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Restrictions: A maximum of (3) periods may be spent off campus in externships without prior approval.
Externships are NOT normally scheduled during the following periods without signed approval from the Associate Dean for Students Affairs and the Registrar's Office.
- Period 10
- Period 11
Requirements for Approval: The following forms must be completed for the externship to be approved:
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- Two surgery applications at Institution X = 1 form
- One surgery application at Institution X and One surgery application at Institution Y = 2 forms
- One Internal Med application at Institution X and One surgery application at Institution x = 2 forms
Host Institution Application Form
Most Medical School will require completion of their application form or an application via VSASVSLO.- Proof of Emergency Medical Insurance (if applicable)
Students traveling internationally must contact USF Medicine Health International (httphttps://health.usf.edu/medicineinternational/ia/travel_guidelines.htmtravel-students) and are required to complete the international travel registration process and purchase prior to being enrolled in the University’s travel medical and evacuation insurance. - Communication
Students away from campus on externships are required to keep the Registrar's Office informed of their exact whereabouts so they can be located in the event of an emergency. - Non University Externships: This type of program should be arranged between the USF Departmental Chairperson and the Chief of the hospital service (who in turn is responsible for obtaining any further approval required by the hospital governing body). The USF College of Medicine Application for Externship Course must be completed.
Under unique circumstances tutorial experience with clinicians in practice may be arranged through the Departmental Chairperson and the Dean of the College of Medicine-VSLO Externships: Externships offered through VSLO do not require an application form. Students completing a non-VSLO externship must complete the externship application form available on the Forms page and return to the Registrar's Office for review and submission to the Assist Dean for Clinical Curriculum for approval. Externship Evaluation: All externships require a written evaluation of the student's performance at the conclusion of such elective periods. This evaluation must be submitted to the Registrar's Office for processing. Students should take an evaluation form with them to the externship. It is the student's responsibility to ensure that the Registrar's Office receives an evaluation form from the host institution.
Guidelines and Tips: Click here for additional information discussed at the class meeting (filling out forms, alternate school dates, malpractice coverage, etc.).
Fingerprinting, Background checks, Drug screens, Immunizations, etc.: Click here
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