Elective

[Scottish_Medic]

Hi! I was just wondering if anyone from the UK has ever done an elective at John Hopkins? If so, how did you go about applying (did you apply to a visiting internship or did you contact a member of the faculty directly?), did you have to meet specific academic requirements (i.e. did you have to have straight As at uni or were you expected to sit the USMLE?), was it really competitive and was the elective more expensive than the other medics in your year who decided to go abroad?
Any advice would be realy great, thanks!

[stargazer]

All the relevant information can be found here: -

Visiting Student Policy

According to http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/som/V...PolicyWeb2.pdf

you can only do a clinical elective if you are attending an LCME approved medical school (US/Canada) OR your home medical school has a formal affiliation with Hopkins.

There doesn't seem to be the same restriction on Research Electives.

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[stargazer]

https://services.aamc.org/eec/students/

is a good resource for students seeking electives in North America. Some of the info is inaccurate however so best to check with individual schools.

[Scottish_Medic]

Hi, thanks for the info. That's really helpful. Yeah, it was really a research elective that I was interested in. Although, just out of curiosity are there any other american unis which allow UK students to undertake a clinical elective or would you have to apply directly to the hospital you'd like to go to?
Thanks again

[agneishd]

Hi, thanks for the info. That's really helpful. Yeah, it was really a research elective that I was interested in. Although, just out of curiosity are there any other american unis which allow UK students to undertake a clinical elective or would you have to apply directly to the hospital you'd like to go to?
Thanks again

You can contact a member of staff, and then apply for a J-1 visa to be able to conduct research there as far as I know.