Vanderbilt Health offers rewarding clinical rotation and educational experience opportunities for allied health visiting students. The Center for Programs in Allied Health (CPiAH) assists with facilitating these opportunities.
Please note:
- CPiAH facilitates onboarding and compliance for visiting allied health students but does not identify placement opportunities or guarantee acceptance. This process applies to allied health students participating in short term clinical or educational experiences and does not apply to medical students, residents, or employees.
- Before a visiting student’s clinical rotation or educational experience can be approved, an active affiliation agreement (a contract) must exist between the hosting Vanderbilt Health department and the student’s home institution.
PROSPECTIVE VISITING STUDENTS
We are delighted that you wish to pursue a Visting Student Educational Experience (VSEE) at Vanderbilt Health!
Next steps:
- Search for a placement.
Visit VUMC's home page, scroll down, and click on “Academic Departments.” Please be aware that a Vanderbilt Health department must agree to accept you for a placement. - Confirm your start and end dates.
After finding a match, work with the Vanderbilt Health department and your home school to finalize your start and end dates. - Verify contact information.
CPiAH will correspond with both your home school and the Vanderbilt Health department to finalize your VSEE details. Please determine the best points of contact at both institutions. You will need to provide their names and email addresses. - Complete the Allied Health Professional Intake Form.
The Vanderbilt Health host department will email you with instructions and a link to this form. You must complete the intake form no earlier than 90 days and no later than 30 days before your start date. Your submission will be automatically emailed to your home institution and the Vanderbilt Health department for review. - Await an email from Workday with instructions about claiming your VUMC ID.
It typically takes 10 business days for our office to process your VSEE paperwork. Once that is finalized, our team will enter your details into Vanderbilt Health’s Workday platform. You will receive a no reply email with instructions about claiming your VUMC ID. - Await a separate welcome email with detailed onboarding instructions.
The Allied Health Visiting Student team will send a welcome email with detailed onboarding instructions. Your home institution and the Vanderbilt Health department will receive a copy. Please follow those instructions promptly and work with your host department to complete any additional onboarding requirements before your start date.
VANDERBILT HEALTH DEPARTMENTS
Thank you for hosting a visiting student at Vanderbilt Health!
Next steps:
- Visit the Allied Health Visiting Student SharePoint web page to find the appropriate onboarding guide.
Version A – active affiliation agreement exists
Version B – active affiliation agreement does not exist
Version C – unsure about affiliation agreement status - Follow the onboarding guide instructions.
Please email alliedhealthvisitingstudents@vumc.org if you have any questions.
HOME INSTITUTIONS
Thank you for supporting students as they explore allied health clinical or educational experience opportunities at Vanderbilt Health.
Next steps:
- Discuss logistics with your student and the Vanderbilt Health department.
Please discuss VSEE details, including start and end dates. Your student will request the name and email address of an administrator at your institution who can verify these details. If there is no active affiliation agreement, the hosting Vanderbilt Health department will request additional details. - Await an email with the student’s attached Health Professional Intake form. Follow instructions.
The Vanderbilt Health department will share a link to this form with your student. When the student completes the intake form, your administrative contact will receive an automated email notification with further instructions. - Await a copy of the student’s welcome email.
Our office will process all required paperwork (from your department, the student, and the home institution) and reach out if we have questions. Shortly after we enter details into Workday, the student will receive a welcome email with instructions. Your department and the home institution will receive a copy.
CONTACT US
Allied Health Visiting Students Team