A Program of Eat The Elephant
The Medical Immersion and Apprenticeship Program puts future physicians inside a Level 1 trauma center — clinical shadowing, surgical observation, rounds, lectures, and one-on-one physician mentorship — hosted at the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, Georgia. MIAP Med began as an Eat The Elephant program in 2023 and runs under our nonprofit today; its full program site and application live at miapmed.org.
Visit miapmed.org 2027 Key Dates"Inside a Level 1 trauma center — before medical school."
Most pre-med students never see the inside of an operating room until medical school. MIAP Med exists to change that: fellows shadow physicians every day of the program, observe real surgical workflows, join rounds and lectures, and finish by presenting an original research project as a capstone in the hospital's Grand Lecture Hall, before Medical College of Georgia physicians. It is the same Eat The Elephant philosophy as our other work — students rise to real work, so we give them real work.
Two tiers of institutional access, one standard: the access pre-med students find hardest to get anywhere, built into every day.
MIAP Med's flagship: the full residential immersion, limited to nine scholars a year. The price is all-inclusive — lodging, local transportation, program and clinical access, mentorship, skills labs, and onboarding are covered.
A shorter, one-week alternative for students with limited availability — the same hospital, the same standard of access, in a focused format.
Saturday, January 9, 2027 · 10:00–11:00 AM Pacific (1:00–2:00 PM Eastern) · Live on Google Meet · Free for students in grades 9–12 and their parents
Thinking about a career in medicine? This free seminar maps the whole road to medical school — high school, college, pre-med, and admissions — including BS/MD programs and how students gain real clinical experience in high school, plus an introduction to MIAP Med 2027 and how to apply. Presented by Meridian Prep and MIAP Med. Special guest: a neurosurgeon from the Medical College of Georgia — one of the biggest and oldest medical schools in the US — will join live to offer personal advice and take your questions. No registration required — just join on Google Meet.
Applications for the 2027 session open November 1, 2026, in three rounds. Apply through miapmed.org.
Applications open November 1, 2026. Round 1 deadline February 1, Round 2 March 1, final deadline April 1, 2027. Earlier rounds are read first — apply early.
Admission decisions are released May 1, 2027. The Fellowship cohort is nine fellows; the Practicum takes a limited number as well.
Accepted students complete hospital intake, insurance, and program onboarding with the MIAP Med team before traveling to Augusta.
The 2027 session runs at the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, Georgia, closing with capstone presentations in the Grand Lecture Hall.
Eat The Elephant is the 501(c)(3) nonprofit behind MIAP Med. The program started here in 2023, proved the model — mentored students doing real work in a real institution — and keeps its own home at miapmed.org for applications and program detail. Gifts to Eat The Elephant support the scholarships and programs that put students in rooms like these; see our Donate page for how giving works, and our Programs page for everything else we run, including the L.E.A.D. Fellowship.
