Clinical Training Abroad (6-6) – Rules and Regulations

1. Permission to do a part of the Clinical Training abroad applies to students in the final year of their study
2. Clinical training must be completed at a university hospital or a teaching hospital affiliated with a local University (Medical School).
3. The program of foreign rotation should include topics and procedures that are in the program of the respective clinical training at home School and should consist of the same number of weeks and hours or more. Clinical training blocks in Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, OB/GYN and  Psychiatry must be completed in one location and overseen by one supervisor. Clinical training in Internal Medicine, Surgery, Pediatrics and Clinical Electives may be divided into two/three blocks, each min. two-week long.
4. The student should be in good academic standing- the student should pass all exams and fulfil all up-to-date course requirements before starting a rotation abroad.
5. The student must meet all the obligations towards the School (tuition fee, completing summer clerkship etc.).
6. Permission to do Clinical Training abroad is given by Dean. Permission can be granted only after receiving: Application Form for Clinical Training  with a program of clinical training (for details see table below) confirmed by the Host Institution
7. Credit for the course will be granted only when the Certificate of Completion and Student Evaluation Form are fully filled by a respective supervisor and sent directly to the School Office. The certificate should be supported with a program of clinical training that includes information on the procedures performed and the total number of hours devoted to a specific item of the program. The program should be signed by the student’s supervisor.
8. Students are obliged to take all the required examinations on return to the School. The exams may be taken only upon the acceptance of the evaluation form and program by the course coordinator in Kraków.
9. No tuition fee reduction is granted to students who do part of clinical teaching abroad.
10. The student may be charged additionally for obligatory classes that require individual scheduling beyond the class schedule.

Deadlines:

1. Preliminary Clinical Training Class Schedule: to be completed by the end of June. The link to the online form will be sent to students at the beginning of June.
2. Final Clinical Training Class Schedule: to be completed by September 5^th, 2024. The link to the form will be sent to students in the middle of August.
3. Final Individual Schedule: to be completed and sent back to the School Office by September 5^th, 2024.

Notes:  

• Clinical Training in Kraków can only be scheduled in blocks starting on odd weeks, starting on September 30, 2024.
• The information for each student in the Final Clinical Training Class Schedule must correspond with their respective Final Individual Schedule.
• The Final Clinical Training Class Schedule is the basis for scheduling clinical training in Kraków for each student.
• Any discrepancies between these two forms will cause problems due to the limits of spots in each of the Departments.
• Late submissions of the Schedules will hinder or disable the arrangement of Clinical Training at JUMC on the requested dates.

FORMS:

• Clinical Training Application Form
• Final Individual Schedule
• Certificate of Completion of Clinical Training
• Student Evaluation Form – Clinical Training