Visiting Medical Students

We are excited about your interest in the visiting student program in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology!

Our department offers the following electives for domestic students (please note we are currently unable to offer any elective opportunities for international students):

• Inpatient Maternal Fetal Medicine (4 weeks)
• Outpatient Maternal Fetal Medicine (4 weeks)
• OBGYN Ultrasound – Genetics (2 weeks)
• Gynecologic Oncology (4 weeks)
  • NEW – In 2024 we launched our Gynecologic Oncology Diversity Visiting Student Program where we offer two scholarships per year for this course. For more information about the scholarship, click here. Please note that the application process for the scholarship is separate from the process outlined below; we will only accept scholarship applications submitted via the webpage linked above. If you wish to rotate in this course without the scholarship, follow the application process below.
• Outpatient OBGYN Generalist Care (4 weeks)
• Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility (4 weeks)

To view our current course availability, please click here.

Interested students should submit an application via Docusign with the following materials no later than ten weeks before the rotation start date.

• Letter of intent outlining your interest in OBGYN and why you wish to rotate within our department
• USMLE Step 1 or COMLEX score report and USMLE Step 2 (if available)
• Transcript
• CV
• Letter of Recommendation (LOR) from an OBGYN faculty member who explicitly states how your future residency career goals align with our residency program’s mission
  • Note – After you complete your application, it will be routed by email to your selected letter writer for them to upload their letter of recommendation. The application will not be submitted to our team for review until your letter writer has uploaded their LOR.  Please discuss this process with your letter writer to ensure the application is submitted to our team no later than ten weeks before the rotation start date.

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Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis by a faculty member within our department. Please expect to receive notification of pre-approval or rejection within two weeks of application submission (see note above about workflow involving letter writer).

If you receive pre-approval from our department, you must then apply for the elective for which you were pre-approved via the Visiting Student Learning Opportunities^™ (VSLO^®) website. Applications on VSLO must be submitted no later than six weeks prior to the rotation start date.

Please visit the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis Visiting Students website for more information on the process.

We welcome visiting medical students but do give priority to Washington University medical students in terms of available slots. Please note that when you are offered a visiting student elective spot, this does not guarantee you an interview for our residency program.