Due to the Global Pandemic, UNMC is following the guidelines and recommendations set forth by the Coalition for Physician Accountability. Our catalog for the 2023 Academic Year will be viewable starting December 1. We will begin accepting applications via VSLO starting January 1, 2023.
Please follow the instructions and guidelines for completing an application and maximum request limits below.
We invite and encourage you to explore our residency programs by visiting-- https://www.unmc.edu/com/about/gme/index.html.
We wish you a healthy and fulfilling year.
Requests for an elective time at the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine from students attending U.S. medical schools or osteopathic schools are done through VSLO (Visiting Student Learning Opportunities). There is a maximum of 1 (one) rotation per applicant. Please limit requests to no more than 3 (three) options for review. If those options are denied you may then submit more options (3) for consideration.
Applications will be reviewed by merit beginning January 1 with decisions made on a rolling basis through the year. UNMC offers rotations each month of the academic year July - June.
Applicants will be expected to adhere to the date scheduled as prescribed by UNMC and be able to attend all 4 weeks of any given rotation.
Only complete applications will be reviewed for consideration. An opportunity to correct an application may be offered. A complete application consists of the following:
- Currently in the 4th/Final year of M.D./D.O. program
- Verification page on VSLO completed by the Home School
- A student is in Good Standing (listed on Verification page)
- Current OSHA training (listed on Verification page)
- Current BLS (listed on Verification page)
- Mask Fit Test completed (listed on Verification page)
- Medical Liability in the amounts of $3M Aggregate and $1M Per Instance (listed on Verification page)
- Completion of Core Clerkships that are required at UNMC (listed on Verification page)
- Family Medicine
- Internal Medicine
- Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Pediatrics
- Psychiatry
- Surgery
- Current HIPAA training (listed on Verification page)
- Passed USMLE Step 1 / COMLEX (listed on Verification page)
- Immunizations uploaded
- Verification of COVID full vaccination as defined by the CDC
- State and Federal Background check uploaded (SSN XXX-XX-XXXX, Nationwide Federal Criminal, Global Report, US Nationwide Criminal, Sex Offender Registries, Statewide Criminal, Adult Abuse Registry 1.0, Child Abuse Registry 1.0, OIG-SAM)
- CV uploaded
- Photograph uploaded
- Transcript uploaded
- Any additional documentation required by any given department/course
The University of Nebraska Medical Center additional documentation required for VSLO applications (see VSLO for any updates to this list):
UNMC requires a background check uploaded for each applicant.
The following departments require additional documents:
Anesthesiology: Step 1 score or COMLEX
List of previous electives taken in this area
Emergency Medicine: Step 1 or COMLEX score
Brief statement of interest in area
Internal Medicine: Step 1 or COMLEX
Brief statement about why UNMC
Step 2 score (if available)
Neurosurgery: Step 1 score
Step 2 score (if available)
Obstetrics and Gynecology: Step 1 score
Brief statement about why UNMC
Ophthalmology: Brief statement about why UNMC
Orthopaedic Surgery: Step 1 score
Otolaryngology: Step 1 score
Brief statement about why UNMC
Path. & Microbiology: Course 799 requires a preference sheet DO NOT CONTACT DEPT
OR FACULTY (see course description for details)
Radiation Therapy: List of previous electives taken in this area
Surgery: Step 1 score
Step 2 score (if available)
Elective rotations are four weeks in length.
We do not offer any two-week elective experiences.
The student must be at the senior/final level of medical school at the time of the proposed elective.
Visiting students are not accepted into third-year junior clerkships.
The University of Nebraska College of Medicine does not accept applications for electives from students attending foreign medical schools and non-LCME accredited MD institutions or non-COCA accredited DO institutions.
To attend a non-credit experience, please contact The Office of Global Engagement (OGE) at 402-559-4517 or global@unmc.edu or visit their website.