Electives

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Policy for Visiting Students

The University of Michigan offers a limited number of clinical electives for students who are in their final year of Medical School at an LCME accredited school in the U.S. or Canada only and who have completed the basic sciences and most required clerkship experiences.

Students from foreign schools will not be accepted. This includes U.S. students enrolled in foreign medical schools.

Eligible students may select from 1 to 3 four-week electives, but the total time may not exceed 12 weeks. This web site contains all the electives available. In order to be eligible for these positions, the following requirements must be met:

1. Students must be in their final year and in good standing at their own institutions.

2. The following required clinical clerkships must have been completed and passed:

• Internal Medicine
• Obstetrics/Gynecology
• Pediatrics
• General Surgery

3. Students must have completed 48 weeks of required clerkships in the same medical school at which they completed their basic science coursework..

4. These requirements must be documented through submission of an official transcript. Students must also submit proof of immunization for the following.

• Measles
• Rubella
• Mantoux test for Tuberculosis (must be within the last 12 months)
• Hepatitis B

5. In assigning students to available clerkships, the following priority is followed: 1) University of Michigan students; 2) Michigan State University and Wayne State University medical students; 3) out-of-state students.