The Advanced Emergency Medicine Elective offered by NYU Langone’s Ronald O. Perelman Department of Emergency Medicine is for senior medical students at NYU Grossman School of Medicine and other Liaison Committee on Medical Education–accredited schools who are interested in pursuing a career in emergency medicine.

Our four-week elective, considered a subinternship, provides significant clinical responsibilities and didactics that form the academic core of our department.

Objectives of the Elective

Senior medical students receive exposure to the diverse array of clinical problems encountered in the emergency department, and train in the arts of assessment and treatment. Students learn how to think critically in various busy urban emergency department settings, including NYU Langone’s Ronald O. Perelman Center for Emergency Services, NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn, NYU Langone Health—Cobble Hill Emergency Department at the Joseph S. and Diane H. Steinberg Ambulatory Care Center, and NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue, and work closely with emergency medicine residents and faculty to diagnose and manage critically and noncritically ill patients using evidence-based medicine.

Students are expected to manage more than one patient simultaneously, devise and implement appropriate patient care plans, and follow and reevaluate their patients through disposition. They take concise histories, perform physicals, present cases to residents and attendings, and communicate and work efficiently within a team.

Key Responsibilities for Medical Students

Students have direct patient management responsibility under close supervision by the attending faculty.

We require mandatory participation in all departmental activities, including two days of orientation, clinical shifts, didactic lectures, ultrasound and procedure workshops, simulation sessions, and conferences.

Students are scheduled for a variety of emergency medicine shifts at Ronald O. Perelman Center for Emergency Services and Bellevue in Manhattan, and at NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn and NYU Langone Health—Cobble Hill Emergency Department at the Joseph S. and Diane H. Steinberg Ambulatory Care Center in Brooklyn. Shifts last eight hours and may occur on days, evenings, nights, and weekends.

Faculty Mentorship and Assessment

Each student is paired with an emergency medicine faculty mentor with a special interest in education and mentoring. During the four-week rotation, students work with that faculty member for three or four clinical shifts. This provides an opportunity for each student to get to know a faculty member on a more personal level and for the faculty member to evaluate students’ progress over the course of the rotation. Each faculty mentor provides an assessment at the end of the rotation, which enhances the standardized letter of evaluation prepared by the undergraduate medical education team.

Didactic Program

The didactic program involves participation in flipped classroom lectures taught by emergency medicine faculty and senior residents, an airway simulation lab, a central venous line lab, simulation sessions in critical care, and weekly residency conferences. Students also have opportunities to attend conferences in pediatric emergency medicine, ultrasound, and quality improvement.

One of the most valuable and unique traditions in the Department of Emergency Medicine is our Lewin Morning Report held at Bellevue. During the Lewin Morning Report, senior residents present real-life challenging cases, and then residents, students, and attendings deliver a discourse on diagnoses and management. Lewin Morning Report has been held for the past several decades, and it is an invaluable learning opportunity for students.

Students also attend high-fidelity simulation sessions at the New York Simulation Center for the Health Sciences, a 25,000-square-foot simulation center.

Method of Medical Student Assessment

Student assessment consists mainly of the completion of daily electronic assessment forms by attendings after each clinical shift. Attendance is mandatory at conferences and lectures, and students are required to present a case at the end of the elective.

Elective Scheduling Information

The Advanced Emergency Medicine Elective is a four-week rotation. We are accepting visiting medical students to rotate with us in person during July, August, September, and October 2024. Visiting medical students who have completed their away rotation with us will be eligible for an electronic standardized letter of evaluation (eSLOE) for the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS).

2024 Rotation Dates for Visiting Students

• July 1 to July 28
• July 29 to August 25
• August 26 to September 22
• September 30 to October 27

If accepted, students are responsible for securing their own housing. Please feel free to email for guidance on finding housing (in the best city in the world!)—there are plenty of options.

Please be aware that acceptance for an in-person visiting elective in emergency medicine will be provisional pending NYU Grossman School of Medicine’s final decision based on COVID-19 guidelines. The health requirements for visiting students, which will be monitored by Student Health Services, should include proof of COVID-19 vaccination and booster except in unique cases.

How to Apply

To apply for the Advanced Emergency Medicine Elective, please use the Visiting Student Learning Opportunities (VSLO) website hosted by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) and search for NYU Langone.

If you need to mail any paper documentation, please send to the following address:

NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue
Ronald O. Perelman Department of Emergency Medicine
Attn: Ellie Pena
462 First Avenue, Suite A342C
New York, NY 10016

Please keep in mind that the deadline for applications is 60 days prior to the start of the elective. Our team will start reviewing applications on a rolling basis starting March 1, 2024. Our Advanced Elective enrollment has an active wait list; while we understand that schedules and plans change, if you accept a spot and need to cancel, please do so within 30 days of the start of your elective.

While we would love to accept all interested medical students, we look for strong academic and clinical applicants who demonstrate interest in rotating at our varied emergency departments and who will thrive in a fast-paced, demanding, but highly rewarding environment in one of the busiest cities in the world.

Please see VSLO for a complete list of requirements including:

• a letter of good standing from your medical school, dated in the last calendar year
• N95 mask fit certification
• copy of current basic life support (BLS) certification
• proof of malpractice insurance (minimum of $1 million per claim and $3 million aggregate)
• $125 application fee, due to the NYU Grossman School of Medicine registrar’s office on the first day of the elective
• a personal statement explaining your interest in our rotation (250 words max)
• an updated CV

Funding Opportunities for Visiting Students Committed to Advancing Diversity in Medicine

The Ronald O. Perelman Department of Emergency Medicine welcomes applicants who come from diverse and underrepresented backgrounds in the field of medicine, and those who aspire to predominantly care for underserved and marginalized communities. We are excited to offer two funding opportunities for visiting students who have a demonstrated a commitment to the diverse practice of medicine.

Reimbursements from the Office of Diversity Affairs

NYU Langone’s Office of Diversity Affairs offers students in various clinical rotations up to $2,000 in reimbursement for registration fees, travel, and housing.

Emergency Medicine Scholarships for Advancing Diversity in Medicine

The Ronald O. Perelman Department of Emergency Medicine offers $1,000 scholarships to 10 visiting students who are aligned with our goals for increasing diversity, equity, and inclusion in the field of medicine. If you would like to apply for a scholarship, please note your interest in your VSLO personal statement.

Preference will be given to students who have not received funding from the Office of Diversity Affairs to allow more underrepresented in medicine students to rotate in emergency medicine at NYU Langone.

Preparing to Apply for the Emergency Medicine Residency

We conduct in-person residency interviews with all students enrolled in the Advanced Elective in Emergency Medicine who are interested in applying to the Emergency Medicine Residency offered by NYU Grossman School of Medicine. Interviews are scheduled during the four-week rotation and occur on preset dates. Please bring a business suit on the day of the interview. If a student defers the scheduled interview, a later interview is not guaranteed.

Those who do choose to interview for the residency during their rotation still need to apply via ERAS.

Contact Us

The preceptors for the Advanced Emergency Medicine Elective are May H. Li, MD, Masashi Rotte, MD, and Amy B. Bass, MD.

For general inquiries about the program and how to apply, contact Ellie Pena, administrative coordinator, at ellie.pena@nyulangone.org or 646-501-6735.