Visiting Elective for URiM Students

Emory University’s Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences invites medical students from groups underrepresented in medicine, including but not limited to underrepresented minorities and individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds to apply for our Visiting Elective in Psychiatry. Our department is committed to fostering an inclusive learning community where our trainees develop into outstanding clinicians, educators, researchers, and leaders who address health disparities at the local, national, and global levels. This clerkship specifically targets students who intend to apply to and pursue a career in Psychiatry and offers medical students from groups underrepresented in psychiatry a clinical experience in our academic department. This program was created to promote interest in applying to the psychiatry program at Emory and generating interest in practicing psychiatry in the state of Georgia upon completion of residency training. The visiting elective exposes students to a thriving academic medical center with diverse clinical sites and patient populations, as well as various careers in Psychiatry.

• Visiting Students will be embedded in a team of faculty and residents working on an inpatient unit, consultation-liaison service, emergency psychiatry service, or outpatient practice.
• Weekly experiences in ambulatory or emergency psychiatry and any subspecialties (e.g., geriatric, CAP, addiction, ECT, etc.), based on student interest and availability.
• Exposure to educational activities at Emory in the Department including Grand Rounds and weekly residency didactics.
• Students will be provided mentorship from departmental DEI leaders and residents during the elective.
• Visiting students will have an opportunity to meet with residency leaders in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences.
• Students included in DISC (Diversity, Inclusion and Social Justice Subcommittee) and Residency Diversity Committee opportunities with a group of residents and faculty committed to fostering a departmental culture in which achieving equity, diversity and inclusivity are high priorities.
• The program provides a transportation, housing, and food stipend of up to $2,000 for in-person visiting students upon successful completion of the experience.

• Completed core clerkships by August 2024
• Currently enrolled in an LCME-accredited medical school
• US citizen, US permanent resident, or DACA recipient
• From a group traditionally underrepresented in Psychiatry, including Black/African-American, Latinx/Hispanic, Native American/Alaska Native, and Pacific Islander/Native Hawaiian OR from a disadvantaged background.

• Apply on Visiting Student Learning Opportunities (VSLO) and complete the supplemental application.
• Elective is four weeks during August, September or October.
• Applicants may apply to any other Emory electives, regardless of acceptance to this elective.
• Deadline for applications is April 1.