Visiting Electives Program for Students Underrepresented in Medicine

Program Description

Electives are available at The Mount Sinai Hospital and affiliates of Mount Sinai School of Medicine (MSSM) Graduate Medical Education Consortium for qualified third-year and fourth-year medical students from groups historically underrepresented in medicine. For the purposes of this program, this is defined as Hispanic (Mexican, Chicano or Mainland Puerto), Other Hispanic (Cuban, Dominican, Other), Black/African-American (not of Hispanic origin), Native American, or Asian Pacific Islander. The program is designed to increase diversity in the house staff and subsequently our faculty at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and affiliate institutions.

Tuition is not charged for participants in the program, and subsidies for travel and housing costs for one month are available. These experiences are available to any student enrolled at an accredited medical school on a space-available basis between July and January. Students must have completed their required core clerkships before starting the program.

The program is limited to electives in the fields of Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatrics, Psychiatry and Surgery. A complete list of electives in these fields can be found on the Mount Sinai School of Medicine's Electives Program Course List, at http://fusion.mssm.edu/students/courses/electives.cfm. Please do not contact the departments or the Office of Student Affairs to coordinate the desired elective.

Mount Sinai Consortium for Graduate Medical Education

New York City

• James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Bronx)
• Elmhurst Hospital Center
• The Mount Sinai Hospital
• North General Hospital
• Queens Hospital Center

New Jersey

• Atlantic Health System
• Morristown Memorial Hospital
• Overlook Hospital
• Englewood Hospital and Medical Center
• Jersey City Medical Center
• St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center

Application Process

If you are interested in our program and would like to learn more please download the application.

The following must be included:

• Application
• Curriculum Vitae
• Official medical school transcript
• USMLE Step 1 score (Score Card)
• Letter of recommendation from the Dean
• Letter of recommendation from a faculty member at the students school in the department to which the student applying
• A photo (optional but appreciated)

Please rank three elective choices on the application form. Applications must be submitted by May 15 of the third year, and we will notify you by May 31.

The above material must be mailed, together with the completed application, from the Dean/Registrar's office. All incomplete applications will be returned.

Please mail complete application to:
Visiting Electives Program for Students Underrepresented in Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
One Gustave L. Levy Place
Box 1076
New York, NY 10029

We look forward to receiving your application and you visiting us.

For more information about the Visiting Electives Program for Students Underrepresented in Medicine please contact:
Adam Aponte, M.D., Program Director
Tel: (212) 241-8276
E-mail: adam.aponte@mssm.edu

Monique Sylvester, Program Coordinator
E-mail: monique.sylvester@mssm.edu

Mount Sinai Consortium for Graduate Medical Education

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