PLEASE NOTE - SPACE IN MEDICINE ELECTIVES ARE EXTREMELY LIMITED. CONSIDER APPLYING FOR AN ALTERNATIVE ELECTIVE.
Please review the below guidelines before visiting the course catalog to ensure you request electives open to international visiting students.
Note: Do not contact individual clinical sponsors for information on vacancies, elective availability, placement etc. Electives must be coordinated via VSLO. Those who contact clinical departments directly will be disqualified from participating in the program.
- Be sure to have the prerequisites indicated for all courses you request on your application form.
- For PSYC electives, you must submit two additional recommendation letters from physicians that can evaluate your work in clinical psychiatry along with the other application documents.
- MEDC electives are extremely limited. Please consider applying to alternative choices.
- The catalog is updated in April to display electives for the upcoming academic year. If you are planning for the upcoming year, please use the current elective information in the catalog as a guide.
- Please note the following regarding international electives: are not open to international students:
- Internationa electives at Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK) are not processes via WCM IMSE office
- Electives at New York Methodist (NYM) open to international students, but extremely limited
- All SURG, NEUR and NEUS electives are extremely limited
- Please note that not all electives are offered to international students.