VUSM Student Opportunities
Below is a collection of ongoing national and international opportunities for medical students. Additional opportunities are compiled in the AAMC repository, which can be found on their website under Careers in Medicine. If you have any questions or would like to pass on any opportunity relevant to VUSM students, please contact one of your AAMC OSR Representatives.
CDC Epidemiology Elective Program
Jan. 24, 2020—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Division of Scientific Education and Professional Development offers the Epidemiology Elective Program (EEP) through hands-on experience and mentorship by CDC subject matter experts. This program offers 6- or 8-week rotations largely based at CDC in Atlanta, Georgia. The application period for 2020-2021 rotations will open February 3,...
2020-2021 Orthopaedic Value-Based Health Care Fellowship
Jan. 23, 2020—The Dell Medical School Department of Surgery and Perioperative Care Orthopaedic Value-Based Care Fellowship gives exceptional medical students an extraordinary opportunity to learn about and investigate topics relevant to value based health care payment and delivery models through first-hand exposure to the UT Health Austin Musculoskeletal Institute. The Institute opened in October 2017 and provides...
Scaife Medical Student Fellowship in Substance Use Disorders
Jan. 6, 2020—Through the generous funding of the Scaife Family Foundation, the Institute for Research, Education and Training in Addictions (IRETA) is able to conduct the Advanced Medical Student Fellowship program. The program offers students training in the field of addiction services incomparable to any they may have encountered in their prior medical school education. Students who...
2020-2021 Orthopaedic Value-Based Health Care Fellowship for Medical Students
Dec. 17, 2019—Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin 2020-2021 Orthopaedic Value-Based Health Care Fellowship for Medical Students The Dell Medical School Department of Surgery and Perioperative Care is offering an exciting gap year opportunity for medical students. The year-long Orthopaedic Value-Based Health Care Fellowship provides a stipend-funded opportunity to work closely with leading...
Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine URM Visiting Elective Scholarship Program
Dec. 11, 2019—Medical students are encouraged to apply to the Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine Underrepresented in Medicine Visiting Elective Scholarship Program that supports fourth-year medical school experiences. The program is designed to increase awareness of opportunities for residency training at the medical school and encourage students from diverse backgrounds to apply to...
Lifelines Literary Journal – Call for Submissions
Oct. 21, 2019—Lifelines, Dartmouth Medical School’s journal of literature and art in medicine, is now accepting submissions for its tenth issue. We are pleased to invite submissions of original and unpublished short stories, essays, non-fiction, poetry, and artwork. The journal has featured work by Guggenheim Fellows, winners of the William Carlos Williams Poetry Competition, physicians, medical students,...
2019 Annual Meeting Tennessee College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Oct. 21, 2019—2019 Annual Meeting Tennessee College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Workplace Wellness Conference Vanderbilt University Saturday, October 26, 2019 Keynote Speaker: Dr. Lilian Cheung, Director of Health Promotion and Communication, Department of Nutrition at Harvard University T.H. Chan School of Public Health Join in Mindfulness and Nutrition sessions Workplace Wellness Intervention Panel Discussions Physician Wellness...
Application Now Open – NHSC 2020 Students to Service Loan Repayment Program
Sep. 26, 2019—Application Cycle is Now Open! The 2020 National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Students to Service Loan Repayment Program (S2S LRP) is now open and will close on Thursday, October 31 at 7:30 p.m. ET. Read the 2020 Application and Program Guidance (PDF-1.2 MB) carefully before you start your application. About the Program: Provides up to...
Narrative Medicine Opportunity for U.S. and Canadian Health Professional Students
Sep. 23, 2019—The American Balint Society is sponsoring the 4th Biennial Enid Balint Essay Contest with a due date of December 13, 2019 for submissions. All submissions will be blindly reviewed with 3 winning and 3 honorable mention essays selected by Febrary 2020. All winning and honorable mention essays (6 total) will be published in the Medline referenced...
Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics (FASPE) Class of 2020
Aug. 30, 2019—FASPE is an intensive, two-week study program in professional ethics and ethical leadership. FASPE is neither a Holocaust studies course, nor a genocide prevention program. Rather, the curriculum is designed to challenge Fellows to critically examine constructs, current developments and issues that raise ethical concerns in their professions in contemporary settings in which they work....
Invitation to Submit a Session Proposal for the 2020 AAMC GSA-CiM-OSR Professional Development Conference
Jul. 31, 2019—2020 AAMC Group on Student Affairs, Careers-in-Medicine, and Organization of Student Representatives March 27-29, 2020, Sheraton Grand Chicago, Chicago, Illinois Call for proposals is open! Submission deadline is August 16. To the Members of our GSA Community: Our joint professional development conference is just a few short months away, and your insight and experience is...
Key Dates for FASPE 2020 Fellowship Programs
Jul. 29, 2019—Applications Open on the FASBE Website: August 30, 2019 Applications Due: December 30, 2019 Fellowships Announced: March 9, 2020 Fellowship Program: June 12, 2020 – June 26, 2020 About FASPE FASPE (Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics) is a fully-funded, two-week summer program that uses the conduct of professionals in Nazi...
Fourth Annual Medical Student Ethics Conference
Jul. 9, 2019—The fourth Annual Medical Student Ethics Conference will be held at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai on November 16, 2019. The keynote speaker is Susan Goold, MD, Professor of Health Management and Policy at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. As in previous years, 8 oral presentations and about 10 poster presentations...
Janelia Graduate Research Fellows Program
Jun. 6, 2019—The Janelia Research Campus of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Application System is open for applications to the Janelia Graduate Research Fellows Program. The opportunity enables students at U.S. medical schools to participate in a yearlong mentored, basic biomedical research training experience at the Janelia Research Campus, located just outside Washington, D.C. The application...
Michigan Medicine First Look Leadership Weekend
May. 24, 2019—The Michigan Medicine Office for Health Equity and Inclusion (OHEI) announces the inaugural Michigan Medicine First Look Leadership Weekend – Becoming a change agent for health equity. This new OHEI initiative is for M4 students, from throughout the United States, with leadership potential to help advance diversity, equity, and inclusion. The keynote speaker is Camara...