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VSLO® Program Updates
VSLO Modernization for the 2025-2026 Season
The AAMC Visiting Student Learning Opportunities™ (VSLO®) program is enhancing its system for institutions and students. These modifications—based on user-feedback—will optimize the experience for everyone.
With these modifications, Host institutions can now make electives visible within an open catalog, increasing transparency and flexibility for Home and Host institutions and helping applicants better develop their away rotation strategies. Host institutions will also be able to see one application for all date requests for an elective versus multiple separate applications, streamlining the application review process.
Streamlined, flexible, and transparent. This is the new VSLO system coming December 2025.
VSLO System Modernization Update
We are on track to launch the modernized VSLO system this winter. This month, we will begin asking interested VSLO users to sign up to join small group sessions to review and offer feedback on selected Home and Host features. These demonstrations are scheduled for mid-September. The new system training schedule will be posted in late October. In addition to live and recorded training sessions, we will provide updated job aids and have office hours available to ensure you and your teams can familiarize yourself with the new platform ahead of the next away rotation season.
Please note that the current VSLO system will be unavailable during the month of November. This timing was determined through a detailed analysis of system usage data and reflects the period of lowest overall activity. The modernized VSLO system will operate on a new set of databases. To ensure data integrity and prevent any data loss, the data must be transferred in a static state. Home and Host institutions will gain access to the new system in early December — prior to student access — to review and confirm that their data and institutional user privileges have been accurately transferred.
VSLO System Modernization Demonstration and Feedback Sessions
We invite you to sign up for one of the upcoming modernization demonstrations to review specific components of the new software. Note: Each session has a registration capacity of 20 attendees.
Home Institutions
| Date | Time | Type of Session | Register |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 15, 2025 | 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. ET | Home Institution Demonstration and Feedback Session | In this two-hour small group session, we will review selected features and capture user feedback on the various components of the system. Registration is at capacity. |
| September 16, 2025 | 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. ET | Home Institution Demonstration and Feedback Session | In this two-hour small group session, we will review selected features and capture user feedback on the various components of the system. Registration is at capacity. |
| September 17, 2025 | 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. ET | Home Institution Demonstration and Feedback Session | In this two-hour small group session, we will review selected features and capture user feedback on the various components of the system. Registration is at capacity. |
| September 18, 2025 | 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. ET | Home Institution Demonstration and Feedback Session | In this two-hour small group session, we will review selected features and capture user feedback on the various components of the system. Registration is at capacity. |
| September 19, 2025 | 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. ET | Home Institution Demonstration and Feedback Session | In this two-hour small group session, we will review selected features and capture user feedback on the various components of the system. Registration is at capacity. |
Host Institutions
| Date | Time | Type of Session | Register |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 15, 2025 | 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. ET | Host Institution Demonstration and Feedback Session | In this two-hour small group session, we will review selected features and capture user feedback on the various components of the system. Registration is at capacity. |
| September 16, 2025 | 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. ET | Host Institution Demonstration and Feedback Session | In this two-hour small group session, we will review selected features and capture user feedback on the various components of the system. Registration is at capacity. |
| September 17, 2025 | 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. ET | Host Institution Demonstration and Feedback Session | In this two-hour small group session, we will review selected features and capture user feedback on the various components of the system. Registration is at capacity. |
| September 18, 2025 | 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. ET | Host Institution Demonstration and Feedback Session | In this two-hour small group session, we will review selected features and capture user feedback on the various components of the system. Registration is at capacity. |
| September 19, 2025 | 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. ET | Host Institution Demonstration and Feedback Session | In this two-hour small group session, we will review selected features and capture user feedback on the various components of the system. Registration is at capacity. |
VSLO System Modernization Office Hours
- September 10: 4 p.m. - 5 p.m. ET. Register Now.
- September 23: 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. ET. Register Now.
- October 7: 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. ET. Register Now.
- October 21: 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. ET. Register Now.
VSLO Program Bulletin
Last Updated: August 21, 2025
Message from the VSLO Team
Dear VSLO Colleagues,
We hope you have had a chance to watch our new video that highlights a few of the key changes you will see in the modernized Visiting Student Learning Opportunities™ (VSLO®) software coming later this year.
The following graphic shows what you can expect in the coming months leading up to the December launch of the modernized system.
We’re pleased that so many of you registered for the modernization demonstration and review sessions taking place next month; all sessions have reached maximum capacity.
We look forward to sharing updates about the VSLO program – including modernization and much more – during our presentation at Learn Serve Lead 2025: The AAMC Annual Meeting, taking place in San Antonio, Texas from Saturday, Nov. 1 through Wednesday, Nov. 5. We hope you will join us for the VSLO Service Update on Sunday, Nov. 2 at 7 a.m. (see registration information below).
Wishing everyone a smooth start to the new academic year!
Thank you,
The AAMC VSLO Team
VSLO Program Updates
Connect with the VSLO Team During Office Hours
As your teams prepare for the new academic year, we are eager and ready to support you. We invite you to join us for VSLO office hours where you can bring questions and topics of interest that have come up for your teams over the past academic year, or that you are discussing as you plan for the upcoming season. You can register for VSLO office hours on our website.
The September and October sessions will focus on the transition to the modernized system.
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Upcoming Events
NRMP® Transition to Residency Conference: Changing World, Changing Vision
Join the National Resident Matching Program® (NRMP®) at its annual Transition to Residency conference from Oct. 11-12 in Washington, DC at the Westin DC Downtown. The theme of this year’s meeting – Changing World. Changing Vision. – allows attendees to collectively explore how regional and national initiatives are informing and impacting medical education and how undergraduate medical education and graduate medical education are evolving to respond to change. Visit the NRMP conference website to learn more and register.
Registration Now Open for Learn Serve Lead 2025: The AAMC Annual Meeting
Have you registered yet for Learn Serve Lead 2025: The AAMC Annual Meeting, taking place in San Antonio, Texas from Saturday, Nov. 1, to Wednesday, Nov. 5? This annual event draws thousands of attendees from across the academic medicine community to connect with thought leaders and spark conversation on critical issues impacting medical education and patient care. Attendees will have access to all programming, including plenary sessions, the Voices of Medicine and Society lecture series, and 110+ breakout sessions. Register now.
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Join us from April 16-18, 2026, at the Hyatt Regency Orlando in Florida for the 2026 AAMC Group on Student Affairs (GSA)-GDI-Organization of Student Representative (OSR) Joint National Meeting. This annual meeting brings together leaders, learners, and professionals dedicated to advancing the student experience and improving the teaching and learning environment in academic medicine for three days of timely engaging conversations, peer-to-peer networking, and more. The call for sessions and poster proposals will open soon — stay tuned for registration details.
About the VSLO Program
The AAMC Visiting Student Learning Opportunities™ (VSLO®) program enables medical and public health students to pursue short-term learning opportunities in locations away from their Home institutions.
We encourage VSLO users to subscribe to our listservs for timely updates and more. Please send us a blank email to join our Global or U.S. Network Listservs.
We appreciate your candid feedback as it helps us identify and prioritize any resource or system enhancements. Please contact the AAMC Support Center or call 202-478-9878 if you have any questions. Representatives are available Monday - Friday, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. ET.