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Document generation: 25 Jun 2012

IFMSA - International Federation of Medical Students Associations - www.ifmsa.org SCOPE - Standing Committee on Professional Exchange

Exchange Conditions of : Mexico - IFMSA-Mexico


Level of studies: Clinical Type of Clerkship: Clinical Languages: Spanish or English is obligatory. Duration of Clerkship: 4 weeks (1 month) not 3 weeks!! Working Conditions: The exchange attends daily clinical work where he/she will be guided by a doctor. Exchange students work under the same conditions as Mexican students and must follow all regulations at the hospital. Sometimes the student will have to do night shifts depending on the rotation. We expect the exchange students to take his clerkship SERIOUSLY and behave accordingly. The incomings should attend the full period of the clerkship (4 weeks) in order to receive the certificate. No exceptions will be made. Clerkship might be cancelled if the expected amount of workdays isn't accomplished by the incoming student Available Departments: Acupuncture | Addiction Medicine | Allergy & Clinical Immunology | Alternative Medicine | Ambulatory Care and Prevention | Anaesthesia | Anatomy | Biochemistry | Biology | Biophysics | Chemistry | Dermatology | Dermatovenerology | Emergency Medicine | Epidemiology | Family Medicine | Female Cancers | Forensic Medicine | Genetics | Geriatrics | Gynaecology/Obstetrics | Hematology | Histology | Hygiene | Immunology | Infectious Diseases | Intensive and Critical Care | Internal MedicineCardiology | Internal Medicine-Endocrinology | Internal Medicine-Gastroenterology | Internal MedicineGeneral | Internal Medicine-Hematology | Internal Medicine-Invasive Cardiology | Internal MedicineNephrology | Internal Medicine-Noninvasive Cardiology | Internal Medicine-Pulmonary | Internal MedicineRheumatology | Internal Medicine-Tropical Medicine | Medical Ecology | Microbiology | Molecular Medicine | Musculoskeletal | Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine | Neurology | Nuclear Medicine | Occupational Medicine | Oncology | Ophthalmology | Otorhinolaryngology | Paediatrics | Paediatrics-Neurosurgery | PaediatricsOncology | Paediatrics-Surgery | Parasitology | Pathology | Pathophysiology | Pharmacology | Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | Physiology | Physiotherapy | Primary Care | Psychiatry | Psychotherapy | Radiology | Radiotherapy | Respiratory Medicine | Sleep Disorders | Social Medicine | Sports Medicine | Surgery-Cardiothoracic Surgery | Surgery-Cardiovascular Surgery | Surgery-Gastrointestinal Surgery | Surgery-General | Surgery-Hand Surgery | Surgery-Head and Neck Surgery | Surgery-Maxillo-facial Surgery | Surgery-Neurosurgery | Surgery-Orthopedics | Surgery-Plastic Surgery | Surgery-Shoulder & Elbow Surgery | Surgery-Thoracic Surgery | Surgery-Transplantation Surgery | Surgery-Vascular Sugery | Traumatology | Tropical Medicine | Urology | Disciplines: Veracruz Puerto: Fluently English, Basic Spanish: Emergency, Gynecology & Obstetrics Monterrey: You must speak basic Spanish: Emergency Guadalajara, Saltillo: You must speak basic Spanish: Emergency, Gynecology & Obstetrics Durango, Ciudad Mendoza, Gomez Palacio, Minatitlan y Torreon: You must speak basic Spanish: Emergency, Gynecology & Obstetrics & Pediatrics Tepic: You must speak basic Spanish: Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics & Pediatrics Periods & Towns: Aviable Cities: the whole year: CHIHUAHUA, CULIACAN,CIUDAD MENDOZA, GUADALAJARA, MORELIA, MONTERREY Calendar Months Only), SALTILLO , TOLUCA, TOLUCA, XALAPA, ZACATECAS. All year, except December & January:GOMEZ PALACIO & MEXICO CITY DURANGO: January,February & June-December

MINATITLAN: June to September & December PUEBLA: June, July, August, September, December and January. TEPIC: July TORREON: July, August, Decembre & January VERACRUZ PUERTO: June, July August & September.(Ask about availability for other months). CALENDAR MONTHS, from the 1st to the END of the month. We can not accept or host students before the begining or the ending of the clerkship (dates specified on the CA) IN CASE the student WANTS TO ARRIVE BEFORE or STAY AFTER, he has to look by himself, for a place to stay. PLEASE HELP US TO HAVE A WELL ORGANIZED EXCHANGE PROGRAM!... Application documents & deadline: THIS IS THE ONLY PAPER DOCUMENT: 1. 2 Photographs (passport size) Application: 4 Months before starting the Clerkship. For those who want to come during SUMMER time, the documents must be delivered during the March Meeting. Digital documents required: ALL DIGITAL DOCUMENTS PLEASE INSIDE AN IDENTIFIED CD OR BY EMAIL: 1. Official AF 2. Copy of Passport 3. Motivation letter (electronic) 4. Copy of the insurance. 5. Proof of enrollment of medical school. Card of Acceptance deadline (weeks in advance): 6 Card of Confirmation deadline (weeks in advance): 4 Insurance: Health Insurance is absolutely compulsory. The proof of insurance must be shown upon arrival, and must state what the insurance will cover (illness, accidents, home transport, up to which amount, etc.) Pocket Money: None. Board & Lodging: *BILATERAL: Free *UNILATERAL: $300 EUROS. (Ask the NEO for aviable LC and month) UNILATERAL FEE MUST BE PAID IN CASH AND IN EUROS OR ITS CONVERSION TO MEXICAN PESOS. *MEALS are provided by IFMSA-Mexico and it depends on the Local committee (minimum 1 per day) *LODGING depends on the city (student housing,apartments and hostal).. Social Program: Available. Offered by local committees. We recommend the one during summer time!!! Although there is no official social program during the other months, students who come during these months will easily make friends with Mexican students who will organize a social program for them. Substitutions: If possible we prefer same period, department, and gender as originally confirmed. IMPORTANT, if we have not received the AF of the substitute within 10 days after cancellation, the place will be considered lost. All changes must be reported to the NEO. Cancellations: We Prefer substitutions rather than cancellations, if it is not possible, the Cancellation Letter must be sent to the Exchange Officer. Visas: READ CAREFULLY!! WE DO NOT ISSUE VISAS or diferent oficial embassy documents, please if you need a visa ask for it as a TOURIST (It will be easier for you to get ;-D) we are not responsible for students who do not get a VISA. You have to request to your NEO the Invitation Letter in advance. As soon as the student gets the visa he has only 3 months of permission to be in our country and after this period he needs an extension. Special remarks: The incomings must complete the schedule (Monday-Friday) & attend the full period

(4 weeks) in order to receive the certificate, which will be given at the end of the period and NOT before. Incomings have to bring their own stethoscope, white coat, scrubs (any color) & white clothes. Relatives, boy/girlfriend, pets, etc. are NOT allowed. The cost of transportation in the city is not included by the LC (hostel-hospital-hostel). IFMSA-Mexico reserves the right to CANCEL any Clerkship if we receive any complaints of misconduct or unethical practice, both in the Hospital as well as in the lodgings and with the LEO's and the NEO. No piercings, shorts, sandals, tattoos at the Hospital. CHIHUAHUA: -Lodging at student house. Boarding 2 per day. -Proof of enrollment is compulsory. CULIACAN: -Lodging at student house. Boarding 3 per day. DURANGO Bring 2 photographs size 2.5cm x 3.0cm Lodging: students house GOMEZ PALACIO -Lodging at student house. -Boarding 2 times a day at hospital. -Available only basic departments

GUADALAJARA: -Lodging at student house. Boarding 2 per day at hospital. -We do not pick you up at the airport or the bus station. -Gastroenterology, Intensive and critical care is not available. -Obstetrics and Emergency Room MUST speak Spanish fluenty. MINATITLAN: -Spanish is obligatory MONTERREY: -Lodging at student residence. Boarding 3 per day at hospital. -The students have to wear formal clothes or scrubs -We do not pick you up at the airport or the bus station. -Oftalmology and Neurology are not available. -Calendar Months Only. MORELIA: -Lodging at student residence. PUEBLA -Lodging at student house. Boarding 2 per day at house. -We do not pick you up at the airport or the bus station. -Available departments.(General Surgery, Paediatrics, Internal Medicine (specialtilies), Ginecology/Obstetrics, Emergency room) -Lodging at student house. Boarding 1 per day at house. -Available only bas

More info Link: www.ifmsa-mexico.org These Exchange Conditions are valid until: 2012-03-01 Last update of data (GMT): 02-11-2011

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