Students Attending International and Caribbean Medical Schools Regardless of Citizenship

Eligibility Requirements

Students attending international and Caribbean medical schools regardless of citizenship interested in a clerkship at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison must have fulfilled the following requirements at the time of application. Students who do not meet these requirements will not be considered for a visiting clerkship.

Clinical Clerkship in the U.S.

A minimum of 4 weeks clinical clerkship at a U.S. institution must have been completed and evaluated before the application is submitted. An evaluation from your attending must accompany your application.

If you have completed the required 4-week clerkship in the U.S., then when your application as well as your performance evaluation from the elective and your application fee have been received, you will be given access to OASIS, the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health's online student record system. The instructions for using OASIS as well as the forms you need to upload to meet our requirements will be e-mailed to you.

The following is also required of students attending international and Caribbean medical schools regardless of citizenship who wish to be considered for a visiting student clerkship:

• Immunization Status Form (UW School of Medicine and Public Health form)
• Background Information Disclosure Form
• Safety and Infection Control (SIC)
• CPR Card (BLS for Healthcare Provider level from the American Heart Association)
• Digital Photo (JPG format, less than 1 megabyte)
• HIPAA Training
• TOEFL Score
• Transcript (your official medical school transcript translated into English)

Note: Only the 2-page printed application and your attending's evaluation of your performance on a clinical clerkship in the U.S. will be accepted. All additional paper documents will be discarded. If a Department requires additional paperwork, send it directly to that Department. 

Important Information for International Visiting Students

The Department of Medicine will only accept international students during December, January, February, March, April, May and June. Once students have submitted the proper required documentation to the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and they have been notified that their application is complete, then the Department of Medicine will contact the student for a required interview prior to approval of the elective. The Internal Medicine student program requires the following of international visiting students:

1. A 500-word personal statement outlining the student's learning objectives, which can be e-mailed to sam@medicine.wisc.edu.
   
   
2. You must provide two letters from internal medicine faculty who worked with you in a clinical setting, detailing the type of experience, patient contact and the role you played. Failure to provide this information could delay you obtaining an elective in this department.
   
   
3. List any other medical training in the United States (specify training, name of school and length of training).
   
   
4. Official transcript listing all medical school courses and grades.

Send to: Dept of Medicine Clerkship Administrator, 5132 MFCB, 1685 Highland Ave., Madison, WI 53705-2281.

The Department of Surgery requires the following of international visiting students:

1. A 500-word personal statement outlining the student's learning objectives, which can be e-mailed to tissot@surgery.wisc.edu
   
   
2. A faculty sponsor from your home school
   
   
3. A faculty sponsor within the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health must be identified prior to acceptance on a surgical rotation. If you do not already have a contact, you will be assisted once all other requirements are met. If no sponsor can be identified, you will not be able to do a rotation during the time you request
   
   
4. Official transcript listing all medical school courses and grades
   
   
5. You must provide a letter from an administrator or faculty at your school detailing your training in the following areas:
   
   
   • Prior surgery courses and clinical patient contacts (number of patients in clinic/outpatient and in the hospital/inpatients)
   • Number of hours spent in the operating room
   • Number of cases student scrubbed in on
   • Training on surgical hand prep (scrubbing)
   • Training on sterile gowning and gloving in the operating room
   • Training on aseptic technique in the operating room
   • List any other medical training in the United States (specify training, name of school and length of training)

E-mail all of the required information to tissot@surgery.wisc.edu.