Clerkships / Electives

For those who would like to obtain an experiency at a different institution, several good medical schools offer those experiences. Usually these experiences last from 1 to 3 months, and are offered in several different areas. Most institutions require that you be in your last year of medical school. Some require that your medical school is LCME accredited, ie. US medical school. International Medical Graduates will need a visa for clerkships, and most will have to apply for a J1 visa.

Here is a list of medical institutions that offer visiting clerkships for medical students in the United States:

• Brown Medical School, Providence, RI
• Carraway Methodist Medical Center, Birmingham, AL
• Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
• George Washington University, Washington, DC
• Harvard University, Boston, MA
• Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD
• Loyola University, Chicago, IL
• Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
• Robert Wood Johson Medical School, Camden, NJ
• Tufts University, Boston, MA
• Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
• Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
• Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
• University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
• University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
• University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD
• University of Vermont, Burlington, VT