Our summer clinical externship is designed for medical students between their first and second years of medical school.
The externship provides exposure to emergency medicine by giving you the opportunity to shadow physicians in a high-volume clinical setting. It allows you to continue developing patient history and physical examination skills with the help of emergency medicine attending and resident physicians.
You’ll progressively grow in responsibility and hone your skills to perform independent patient evaluations and present them to the senior resident or attending physician.
As part of our program, you’ll also:
- participate in resident and medical student didactics
- develop skills for reading and interpreting evidence-based medicine at our journal club
- strengthen your oral presentation skills
In our simulation laboratory, you’ll learn and practice procedures such as:
- intubation
- central lines
- chest tubes
- suturing
- splinting
- ultrasound
- running resuscitations
Training in electrocardiogram (ECG) interpretation and other clinical skills are also part of the specifically designed curriculum for our externship program.
Externship details and how to apply
The summer clinical externship is a four-week program and takes place in June. Housing is provided at an off-site location, and you’ll need a vehicle for transportation.
The application period opens on Dec. 1 each year and closes Feb. 1. Students accepted into the externship will be notified by email by March 1.
To apply, complete the medical student program application form and attach a current copy of your curriculum vitae (CV) and a brief essay outlining your interest in the program (500 words or fewer).
Please save your CV and essay files as follows:
<Your last name> Externship CV
<Your last name> Externship Essay
