Medical Externships
Medical Externships are designed to provide first year medical students with a first-hand clinical medicine experience early in their professional careers. Participants can explore innovative practice, as well as educational and physician administrative opportunities within Adventist Health System.
Program Overview:
Selected individuals will attend morning conferences and accompany Family Medicine faculty physicians, and/or residents, on their rounds. Afternoons will be spent attending out-patient clinics during this three week experience. A full introduction to the ever expanding roles of physicians within Adventist Health System will include exposure to additional learning experiences in innovative procedures and practices in the community hospital setting, understanding Seventh-day Adventist medical mission opportunities and administration (physician leadership within a hospital and a community setting).
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PROGRAM BENEFITS:
In addition to a unique clinical experience combined with a look at fulfilling medical mission in a Christian environment, Adventist Health System will provide transportation to and from the experience, dorm style room and meals at cafeteria, and a stipend of $500 per week upon completion of the externship. While designed as a three-week program, duration can vary and benefits are prorated accordingly.
EXTERNSHIP LOCATIONS & DATES:
Externships are available at four of Adventist Health System's largest facilities:
Placements are based on space available for the dates requested, see application for date options.
APPLICANT QUALIFICATIONS / CRITERIA:
- Application deadline is late March for selection in April
(see application below for exact dates)
- Students must be from an LCME approved school
- High moral and academic standards
- Seventh-day Adventist members that actively practice the healthcare beliefs of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
Other Information:
- Please bring your own white coat, name tag and stethoscope.
- Students must have a valid driver’s license and proof of car insurance to be accepted as they are responsible for their own local transportation (if needed, a vehicle will be provided by the program) to and from their teaching sites.
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