Visit & Study at Albany Medical College
Albany Medical College invites current fourth year medical students, in good academic standing, to participate in this competitive and reputable elective program. We offer more than 50 visiting student elective spots per year to medical students from a variety of institutions across the country.
Visiting students can browse our Curriculum pages for detailed course descriptions and more information about elective classes.
Each visiting student may participate in a maximum of two electives at Albany Medical College, with each elective lasting no more than four weeks. All elective dates requested must correspond with the college's elective periods. A student is not considered approved for an elective until they receive written confirmation from the Office of Student Records.
Room and board are the responsibility of the visiting student and are not provided by Albany Medical College.
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted no later than 60 days prior to the start date of the requested elective period. For details on our specific elective requirements please contact the Visiting Student Coordinator.
All applications must be completed and submitted through the Association of American Medical Colleges: Visiting Student Learning Opportunities (VSLO) program.
Albany Medical College will only be accepting students who are eligible to apply through VSLO, and only for approved VSLO 4th year rotations. Electives may not be arranged outside of VSLO and all inquiries must be submitted to the Visiting Student Coordinator at [email protected].
Contact Us
If you have questions, please contact the Visiting Student Coordinator directly at [email protected] or by calling 518-262-2929.
URiM Visiting Student Scholarship - Emergency Medicine
Albany Medical Center is committed to ensuring a diverse and inclusive work environment, and the Department of Emergency Medicine is proud to offer a Underrepresented in Medicine (URiM) Visiting Student Scholarship program. The program will provide selected applicants with a $2,000 stipend.
Students will participate in the care of patients at the busiest Level I trauma center in the state of New York. Students will also be paired with an EM faculty mentor who will provide individual advising and assist them in navigating the road to residency. Students may also elect to receive specific Leadership training at our unique academic center where the President and the CMO of the Hospital, the Dean of the Medical School, and the Associate Dean of GME are all emergency medicine faculty.
- Gain expansive clinical experience working in the only tertiary care Adult and Pediatric Emergency Department in a 300 mile area, treating a diverse group of patients.
- Work alongside other residents and Attending faculty.
- Mentorship from an Emergency Medicine faculty member and special leadership training from top hospital doctors.
- Participate in hands-on simulation learning with high-fidelity mannequins and standardized patients, as well as skills labs
- Opportunity to attend all Albany Medical Center residency educational activities.
- Visiting 4th year students, in good standing.
- Students must attend an LCME accredited medical school in the United States.
- Eligible students are traditionally underrepresented in medicine, specifically those who identify with the ethnicity of Black/African American, Latino/a, Native American/Alaska Native and Pacific Islander/Native Hawaiian.
- Students may be considered who are of a nonconforming gender/sexual orientation or from significant socioeconomic stressors.
- Student must have successfully completed their core MS3 rotations: Internal Medicine, Surgery, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, OB/GYN, Family Medicine.
- Please apply to our Emergency Medicine Visiting Student Elective through VSLO
- Please apply to our URiM Scholarship Program by emailing us directly at [email protected]