Visiting Electives Program for Students Underrepresented in Medicine

Program Description

Electives are available for qualified third-year and fourth-year medical students underrepresented in medicine at The Mount Sinai Hospital and affiliates of Mount Sinai School of Medicine (MSSM) Graduate Medical Education Consortium. This program is designed to increase diversity in the house staff and subsequently our faculty at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and affiliate institutions. This program subsidizes travel and housing costs for one month.

• Third-year medical students are eligible for electives between March and June of their third year (if they have completed required core clerkships).
• Fourth-year medical students are eligible for electives between July and February of their fourth year.

Program Brochure

It should be emphasized that any student enrolled at an accredited medical school is eligible to take electives on a space-available basis at the School of Medicine and its affiliate institutions. For a complete listing of elective offerings please consult the 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.

The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) definition of underrepresented in medicine is: "Underrepresented in medicine means those racial and ethnic populations that are underrepresented in the medical profession relative to their numbers in the general population."

Mount Sinai Consortium for Graduate Medical Education

New York City

• James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Bronx)
• Elmhurst Hospital Center
• Jamaica Hospital
• Maimonides Medical 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

On the application form, the student should rank his/her first three choices of electives and institution. Nearly all institutions offer General Medicine and Pediatrics senior electives. Family Practice electives are offered only at Jamaica Hospital.

Applications must be submitted by May 31 of the third year. All applications will be reviewed on a monthly basis.

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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