Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons

INTERNATIONAL ELECTIVES

These electives are not available to visiting students.

P&S offers its students a variety of clinical and public health international electives through: P&S international exchange programs, Insights into Global Health, International Center for AIDS Care and Treatment Program, Medicine in the Tropics and Millennium Villages Project. P&S students should submit their application for all programs directly to Krystyna Cukrowski, P&S 3-401, (212) 305-4028, kc17@columbia.edu. She will transfer your application to the program specific contact. Please do not send it directly to the program. Your application should include

International Elective Application (for all programs). Click here for application.
Program specific application (for BGU, ICAP, MVP). See below for application.

P&S maintains student Exchange Programs with twenty-eight international medical schools. These clinical electives are arranged through the P&S Office of Student Affairs and count as "time away." A maximum of four students per academic year are permitted for each. The application deadline for ALL exchange programs is SEPTEMBER 1. Click here for application.

International Center for AIDS Care and Treatment Program (ICAP) is a public health, largely non-clinical experience for Columbia students in Ethiopia and Tanzania. Students work with a healthcare team on public health projects in AIDS/TB prevention, transmission and treatment. Some exposure to clinical care is included. ICAP counts as “time here”. The application deadline for ICAP is AUGUST 21. Click here for application.

Insights into Global Health (IGH): Children with HIV/AIDS and their Families, sponsored by the International Family AIDS Program (IFAP), provides clinical electives on the complex needs of HIV-infected children and their families in resource-poor settings in DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, SOUTH AFRICA, OR RUSSIA. (see PE16P and PE17P). Financial stipends sometimes available. For information or application forms, contact Dr. Nicholas (swn2@columbia.edu) or Sabrina Hermosilla (sh2405@columbia.edu or 304-5627). These electives count as “time here”. The application deadline for Insights is SEPTEMBER 1.

Millennium Villages Project (MVP) is a public health, non-clinical experience for Columbia students only. Students are placed in a rural village setting of an underdeveloped country that lacks basic health and disease prevention infrastructure. They work with a team surveying health related needs and implementing infrastructure for health care delivery, health education and disease prevention. MVP counts as “time here”. Visit this link for more information: http://www.cumc.columbia.edu/dept/ps/affairs/awards/awrd_mvp.html The application deadline for MVP is DECEMBER 15. Click here for application.

P&S students may also participate in two-month electives in India, Israel, Nepal and Sri Lanka. Scheduled for January 15-March 15, these electives are sponsored by the collaboration between *Ben Gurion University of the Negev/Medical School for International Health* and Columbia University. Students work in small groups with BGU students, local medical school faculty, and health practitioners in clinical settings of developing countries and on community health projects. Housing is provided and students may not participate for less than two-months. BGU counts as “time here”. The application deadline for BGU is SEPTEMBER 15. Click here for application.

Additional opportunities are offered through Medicine in the Tropics (see PB02P), arranged by Dr. Dickson Despommier. These electives count as "time here."

KEY:
BGU	Ben Gurion University
IGH	Insights into Global Health
ICAP	International Center for AIDS Care and Treatment Program
MVP	Millennium Villages Project

Country:
Armenia	Exchange Program
	EX03Y P&S/Yerevan State Medical University – Armenia One- and two-month electives may be arranged. Room and board provided. Students must provide own airfare but can apply for a grant from FAR. No stipend. http://www.ysmu.am/
Australia	Exchange Program
	EX04A P&S/Flinders University – Australia One- and two-month electives may be arranged during the spring. No stipend. http://www.flinders.edu.au/ EX20A P&S/University of Sydney – Australia One- and two-month electives may be arranged during the spring. No stipend. http://www.medfac.usyd.edu.au/
Chile	Exchange Program
	EX21C P&S/Clinica Indisa – Chile One-month elective periods during the spring. No stipend. www.indisa.cl
China	Exchange Program
	EX12C P&S/Fudan University – China One-month elective periods. No stipend. http://www.fudan.edu.cn EX22C P&S/Guangzhou Medical College – China One-month elective periods during the spring. No stipend. http://www.gzhmc.edu.cn EXTBA P&S/Peking University – China One-month elective periods. No stipend. http://www1.bjmu.edu.cn/E_bjmu/index.htm
Dominican Republic	Insights into Global Health
Ethiopia	MVP, ICAP
France	Exchange Program
	EX02F P&S/University of Paris Student Exchange – France One- and two-month electives may be arranged. Fluency in French required. http://micefa.org/american/programme/medicine.html EX09F P&S/University of Marseille – France One- and two-month electives may be arranged during the spring. Fluency in French required. No stipend. http://www.timone.univ-mrs.fr/medecine/index.html
Germany	Exchange Program
	EX10G P&S/University of Heidelberg – Germany One- and two-month electives may be arranged during the spring. Fluency in German required.No stipend. www.uni-heidelberg.de/index_e.html
Ghana	MVP
Hong Kong	Exchange Program
	EX H P&S/University of Hong Kong – Hong Kong One- and two-month electives may be arranged during the spring http://www.hku.hk/
India	Exchange Program
	EX16I P & S/Ben–Gurion University– Israel India Two-month elective periods during the spring. Stipend available. Application is through Ben Gurion,Israel-Columbia University Exchange http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/bgcu-md/
Ireland	Exchange Program
	EX06T P&S/Trinity University – Ireland One-month elective periods. No stipend. http://www.tcd.ie EX07R P&S/Royal College of Surgeons – Ireland One-month elective periods. No stipend. http://www.rcsi.ie
Israel	Exchange Program
	EX16I P & S/Ben–Gurion University– Israel One-month elective periods during the spring. No stipend. Application is through Ben Gurion,Israel-Columbia University Exchange http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/bgcu-md/ EX161P&S/ Ben-Gurion University-Israel Bedouin Ethiopian Refugee Experience Two month elective period. Stipend available Application is through Ben Gurion,Israel-Columbia University Exchange http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/bgcu-md/
Italy	Exchange Program
	EX05P P&S/University of Padova – Italy Six- to twelve-week clinical or research elective rotations only may be arranged for the spring. Participating students will be responsible for their own travel and living expenses. No stipend. http://www.unipd.it/
Japan	Exchange Program
	EX11J P&S/Tokyo Women's Medical University – Japan One- and two-month electives may be arranged during the spring. No stiped. http://www.twmu.ac.jp EX15J P&S/Keio University – Japan One-month elective periods. No stipend. http://www.med.keio.ac.jp/index.html St. Lukes International Hospital-Japan One month elective only in February. Stipend may be provided. http://www.luke.or.jp/eng/about_st_lukes/international_connections/medical_elective.html
Kenya	MVP
Korea	Exchange Program
	EX17K P&S/Seoul National University – Korea One-month elective periods during the spring. No stipend. http://plaza.snu.ac.kr/~bklife/english/e_index.html EX18K P&S/Hallym University, Seoul – Korea One-month elective periods during the spring. No stipend. Hallym University Medical Center (English) http://humc.hallym.or.kr/english/hallymUMC.htm Instructions for Columbia students http://humc.hallym.or.kr/columbia/e-student-exchange.htm Affiliation with Columbia P&S (Kor & English) http://humc.hallym.or.kr/e-columbia.htm Hallym University (English) http://www.hallym.ac.kr/eng/main.html
Lebanon	Exchange Program
	EX13B P&S/American University Beirut – Lebanon One-month elective periods. No stipend. http://www.aub.edu.lb
Mali	MVP
Malawi	MVP
Millennium Villages Project	EX25M P&S/Millennium Villages Project http://www.cumc.columbia.edu/dept/ps/affairs/awards/awrd_mvp.html
Nepal	Exchange Program
	EX16I P & S/Ben–Gurion University– Israel NepalTwo-month elective period during the spring. Stipend available. Application is through Ben Gurion,Israel-Columbia University Exchange http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/bgcu-md/
Nigeria	MVP
Romania	Exchange Program
	EX23R P&S/University of Bucharest – Romania One-month elective periods during the spring. No stipend. http://www.unibuc.ro/en/main_desprenoi_en
Rwanda	MVP
Scotland	Exchange Program
	EX08E P&S/University of Edinburgh – Scotland One-month elective periods. No stipend. http://www.ed.ac.uk
Senegal	MVP
South Africa	Exchange Program, Insights into Global Health
	EX27W P&S/University of the Witwatersrand – South Africa One-month elective periods during the spring. http://www.wits.ac.za
Spain	Exchange Program
	EX28S P&S/Universidad de Navarra - Spain One-month elective periods. http://www.unav.es/admision/titulaciones/doctorados.html
Sri Lanka	Exchange Program
	EX16I P & S/Ben–Gurion University– Israel Sri LankaTwo-month elective period during the spring. Stipend available. Application is through Ben Gurion,Israel-Columbia University Exchange http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/bgcu-md/
Sweden	Exchange Program
	EX14S P&S/Goteborg University – Sweden One-month elective periods. No stipend. http://www.gu.se
Tanzania	MVP, ICAP
Thailand	Exchange Program
	EX26T P&S/Chiang Mai University - Thailand One-month elective periods during the spring. http://www.grad.cmu.ac.th
Uganda	MVP
United Kingdom	Exchange Program
	EX01B P&S/St. Bartholomew's and the Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry – England Four and eight week elective periods may be arranged during the spring. No stipend. http://www.mds.qmw.ac.uk/
Venezuela	EX19V P&S/University of Zulia – Venezuela One-month elective periods during the spring. No stipend. http://www.arq.luz.ve/

Other International Opportunities:

P&S students may also participate in an elective sponsored by the Republic of Armenia and Boston University. This elective is offered to two P&S students per month. Interested students should contact the Office of Student Affairs for further information. This elective is classified as "time away."
Additional P&S-sponsored international opportunities will be announced via e-mail.

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