4th November, 2014
Stanley Quek, Biomedical Sciences Institute
Rita Keane: keaneri@tcd.ie
International Programmes Coordinator
International Programmes Coordinator:
My Role
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Support international students throughout programme
1st Med: assist with social, cultural, academic support
2nd Med: arrange Erasmus programme
3rd - 5th Med: Summer Electives & Final Med electives for all
students
3rd – 5th Med: support for networking and clerkships at home
and abroad; US/CAN board exams
4th – 5th Med: support for international internships and
residency applications, MSPE letters
Visiting Summer Elective Programme for external non-TCD
students (visiting students)
Establish new international links
Summer Electives:
Course Requirements
Requirement: 8 weeks prior to 5th Med
Summer after 3rd Med and 4th Med
Minimum 2 weeks in each summer
Students must return on time for new AY
Must submit Elective Evaluation Form (fully filled
in, signed & stamped) and Elective Reflection
Report by September 1st 2015.
 Necessary to rise to the next year and for Medical
Council Registration. Implications for your qualifying
degree and eligibility to go forward to your final
examinations.
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What is an Elective?
 College calendar:
Clinical experience in the summer vacation period
of the 3rd and 4th Medical years obtained in one
of the following:
A general hospital in Ireland or abroad
An overseas medical centre
A laboratory (either service or routine)
A clinical research unit
A general practice
Procedure
 Students make contact with hospital/clinic/GP etc
 Make own arrangements re: dates, travel, content of elective etc.
 Elective Documentation: Elective recommendation letters/Dean’s letters,
Insurance letter, Student status & Garda letters, transcripts
 Request on line through school website: Student Request Form
available on-line or completed manually at School of Medicine
Office (1st Floor TBSI)
 OR contact Rowena at medadmin@tcd.ie
 Application forms signature – contact Rita Keane: keaneri@tcd.ie
 Immunisation status – contact College Health
 PLEASE REMEMBER TO NOTE YOUR STUDENT NUMBER & MED
YEAR IN ALL EMAILS TO TCD SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Procedure Continued….
 Once your elective is confirmed, you must submit your
Elective Details to the School of Medicine for approval
through the On Line Form provided by the International
Programmes Coordinator (Rita Keane) before the deadline
in Spring 2015.
 After completion of your elective, you must submit your
Elective Evaluation Form and Reflection Report before
1st September 2015 to International Programmes
Coordinator in TBSI by post or in person
 (Hard copies only – Please do NOT send scanned
attachments by e-mail!)
TCD Teaching Hospitals
 For electives at SJH or AMNCH, complete the
Internal Elective Application Form for TCD Students
(see School website) and submit directly to hospital
(contact names listed on new form in progress)
 Hospital departments reserve the right to refuse
applications if students are not in good standing or if
they have no availability.
 If you accept an elective place at SJH or AMNCH, it
is mandatory to attend.
 Applications for Summer 2015 will open on
1st December 2014 and close on 28th February 2015
International Affiliates
• US affiliates - Columbia, Georgetown, Johns
Hopkins, Pennsylvania, Northwestern
• Electives take place in summer after 4th Med
• Selection procedure based on 3rd med results
Note: Student’s responsibility to pay any administrative fees
• Work ongoing to establish new affiliations
• National University of Singapore - Yong Loo Lin
• Joly O’Morchoe Scholarship (UIUC)
• NEW Summer 2015:Université de Nantes,France
• Awaiting confirmation of arrangements for 2015
Advice
 Start planning asap & talk to previous students
 Check out the website for previous locations, student
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reports etc. (being updated in Nov)
Be imaginative and maximise your experience
Consider health and safety abroad:
www.dfa.ie/travel
Travel and additional health insurance
Resource Poor Settings: FREE online PreDeparture Preparation:
www.responsibleelectives.org
Be clear about your level of skills and what others
can expect from you
SUMMER 2014 STATISTICS
3rd & 4th Med TCD Students
Total of 446 Electives in Summer 2014
Where did our students go?
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How were electives arranged?
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Elective Specialty
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Did Students have to pay an Elective Fee?
And finally…
 Q&A
 Dr Raúl Pardíñaz-Solís :
“Ethical Dilemmas faced by students at Electives”
 Student Presentations
 Email queries to keaneri@tcd.ie