elective programs?

[catddd]

hi everybody,
i dont know much about the elective programs, im not familiar with it. kinda surprise, how come i cant be familiar with it?? anyway, i was wondering if is there any requirments to apply to an elective program? i mean it's my second year in school, so i dont have much clinical skills. in my country, we dont do these stuff as far as i know. i guess it's compulsory in western countries. i just want to gain clinical skills and to have a chance to meet people from different cultures. so, can you help me by kindly giving me tips about these programs?thank youand i'm from Turkey

[Pal]

Usually in USA UK, elective is like you are doing your clinical rotation in a clinical setting other than your parent institute.

Like if you do a one month elective in the other teaching hospital than your one month is counted in your medical school as clinical posting.

As you said you don't practice such things so with the Nepal. But people can come and do the elective. Therefore if you are interested we can help you.

You will have to pay to the medical school ~25/week and you will have to manage you lodging and fooding too that means you will have to bear your all the expenses.

[catddd]

thanks i'm really interested, so if you can help me with this, i really appreciate it. which medical schools can i contact and where to stay,..i mean, i've never been abroad before, i dont know where to or who to contact. thank you again

[RAAZ]

Dear catddd,


You can do in our college (Kathmandu Medical College), you will have to pay $25 per week. Depending up on you wish you can do as long as you can. Usually foreign medical student do their elective for two week to one month.

If you are interested please let me know.

You can visit my college Kathmandu Medical College

[catddd]

Hi Raaz, thank you for giving me input. I've tried the website but it doesnt seem to work, maybe because of my poor internet connection. but I'm interested, so if you can give me any information who to contact or if there any hostels or hotels near the college, I'll be more than happythank you again. (but, you should know, I'm second year student in 6 year curriculum, so I might not have sufficient clinical skills)

[Suvash]

Hi catdd, as far as i know, usually students from the clinical section come here for their elective. and before you come here for your elective, you will have to talk to our administration. And we do have a place to stay at our college.

you can get more information at our website, raaz mentioned above.
thanks

[catddd]

Ok, thank you Suvash

[Suvash]

So, what do you think now? If you are really interested and have made up your mind, i can talk to our administration about the required procedure.

[catddd]

I'm really interested. However at present I dont know exactly when l can come and for how long. Without knowing such details would it be alright to talk to the administration? If yes, please go ahead, I would really appreciate.

[RAAZ]

Dear catdd,
If you are not sure about the date when you can come for the elective, you can still inquire about the elective and get informations from the administrations. You can then tell them that you will call them after you arrange the date schedule and also make sure that you inform them on time.