50 fun, practical medical projects!
Future Doctors Pulse Oximetry Bonus Module. Learn how doctors diagnose patients and develop treatment plans by learning about pulse oximetry. This fully functional, medical-grade pulse oximeter allows you to measure a patient’s oxygen saturation level and heart rate while showing the plethysmograph. We include a lecture on how an oximeter works and how to use it.
- Determine the SpO₂
- Determine the heart rate
- Analyze a plethysmograph
- Variations in SpO₂
- Variations in heart rate
- And other scenarios
Future Doctors Pulse Oximetry Bonus Module. Learn how doctors diagnose patients and develop treatment plans by learning about pulse oximetry. This fully functional, medical-grade pulse oximeter allows you to measure a patient’s oxygen saturation level and heart rate while showing the plethysmograph. We include a lecture on how an oximeter works and how to use it.
- Determine the SpO₂
- Determine the heart rate
- Analyze a plethysmograph
- Variations in SpO₂
- Variations in heart rate
- And other scenarios
The Deluxe Suturing Practice Kit and Course is your gateway to mastering the art of surgical knot-tying and suturing skills. Perfect these skills long before entering a clinical setting! The Apprentice Doctor® offers an online course and monthly virtual suturing workshops that you can attend. The skin sutures are the only part of the operation that your patient will ever see. Thus, it is crucial to suture neatly.
- Tie a square knot
- Tie a surgeon’s knot
- Suturing techniques
- Interrupted sutures
- Mattress sutures
- Continuous sutures
- Subcuticular sutures
- And many more
The Deluxe Suturing Practice Kit and Course is your gateway to mastering the art of surgical knot-tying and suturing skills. Perfect these skills long before entering a clinical setting! The Apprentice Doctor® offers an online course and monthly virtual suturing workshops that you can attend. The skin sutures are the only part of the operation that your patient will ever see. Thus, it is crucial to suture neatly.
- Tie a square knot
- Tie a surgeon’s knot
- Suturing techniques
- Interrupted sutures
- Mattress sutures
- Continuous sutures
- Subcuticular sutures
- And many more
The Scrub for Surgery and Aseptic Technique Training Kit and Course will give you an understanding of the basic principles of sterility and aseptic technique, preparing you for any medical specialty that interests you. You will learn how to scrub, gown, and glove for surgery like a qualified surgeon, based on the Surgical Infection Society (SIS) directives, while acquiring dozens of skills. Enough gowns for ten scrub, gown, and glove exercises.
- Correct hand hygiene
- Don and doff exam gloves
- Scrub for surgery
- Gown for surgery
- Don sterile gloves
- Doff PPE
- Manage contaminated waste
The Scrub for Surgery and Aseptic Technique Training Kit and Course will give you an understanding of the basic principles of sterility and aseptic technique, preparing you for any medical specialty that interests you. You will learn how to scrub, gown, and glove for surgery like a qualified surgeon, based on the Surgical Infection Society (SIS) directives, while acquiring dozens of skills. Enough gowns for ten scrub, gown, and glove exercises.
- Correct hand hygiene
- Don and doff exam gloves
- Scrub for surgery
- Gown for surgery
- Don sterile gloves
- Doff PPE
- Manage contaminated waste
The most effective way of saving lives from an emergency medicine perspective is by stopping the bleeding. Most deaths in a trauma setting are due to surgical shock and patients bleeding out. Learn how to manage a mass casualty area and stop bleeding in an emergency setting with the Control Bleeding Training Kit and Course.
Also, you’ll learn the methods surgeons use to stop bleeding during surgical procedures.
- Stop a capillary bleed
- Control a venous bleed
- Control an arterial bleed
- Arterial bleed - pressure
- Arterial bleed - packing
- Arterial bleed – CAT tourniquet
- Control an amputation bleed
- Simulate an arterial aneurism
The most effective way of saving lives from an emergency medicine perspective is by stopping the bleeding. Most deaths in a trauma setting are due to surgical shock and patients bleeding out. Learn how to manage a mass casualty area and stop bleeding in an emergency setting with the Control Bleeding Training Kit and Course.
Also, you’ll learn the methods surgeons use to stop bleeding during surgical procedures.
- Stop a capillary bleed
- Control a venous bleed
- Control an arterial bleed
- Arterial bleed - pressure
- Arterial bleed - packing
- Arterial bleed – CAT tourniquet
- Control an amputation bleed
- Simulate an arterial aneurism
Every medical professional should master phlebotomy and IV line insertion. The Venipuncture Simulation Kit and Course equips you with these essential skills, as well as teaches you the various injection techniques prevalent in clinical medicine. Refine your expertise in injection, phlebotomy, and IV procedures with our comprehensive training.
- Intra-dermal injections
- Subcutaneous injections
- Intramuscular injections
- Phlebotomy – needle and syringe
- Phlebotomy – butterfly needle
- Phlebotomy – vacuum tube
- Phlebotomy – safety needle
- IV techniques
Every medical professional should master phlebotomy and IV line insertion. The Venipuncture Simulation Kit and Course equips you with these essential skills, as well as teaches you the various injection techniques prevalent in clinical medicine. Refine your expertise in injection, phlebotomy, and IV procedures with our comprehensive training.
- Intra-dermal injections
- Subcutaneous injections
- Intramuscular injections
- Phlebotomy – needle and syringe
- Phlebotomy – butterfly needle
- Phlebotomy – vacuum tube
- Phlebotomy – safety needle
- IV techniques
The Orthopedic Fracture Reduction Kit and Course is designed to provide a comprehensive understanding of key aspects within the realm of bone biology, orthopedic surgery principles, and the diverse range of techniques employed by orthopedic surgeons. Participants will gain proficiency in multiple open and closed reduction methodologies, complemented by practical, hands-on simulation of orthopedic procedures. This comprehensive program equips you with a wide array of fundamental surgical skills.
- Scalpel holds
- Incision techniques
- Blunt dissection
- Emergency splinting techniques
- Open reduction and internal fixation
- POP cast
The Orthopedic Fracture Reduction Kit and Course is designed to provide a comprehensive understanding of key aspects within the realm of bone biology, orthopedic surgery principles, and the diverse range of techniques employed by orthopedic surgeons. Participants will gain proficiency in multiple open and closed reduction methodologies, complemented by practical, hands-on simulation of orthopedic procedures. This comprehensive program equips you with a wide array of fundamental surgical skills.
- Scalpel holds
- Incision techniques
- Blunt dissection
- Emergency splinting techniques
- Open reduction and internal fixation
- POP cast
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With the Immersion in Medicine skills course cluster, you’ll gain tangible medical and surgical skills via our online learning platform. From the comfort of home, you’ll enjoy an immersive, hands-on journey through the various medical courses offering you self-paced instruction, hands-on project work, and interactive tutorials designed by medical professionals.
By completing this program, you will:
- Acquire over 50 foundational medical examination and diagnostic skills and approximately 50 advanced medical and surgical skills.
- Gain all the basic surgical knot-tying and suturing techniques.
- Practice various phlebotomy and IV techniques and explore how to draw blood from different blood vessels.
- Master controlling and stopping a life-threatening bleed. (The simulation arm has blood vessels that actually bleed).
- See proper scrub-for-surgery techniques and ascertain the critical subject of sterility and asepsis.
- Obtain people-skills by studying the course on behavioral sciences in medicine.
- 215 extracurricular credit hours for your medical school application. (Can be used as alternative credit hours.)
Earn 6 Internationally Accredited Credit Hour Certificates
Note: The Apprentice Doctor® is a certified member of the following accreditation institutions:
- The International Accreditation Organization (IAO)
- The Emergency Care and Safety Institute (ECSI)
Enroll in the Immersion in Medicine's Online Program
- 1. Click the payment link.
- 2. Select a payment option and pay.
- 3. Wait a few days for your Immersion In Medicine kits bundle to be delivered.
- 4. Use the unique registration code included with your delivery to register for the online courses on the Apprentice Academy website.
- 5. Work through each medical and surgical skills training course.
Once you receive your Apprentice Doctor® bundle of kits, register as a student at the Apprentice Academy using the unique code on the insert inside each simulation practice kit. Then, complete the various courses at your own pace—online. You will have 12 month’s access to the Apprentice Academy’s Online Medical Programs.
The 2016-2018 ASU Future Doctors And Scientists Summer Program in Boone, NC, partnered with the Apprentice Doctor to provide several medical workshops such as phlebotomy and IV skills, suturing, scrub for surgery, stop the bleed, and others. Students gained valuable practical medical skills and were super-engaged during these workshops. I highly recommend the Apprentice Doctor and their valuable contribution to our students’ future careers as medical professionals.
Prof. Chishimba Nathan Mowa BVM, MVM, PhD
The Apprentice Doctor kits enable students to not just read about or listen to lectures or watch videos about medical skills. They actually learn to perform them! Simulation training at its finest with easy to follow instructions!
Donna Burton
Kit 1: For Future Doctors Kit ($100 in value)
Bonus: Pulse oximeter with pulse oximetry course module ($50 in value)
Kit 2: Deluxe Suture Kit ($100 in value)
Kit 3: Venipuncture Kit ($85 in value)
Kit 4: Orthopedic Fracture Reduction Kit ($200 in value)
Kit 5: Scrub for Surgery Kit ($100 in value)
Kit 6: Control Bleeding Kit ($100 in value)
Saturday Sessions: Monthly medical discussions, lectures, and virtual workshops with Dr. Anton Scheepers (Valued at $600 over 12 months)
The Apprentice Doctor’s yearly 5-Day virtual summer program ($950 in value)
Total Value: $2285
Unlimited email support
Price $999
Pay with Klarna - 4 installments of $249.25 (monthly)
$249.75
We are committed to creating products that provide value to our customers, which is why the Immersion in Medicine Online Program includes a 30-day money-back guarantee. If you are unhappy with your purchase, you’ll have 30 days from the date the kit bundle is delivered to return it for a full refund.
Message from Dr. Anton Scheepers, the Founder of the Apprentice Doctor®
Dear Aspiring Medical Professional,
At the Apprentice Academy, we are passionate about medicine and love connecting with like-minded people, especially aspiring medical professionals. If you want to gain medical and surgical knowledge and skills while you work towards your final goal of becoming a successful medical professional, we would like to welcome you to the Apprentice Doctor® , and it will be my privilege to be part of your journey and your success story.
The Apprentice Academy offers several online medical courses that you will complete in your own time. You will use your Apprentice Doctor® Kits for the practical projects in the various courses. My team and I will assist you with bi-monthly interactive lectures and five days of medical immersion during the yearly Apprentice Academy Virtual Summer Conference. We will demonstrate how to use your kits most effectively during these virtual meetings. We will have a surgical knot-tying and suturing workshop and perform many other exciting medical activities.
Is this something that resonates with you? If affirmative, let’s connect.
I wish you the best with your future in medicine.
Dr. Anton
Passion connects–if you are passionate about medicine, look no further!
Dear Aspiring Medical Professional,
At the Apprentice Academy, we are passionate about medicine and love connecting with like-minded people, especially aspiring medical professionals. If you want to gain medical and surgical knowledge and skills while you work towards your final goal of becoming a successful medical professional, we would like to welcome you to the Apprentice Doctor® , and it will be my privilege to be part of your journey and your success story.
The Apprentice Academy offers several online medical courses that you will complete in your own time. You will use your Apprentice Doctor® Kits for the practical projects in the various courses. My team and I will assist you with bi-monthly interactive lectures and five days of medical immersion during the yearly Apprentice Academy Virtual Summer Conference. We will demonstrate how to use your kits most effectively during these virtual meetings. We will have a surgical knot-tying and suturing workshop and perform many other exciting medical activities.
Is this something that resonates with you? If affirmative, let’s connect.
I wish you the best with your future in medicine.
Dr. Anton
Passion connects–if you are passionate about medicine, look no further!
The Apprentice Doctor's Kits have been a hit for the last ten years as a part of our B.E.S.T. Summer Medical Academy curriculum. Its use has exceeded my expectations, and hundreds of our students have been trained with these fantastic kits. Since we started using it, our students have been able to experience in person and virtually the actual work and clinical skills needed to be a future medical professional. Their dreams of being a medical professional had become a reality and many are now medical professionals.
Dr. Dexter Frederick MD Director of the B.E.S.T. Academy Tampa, FL