Visiting International Medical Students (VIMS)

World-renowned Alpert Medical School, a national leader in medical education and biomedical research, welcomes Visiting International Medical Students (VIMS) from international medical schools to apply to take final-year clinical electives.

If you are in your final year of medical education, you may apply to take four-week clinical electives for a maximum of six (6) months. VIMS may not apply for core clerkships at Alpert Medical School. To find out if your medical school is on our approved list, contact VIMS@Brown.edu.

If your school is not included on our approved list, you may have the dean of your medical school contact our Associate Dean for Visiting International Medical Students, Dr. Julianne Ip at Julianne_Ip@Brown.edu. Individual students should not contact Dean Ip.
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