Requirements:

Calendar:

Fall, Winter and Spring quarters; program for 2008/09 begins 9/15/08.
Students must adhere to UCSD's schedule.

Deadline:

Three months prior to clerkship.

Procedure:

To receive an application, please submit the following via fax (no earlier than 8/1/08):

• Letter of interest which includes:

1. name
2. mailing address
3. medical school / location
4. date of receiving M.D. degree.

• List of clinical experience which includes: name / location / dates of clinical work. [Surgery applicants: submit clinical evaluation (description) of SURGERY clerkship, minimum 4 weeks, taken in country where English is the native tongue.]
• Submit evaluation in speciality of your elective choice (except Radiology). 
  Evaluation must describe in detail your clinical performance, written and signed by physician/faculty who worked directly with you.
• Provide health record, current immunizations including TB test within one year of elective dates.
• Proof of Personal Health and Accident Insurance.
  
• Proof of Medical Malpractice Insurance.
• Provide Dean's Letter.
• Submit material written in English ONLY.
  
  

  After eligibility is determined, official application materials will be forwarded.
  

   

Housing:

List is provided after acceptance into program.

Application Fee:

For More Information:

Request information via e-mail.

Contact Information:

Adrianne Edwards
Program Coordinator
Visiting Student Electives Program

UCSD School of Medicine

9500 Gilman Drive, 0729
La Jolla, CA 92093-0729
email: a1edwards@ucsd.edu
phone: 858-534-1396
fax: 858-822-3067

Due to the volume of inquiries, it is not possible to respond to each applicant.

You will be contacted based on the Program's discretion and clinical availability.