Stanford Clinical Opportunity for Residency Experience Program

1. Increase recruitment of diverse trainees into academic medicine.
2. Provide education and career development in support of Stanford Medicine’s mission.
3. Enhance the educational experience of Stanford medical students by increasing interactions with trainees from diverse backgrounds.
4. Foster opportunities for collaboration with other institutions where the visiting trainees are based.

• SCORE brings fourth-year medical students from diverse backgrounds to Stanford for a four-week residential clinical training program in one of the clinical departments:
  
  • Stanford Hospitals & Clinics, or
  • Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital
• SCORE students will be matched with faculty and resident mentors who share similar clinical interests
• The students will participate in mentorship activities with a clinical advisor, as well as clinical rotations, programs, and activities with Stanford medical students
• If desired, participants may also be connected with a research advisor
• The choice of subspecialty elective will be made in conjunction with the department, depending on availability of that elective and the completion of required application information

• SCORE will award a $2,000 stipend at the beginning of the rotation
  
• In addition to the stipend, SCORE will provide housing to the student for the duration of the rotation**
  
• SCORE will waive the $200 standard application fee
  
• SCORE students receive mentorship from outstanding Stanford faculty members
• SCORE students participate in special program activities designed to form connections with Stanford faculty, residents, and students
• SCORE collaborates with other units, e.g. Office of Faculty Development and Diversity, Graduate Medical Education, Center of Excellence in Diversity in Medical Education, and Stanford University Minority Medical Alliance, among many others, to promote a robust experience during the student's rotation
  
• SCORE students can immerse in local community programs and to life in the surrounding Bay Area. See the SCORE "Welcome to Stanford" webpage.

• The student must be in good academic standing and enrolled in their fourth or final year M.D. or D.O. degree program during their elective rotation at Stanford - current 3rd year medical students (rising 4th year students)
  
• The student must also be from a school accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education or Education Department of the American Osteopathic Association
• Applicants must express strong interest in applying to a Stanford residency program. Selection will be based on past clinical and academic achievement
• Applicants will write an essay describing how they believe that their background and experience would contribute to diversity, broadly defined in SCORE
  
• If applicable, students must have completed the core clerkship relating to the department that they have chosen to do the elective (e.g. if interested in pursuing an elective in pediatric infectious diseases, the student must have already completed the core clerkship in pediatrics at their medical school)
• Each participating Department will select its own participants
• Please only apply to the program that you are hoping to Match. The intent of SCORE is for the student to perform the away rotation in the field they plan to apply for Residency
• MD students with their home school outside the U.S. are not eligible to apply for the SCORE program. These applicants should consider applying for participation in the International Visiting Student Program.
  

Students interested in the SCORE program must submit:

1. Completed online application
2. Dean's Statement Form
   
3. Personal statement (describe how you believe your background and experience would contribute to diversity, include why you want to rotate with the particular department)
   
4. Letters of Recommendation
   
5. Curriculum Vitae
6. Official medical school transcript

All application requirements are available on the online Slideroom Application Portal.

Initial application review is performed by the Office of Medical Student Affairs. The application is then submitted to the Department that the student wants to rotate in for review and selection.

Please Note: If you are an international medical student with your home school located outside the U.S., you are not eligible for the SCORE Program. International medical students should consider applying for participation in the International Visiting Student Program.

• “Team placement and schedule were excellent. I personally liked the order of the SubI schedule and appreciated the opportunity for some patient continuity”.
• “I like to serve underserved and diverse patient populations. I was pleasantly surprised at the diversity among the patients I served”.
  
• “This was an amazing experience, and I am appreciative of all your efforts to give us the opportunity to learn more about Stanford. I had a wonderful time throughout my month, and it was an unforgettable experience which I will share with other medical students. I will certainly advocate for the richness of this program and the connections I have established for the rest of my professional career“.
• “The SCORE program was excellent. I was able to rent a car early in the rotation because the stipend was available BEFORE I got to Stanford campus (this is absolutely critical to having a smooth first few days)”.
• “I felt extremely cared for and included in all aspects of SCORE. I appreciated the mentorship and social events to meet the other applicants and loved having SCORE roommates!”.