For Visiting Students:
Guidelines For Elective Application and Registration
EVMS welcomes visiting students to take fourth-year electives here. Up
to twelve (12) weeks of electives may be taken; extensions beyond that
limit may be provided in special circumstances by the Associate Dean for
Education. Third-year clerkships are not open to visiting students.
Electives are listed in the Electives Catalog
 .
Qualifications that must be met by the visiting student:
- Enrollment in an LCME-accredited
medical school in the U.S.
- Satisfactory completion of all
basic science courses (including physical diagnosis or similar).
- Satisfactory completion by the
start of the elective of a minimum of thirty-six (36) weeks of
full-time clinical experience during which the student's primary
responsibility was to follow patients on a teaching service. This
experience must include at least four (4) weeks in each of at least
four (4) separate disciplines from the following: Family Medicine,
General Internal Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatrics,
Psychiatry, and General Surgery.
Documentation and fees that must be
provided at least four (4) weeks prior to the start of the elective:
-
Electives
Objectives Form
for each elective requested. You are to complete
Section I, and your school official is to complete Section II.
-
Health Statement
completed by your health-care provider.
- Official school transcript.
- Proof of HIPAA training.
- Proof of Blood-borne pathogens
training.
- Criminal background report.
- Proof of personal health insurance
coverage.
- Non-refundable application fee of
$100.
The required documents must be submitted to:
Charlene J. Cooper
Office of Education
Eastern Virginia Medical School
P.O. Box 1980
Norfolk, VA 23501
Any communication with other
departments is not considered an official request for an elective.
Confirmation must be received from the Office of Education.
Additional information:
- In most cases, confirmation for
electives will be given as soon as possible after the May 5th
scheduling deadline for EVMS students, who have first priority for
electives.
- Prior to beginning the elective,
each visiting student must register with the EVMS Registrar’s
Office. A student identification card will then be provided by the
Personnel Office.
- Each student is responsible for
obtaining accommodations during his/her stay here.
- No stipend will be paid by EVMS to
visiting students taking electives for credit.
- EVMS will provide evaluations to
the sponsoring institutions. Credit for elective experiences will be
given by the institution granting the M.D. degree to the student.
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