The Division of Urology at Washington University in St. Louis welcomes applications to our Diversity Sub-internship Program intended to support minority student experiences in academic urologic surgery. The Program will provide accepted sub-intern students with a four-week rotation at Washington University between July and October.
This program aligns with Washington University’s academic goal of fostering a diverse academic community to prepare tomorrow’s leaders locally and globally. This program represents a continuum of the academic pipeline efforts to support and prepare students from a variety of backgrounds (see here).
Program support for participants includes a $2000.00 stipend to help offset the cost of travel, housing, fees, and incidental expenses.
Program Description
The Diversity Sub-Internship Program is designed to give students with a diverse background the experience of rotating as a sub-intern at Washington University in St. Louis Division of Urology. The sub-intern will function in the role of an intern and will be expected to attend all conferences including core curriculum, morbidity and mortality conference, rotation-based clinical case conferences, and simulation lab experiences with the house staff.
Who Should Apply
The Program is open to minority applicants who belong to groups that have been traditionally disadvantaged, underrepresented, or inadequately supported in medical training. We seek applications from racial minorities from historically underrepresented in the health profession including African American, American Indian, Alaska Native, Hispanic American and Pacific Islander. We also seek applications from sexual and gender minorities such as those who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender/gender nonconforming, queer/questioning, or intersex. Finally, we seek applications from students whose pathway to medical training includes substantial personal or financial adversity. The criteria under which the application is submitted need not be explicitly stated nor do these represent mutually exclusive categories.
Students must be enrolled in their final year of medical school in good academic standing at an LCME-accredited medical school, and have completed all required core clerkships. Students will be accepted into clinical rotations only if space is available during the preferred time period. In addition, all students must meet requirements set forth by the Washington University School of Medicine for all visiting students.
More details can be found here.
Application Requirements
Submit a brief statement (500 words or less) explaining what role you hope to one day play as a practicing urologist in promoting health equity and justice in your community. The Division of Urology prescreens all applicants interested in a visiting medical student rotation. Please submit your prescreening application in addition to your submission for the Diversity Sub-Internship Program. See WUSM visiting student application instructions here.
All application materials must be received by April 14, 2023, and should be sent via email to Kellie Hunter at kelliehunter@wustl.edu. Decisions will be made by April 21, 2023.