List of US Universities for foreign medical students

Is TOEFL necessary if I have graduated MBBS from India but have high school degree from Canada or US (English based country)?

hey umar. i finished my step 1 and am residing in the US.i did my medicine from ukraine.i want to apply for externships.how do i go about applying and getting the spots.is there a system in place to make it easier or do we have to email separately to each program?
and do i have to write out an intro about myself before applying or how does that whole process work.sorry for sounding like a newbie but thats exactly what i am.thanks for your time and response.

Salam,
I am a final year Medical student doing MBBS from Liaquat College of Medicine & Dentistry,karachi. It is affiliated with University of Karachi & W.H.O. I've not done TOEFEL, & no Steps. Not got any type of visa of USA. But has visited many other countries.
My query is can I apply in any hospital in USA for electives? & Can you please help in selecting hospitals which can allow me in doing electives in there hospital?

hlw...rite now iam doing my a levels in ktm....iam in 2nd yr...could u plz tell me the total expenses of living in us as well as for fees...

 hello there

i am an Indian student in studying in a medical university in Russia.

I was hoping to obtain a clerkship post in USA for the coming summer.

I am in my last year of my 6 year long program here.

Could you please tell me if i can get a place in US..to do an elective..i presently havent appeared for my USMLE step 1.

hoping to read from you.

David

hey,

      can you please tell me major medical schools in new york city offering internship/electives

       for 3rd year mbbs student ,and details about them if any

 Hy Mr Umar,

My name is Sarwar Mukhtar Masih belong from Pakistan, I'm looking for medical universites for my son offer MBBS course, can you kindly tell me the universities and their yearly fees structure and requirements to get admission.

Looking forward to your reply

Regards.

im in my 6th year faculty of medicine Ain Shams
University EGYPT.. i want to do an elective in Toronto in my internship year
for 2 months.. im starting my internship next march … can you help me what
 should i do or what are the links which can help me
THANKS

hiiii........... 

xtremly thankful for ur services..........

pls let me know what does curriculum vitae mean??

Well, the rank for university is so useful for the student to choose.

hi i am sumanth from hyderabad,India

Do we need to take toefl even after finishing step2cs for clerkships or do unversities accept step2cs for clerkship. can you please help me in this regard

    thank you

Hi Medisid,

I will be doing a Sickle Cell Anemia rotation at NIH in Jan 2012. I wanted to ask for your guidance  as to how to go about it.

Will I be able to participate in a research project simultaneously?

What should I read? how should I prepare? Did you get an LOR from there?

Could you please give me your mail ID for further queries?

Regards,

Abhishek

Hi,

http://www.med.wayne.edu/student_affairs/records_registration/electives/gueststu.asp

according to this link wayne state only offers electives to lcme accredited medical schools in us and canada. which means no clinical electives for students in pakistan/indian medical schools??

and since henry ford is the hospital affiliated, does this mean no electives at henry ford??

id appreciate it if anyone answers.

Usama

Umar bhai I would like to know if any ivy league or other top us universities accept foreign students without 1 year college experience in the US and without SAT

hi umar bhai...

First of all, i have to say that your site is too good n answers all questions to the point! I congratulate you for your kind effort.

I'm presently doing my internship in India and I have a question about doing an elective in University of toronto.

1. Would an elective in Internal Medicine in University of Toronto be valid for a US residency programmes?

I came to know from its website that it accepts applications from august 10th.So kindly suggest me what to do.

I took all the required recommendation letters, Immunization forms and other letters from my medical school office as listed in your website.I am ready to apply now.

hey umar bhai... 

First of all, i have to say your site is too good n answers all questions to the point! I'm presently doing my internship in India and I have a few questions about doing an elective in University of toronto.

1. Would an elective in Internal Medicine in University of Toronto be valid for a US residency programmes?

2. Would having a Permanent resident card of Canada help in any way?

Thank you so much for your time :)

can you please update this list because many of the schools listed are not accepting IMG's for electives such as Baylor which says no more international visiting students

thanks 

can you plz arrange a list of the places that accept IMG'S for clinical rotations ?

Thanks,

Ahmad.

Hello,
iam a foreign medical student and i have colour vision defect
i cant read ishihara's colour chart but i can identify red,green,blue,yellow colors
i don't have any confusion between those colors but i cant read ishihara's charts

i want to prepare for USMLE exam
can you please tell me whether im eligible or not for USMLE exam,for
applying clerkship in your university or to apply or residency?

Thank You

hi , i have been accepted for clerkships at floyd medical centre , Rome GA , through Americlerkships. i wanted ur comments about the medical centre and also americl...

Umar bhai plz guide me

i am a medical student from the university of science and technology,sanaa,yemen, and i just finished my 6th year;and now i have a year of clerkship ahead of me,but i preferd to do it in the U.S,,since thats where my family is,i currently just arrived in the U.S for vacation,,i thought of starting to make calls to various hospitals regarding clerkships for foreign medical students,,many of the hospitals require step1,which i dont have,or require u to be a non-U.S citizen,,,i currently have reached a point where i feel like cutting my treanscripts,,nothing good seems to be blowin towards me,i was talkin to a friend of mine about the difference between our studyin and theres,and when i referred to my clerkships,,he said hes done them in his 3-4th year,,apparently his ''clerkships'' are like our rotations,,if so y do we have to do clerkships?..

anyways man im doing my best in calling hospitals if you can provide me with anything that could help,please do,,your help in this matter will be greatly appreciated.

Hi,

While going through cincinnati college of medicine website it stated that 

 Must document proof of training in Universal Precautions (blood-borne and airborne pathogens) within one year (12 months) of start of   rotation. 

What does this mean??? Can u help?

it is stated above that Emory needs Step 1, but I couldn't find that in their website.

https://emorymed.emory.edu/Public/CurriculumPublicPages/CourseInformatio...

Please show me where so I won't apply.
Thanks!

Dear Mr Tariq,

Greetings,

thank you for a helpful resource. I was wondering if you could help me. I just need to find out what a " Newyork Letter" means.

Am planning to apply for clerkship in US, and the apparently new york hospitals need something called " new york letter"

 Kindly advise

thanking you

regards

kavya

Hi Umarbahi

Thanks for the great efforts you are do here my dear brother. After I read alot about elective programs here , i found myself very excited to have such experience but at the mean time i am afraid not to be accepted as my grades aren't very well specially at academic departments. So do i still have to prepare for this program?

thank you in advance

Hello. In an application for clinical elective(at Mount Sinai) theres a portion thats supposed to be filled out by the dean that ask if the student will be covered by malpractice and health insurance by the college. What should one tick there(yes or no)? ;a senior at my college who went to mount sinai said tick no(since our college doesnt actually cover it...we have to do it ourselves), but another friend of mine said tick yes, since they wont know and it will increase our chances of getting in. 

umar bhai!!!!!

i hav a small query...i am a green card holder...do i need to take toefl to apply for clerkchip programme in the universities in the us???

Also in addition

University of Texas - Houston

West Virginia University - Robert C Byrd Health Sciences Center

also accept international students for electives

1)East Carolina University

2)University of Michigan Medical School

3)Pennsylvania

4)University of Tennessee Health Sciences center

5)University of Washington School of Medicine

6)Georgetown University School of Medicine

 I think with the following additions this site is now truly complete to help out all the International students with their electives.

 All the best to everyone for their future endeavours

salamz umar bhy,

This is to innform you that UCSF-Radio is no more offering its elective program for international student this year,so kindly remove it from you list.I have confirmed this by emailing Terry Brosnan,co-ordinator of Radiology department UCSF.

Thank You,

Regards.

UMAR BHAI and all other friends over here... I thank you all for the information and support you've given. I got a selection letter from Northwestern UNiversity for vascular surgery and transplant surgery for 1 month each. These guys have responded me within a week of sending my application. Im yet to hear from 3 other universities.. thnx once again.. I will keep posting updates about universities and the availability.. 

 SOME ONE PLEASE CLARIFY THIS  riten on the Unv of texas medical branch elctive page ..this is the only uiversity saying this?

umer  bhai how come  the yr saying this?

 Student must be in good standing and in the final year of medical school (on a basis equivalent to the UTMB curriculum).  If you attended a school that requires that you complete an "internship year" or "training period" after the completion of your curriculum, but prior to your degree being awarded, you cannot attend UTMB as a visiting student during that "internship year" or "training period".  In that case, your final year would be considered the year prior to that training period.

does this mean students from INDIA and pakistan arent eligible  after final mbbs?

i find many hospitals under suny downstate . I find i am allowed to do electives only in peds , emergency med ,etc. 

suppose i would like to give emergency med as my first choice , and under that many different titles an code no electives are there based on which hospital it comes under . so ,  should i choose the hospital based electives code no.  

or should i just fill in emergency medicine  , and they will give me after acceptence  which hospital i m supposed to apply to. in that case , i have to leave the code no. blank inthe application.

2) should i pay money for infection control certificate for suny .  this is the link

http://sls.downstate.edu/registrar/visiting/index.html

http://www.op.nysed.gov/training/icproviders.htm

this is my 1st post on this site and firstly i will thanks the great umar bhai  for his helping hand to others in his such a busy schedule and time.

 i m answering it all on behalf of umar bhai as he is busy preparing for step 1

 dear tina regarding mt. sinai , i have also enquired from them regarding toeffl , they replied me back that----since your medical school is in
English I would weave it, but I’m hoping that you’ll be able to communicate well
in English and take notes etc.

they mail back  only 6 weeks prior to the start date of your elective.

 god bless u the great umar bhai.. and may god fulfill all u r dreams...

hi.. i ve applied 4 elective at mt. sinai in april 4 dec-jan. but i ve not given toefl. earlier they were not asking 4 it but now they r. so m very worried. will they accept my application or not? n i ve not got any mail 4m them yet

hello

sir i need ur guidance

i am a medical school graduate from india i have finished my step 1 an step 2 cs...(on b1/b2) am preparing for ck exam which i plan to give in august ...and hopefully apply in september

since i have not done any clerkship or observership yet ,i would like to apply for some research or observership in sept and oct...i dont know which is more useful and how easy it is to get into it please help me figure tht out

and also how woulld i know which universities/ hospitals have research openings?

need ur help

thanks

http://www.clevelandclinic.org/cclcm/elective_applying.htm