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VSLO® Program Updates
The VSLO System for the 2025-2026 Season
Key dates for your awareness:
- Institutions gained access to the system on Monday, Jan. 12 at 11 a.m. ET.
- Students will have access on Tuesday, Jan. 20 at 11 a.m. ET, contingent upon receiving invitations from their Home institutions.
If you have students with applications or elective offers that were impacted by the transition, our team can assist them with identifying the appropriate contacts at Host institutions. For any offers that may have expired during the transition, Host institutions will be able to re-send offers beginning the week of Jan. 12.
The VSLO team is here to support you with training, job aids, office hours, and timely resources. Please see our FAQ page for additional information.
Visit the Demonstrations and Training for Institutions webpage to register for Home and Host institution system training.
VSLO System Modernization Update
We have made the decision to restore the legacy VSLO system you are familiar with while we continue to prepare for our launch of the modernized platform. The legacy VSLO system opened on Monday, Jan. 12 at 11 a.m. ET and we are postponing the launch of the modernized VSLO system. As part of this shift, all information in the system when we closed in November 2025 is restored and away rotation activity will be managed as in previous academic years for the upcoming season. Additionally, all previously bookmarked links should still work. Next steps will be shared with you over the coming weeks and months regarding the postponed transition to the modernized system. Note: We do not anticipate another extended shutdown of the system when we complete the transition.
Students who have been invited by their Home institutions will have access to the system as planned on Tuesday, Jan. 20 at 11 a.m. ET.
VSLO System Modernization: Coming in 2026
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 will be able to 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.
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.