Funded Visiting Clerkship Opportunity for URM Students

Please see the following information for a funded clerkship opportunity at Stanford University for underrepresented minority students.

The Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford

Department of Pediatrics

Six funded visiting clerkship positions in general pediatrics and pediatric subspecialties will be available at the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford (LPCH) from August through November of 2016 for qualified applicants from backgrounds underrepresented in medicine.

* Funding includes up to $2,000 for reimbursement of travel and housing.
* Each student will be paired with a faculty member that will serve as a mentor and advisor.
* Each student will be given the opportunity to have a personal meeting with the Pediatric Residency Program Director.
* Each student will be paired with a URM resident who will introduce them to the Stanford Medical School/Center diversity community and its resources.

Program Description

The visiting clerkship program is designed to give students a chance to experience the exceptional training that LPCH has to offer. In addition, it provides LPCH residents and attending faculty a chance to form a close working relationship with each student.

Visiting students will spend four weeks on one of the following: Inpatient floor (general pediatrics, subspecialty, or Hematology/Oncology), NICU, or PICU. As LPCH is a tertiary care center, students will have exposure to a variety of patients ranging from bread-and-butter pediatrics to medically complex patients. Alternatively, students can spend the month on a Subspecialty Elective rotation (endocrinology, infectious disease, or cardiology). Students are also invited to attend morning report and noon conference daily, as well as weekly grand rounds.

Application Requirements

* Applicants for the funded sub-internship position must come from backgrounds underrepresented in medicine. As defined by the AAMC, this includes African Americans, Mexican Americans, mainland Puerto Ricans, and Native Americans (that is American Indians, Native Hawaiians, Alaskan Natives).
* Applicants must:
* Complete the LPCH Funded Clerkship for Underrepresented Minority Medical Student application form
* Provide a personal statement discussing career goals
* Provide one letter of recommendation, preferably from a pediatric attending
* Provide a Curriculum Vitae
* Provide an official medical school transcript
* Complete the Stanford University School of Medicine Visiting Student Clerkship application packet and required documentation (NOTE: The $200 fee has been waived.)

* The application deadline is April 1, 2016, and acceptance notices will be sent by April 5, 2016. Applicants not selected for the funded sub-internship will, if interested, be entered into the general pool of applicants for unfunded visiting clerkships at LPCH.

Contact Information

Laura K. Bachrach, MD

Associate Program Director, Pediatrics Residency

E-mail: lkbach@stanford.edu

Becky Blankenburg, MD

Program Director, Pediatrics Residency

E-mail: rblanke@stanford.edu

Send Application Packet To:

LPCH Underrepresented Minority Recruiting Committee

Attn: Carrie Johnson, Pediatrics Residency Coordinator

Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital

725 Welch Road, Mail Code 5906