The Mount Sinai Morningside-West Emergency Medicine Residency and the Center for Multicultural and Community Affairs is sponsoring the Visiting Electives Program for Students Underrepresented in Medicine (VEPSUM) Fellowship. Funding is available for eligible rising MS4 students who wish to rotate as a visiting student in the Mount Sinai Morningside-West Emergency Departments. This one-month rotation will include clinical shifts, didactic experiences, and advising and networking opportunities. Grow your skills and learn what life is like as an EM resident on Manhattan’s west side!

Who is Eligible for VEPSUM

Third-year medical students who:

• Attend U.S. accredited allopathic medical schools [i.e., are enrolled in Medical Degree-granting programs]

• Are from groups under-represented in medicine, specifically Black/African-American, Hispanic/Latino, Native American/Alaska Native, and Pacific Islander/Native Hawaiian

Who is NOT Eligible for VEPSUM

Applications will not be accepted from medical students who:

• Attend non-US medical schools including currently enrolled in or graduated from foreign medical schools

• Attend non-AAMC [Association of American Medical Colleges] accredited medical schools

• Attend osteopathic medical schools [i.e., are enrolled in Doctor of Osteopathy-granting programs]

• F-1 Visa foreign students who attend U.S. Medical Schools

• Are not from groups under-represented in medicine.

Please note: The VEPSUM program is separate from the general program for visiting domestic and international medical students offered through our Office for Student Affairs.

Visiting students from international institutions who do not meet the requirements described above for the VEPSUM program can learn more about electives and the application process for visiting students.

Program Details

• The application process is open from December 1^st through March 15^th of the third year of medical school and decisions will be announced on or before May 1, of the same year.

• The 4-week electives take place between August and October of the fourth year of medical school, depending on availability of individual placements.

• Students must have completed their required core clerkships before starting the VEPSUM program rotation.

• A completed transcript with grades from these clerkships is necessary.

• There is no VEPSUM application fee.

• All accepted VEPSUM Students may receive funding up to $2,000 as a stipend to defray living expenses.

• For accepted VEPSUM applicants who are NOT from New York City metro area housing arrangements are made by the Center for Multicultural and Community Affairs and housing costs are deducted from the total stipend. Students from the New York City metro area are expected to cover their own housing and travel costs.

• Students have the opportunity to network with residency program directors, residents, minority faculty, and students, and have access to the Office of Graduate Medical Education, Center for Multicultural and Community Affairs, medical school library, and departmental grand rounds, seminars and workshops.

• A minority faculty/student dinner seminar is held during each rotation.

• Educational books and resource materials are distributed at the start of each rotation.

• On a case by case basis, we will consider eligible applicants who wish to participate in the VEPSUM Program in elective departments not listed above.