Visiting Students

The Department of Dermatology offers two visiting student programs: Dermatology Visiting Student Scholarship and General Visiting Students. 

Students will rotate at one or a combination of our five teaching hospitals/clinics: UW Medical Center, Harborview Medical Center, Fred Hutch Cancer Center, and Roosevelt Clinic. 

General Visiting Students Overview

We love to meet students from other institutions, as you bring a different perspective and experience to our clinic and hospitals.  Unless your medical school does not have a dermatology program, we recommend doing no more than 1-2 away rotations in Dermatology for the following reasons:

• Away rotations are very expensive for students. The expectation that applicants must have done several away rotations disadvantages some students and makes the process less equitable and unnecessarily stressful for applicants.
• Our current climate crisis requires that we stop encouraging cross-country flights solely to bolster applications.
• We value students that have a passion for dermatology, but even more so those who have gained a broad exposure to other fields of medicine that will serve them well throughout their career.  These other non-derm electives make you a better physician in the long term.

Commitment to Holistic Application Reviews

In order to select the best applicants for the University of Washington Dermatology rotation and to improve equity in Dermatology please know:

• Students do not need to rotate at UW to be considered for a residency position later, nor do we guarantee interviews to those who do rotate here. 
• We do not have a minimum Step 1 or 2 board score to consider you for our program. 
• We review EVERY application we get for residency in its entirety.  We do not reject any applications based upon any screening criteria. 

TO APPLY

Applications for 2025 are closed. Check back in January 2026 for information on 2026 rotations!

Medicine Elective Clerkships

• Fourth year medical student standing, and completion of 8 weeks internal medicine rotation(s).
• If you have not uploaded our UW Derm Supplemental Visiting Student Application, you will not be considered for an elective.
• We require all students to have a recent transcript uploaded to VSLO.
• If you do not have a transcript uploaded you will not be considered for an elective.

Cancellations

You must withdraw at least 6 weeks before your starting date. Fees are non-refundable. All cancelations and changes must be made in writing to the department contact listed above.

Absence Policy

Please note our absence policy. Each elective has standard days off (weekends off for DERM 604 electives). Additional days off are generally not allowed. Please do not schedule an elective during a time when you are expecting to do residency interviews. One day off for a local interview may be granted with at least two weeks of advanced notice at the discretion of the clerkship director.

DERM 604 – Clinical Dermatology

Open ONLY to students applying for a residency in Dermatology. Participation in dermatology clinics and inpatient consultations at the in University of Washington Medical Center, Harborview Medical Center, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Roosevelt Clinic. Grand Rounds, Journal Club and other didactics are held each week with entire staff in addition to a continuing series of teaching seminars and weekly dermatopathology conferences.