Visiting Students

Welcome to the Frontlines of Emergency Medicine

High Acuity, High Impact: A Month That Shapes Your Future

Welcome! Thank you for your interest in our program. A month-long experience at McGovern Medical School in the Department of Emergency Medicine will be an engaging, rigorous experience for the EM bound medical student. Our goal is to expose you the breadth of emergency medicine at our two training sites:

Memorial Hermann Hospital – Texas Medical Center (TMC)

Memorial Hermann Hospital (MHH) – TMC is a tertiary care/academic center and the referral hub for the Memorial Hermann System (largest healthcare provider in the state of Texas) and one of the busiest Level 1 trauma centers in the country. Additionally, you will work shifts at Children’s Memorial Hermann’s Pediatric ED, a pediatric level 1 trauma center. MHH – TMC boasts the only helipad in the city and has a high volume of both adult and pediatric air transport. Your experience here is extremely fast paced and filled with high acuity patients.

EM Visiting Students

This group of visiting students is ready to hit the ground running. After a great orientation, they took a moment to enjoy some laughs and strike a fun pose before heading into their first shifts!

Lyndon Baines Johnson Hospital (LBJ)

Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ) Hospital is one of two Harris County hospitals in the city, and serves as a safety net to Houston’s most vulnerable population. Currently the busiest Emergency Department in the city, LBJ is a level 3 trauma center with a large Spanish speaking population. There is no specific pediatric ED at LBJ, so you will have the opportunity to see children mixed in with adults (approximately 8% of total ED visits). Students will get to see advanced stages of disease and “things that you won’t get to see most other places”.

EMER 4004 is our visiting student elective. To be eligible for this elective, you must have completed the four core rotations:

  1. Medicine, Surgery
  2. OBGYN
  3. Pediatrics
  4. Successfully completed the USMLE Step 1 and currently in good academic standing at their home institution

How to Register

All applications must be submitted through VSLO. You will be able to view our institution’s VSLO offerings on March 1, 2024, and can start applying on April 1, 2025.

visiting students collage

From ultrasound practice to simulation training, our visiting students are getting the full emergency medicine experience. With our knowledgeable team leading the way, every day is a mix of learning, teamwork, and a few well-earned laughs. Welcome to the action!

Rotation highlights

  • 4-week elective with 14 eight-hour shifts (days/evenings/nights/weekends).
  • Weekly Thursday morning emergency medicine resident conference
  • Small group didactics and advanced procedure/SIM lab scheduled during the block (content subject to change based on availability)
  • Opportunity to join EM journal club (if offered that month)
  • Student presentations on EM specific topics
  • Optional additional sessions discussed during orientation