Fourth-year medical students can rotate at UAB to gain an appreciation for our residents, patients, hospital, teaching, and the wide variety of acute and chronic diseases seen on Internal Medicine services at UAB.
US Visiting Rotation Requirements/Eligibility
Applications for fourth-year visiting students from any US allopathic or osteopathic school are initiated and processed through the UAB Heersink School of Medicine registrar’s office. Students interested in the rotation must complete the online application through the AAMC Visiting Student Learning Opportunity (VSLO) website. All applications are reviewed and selected through the VSLO platform.
- Must be a fourth-year medical student in good standing at an accredited U.S. allopathic or osteopathic medical school
- Must have completed specific prerequisites including all core clerkships: Medicine, Family Medicine, Neurology, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Surgery
- Students must have successfully passed USMLE Step 1
For questions regarding eligibility, please contact our Internal Medicine education coordinator, Tammy Pickens at tpickens@uabmc.edu.
International Student Visiting Rotation Requirements/Eligibility
The applications for visiting students from international medical schools are initiated and processed through the UAB International Student and Scholar Services office. Questions for international students can be directed to InternationalMD@uab.edu.
Visiting Rotation Information
Dates of rotations are set by the registrar's office and are not flexible. Rotations are only offered in four-week blocks. Two-week rotations are not available. Stipends are not available through the Internal Medicine Residency Program for visiting students. Applications will be reviewed early April, and acceptances will be made on a rolling basis starting mid-April. Applications submitted after July 1 will not be reviewed.
Though participating in a visiting student rotation does not guarantee an interview with the UAB Internal Medicine Residency Program, we would love to meet you while you’re here. We encourage visiting students to attend noon conferences and morning reports, where they will have an opportunity to interact with our program leadership and chief residents. Additionally, program leadership is happy to meet with visiting students during their rotation.
The number of students selected for visiting rotations in a clinical specialty will be strictly determined by each medicine division based on size of teams, number of team members, etc.