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| Professional Exchange : Exchange Conditions of IFMSA-Serbia(Serbia) | |
| Level of studies | Preclinical and clinical |
| Type of Clerkship | Both preclinical and clinical clerkships |
| Languages | English (obligatory), Serbian |
| Duration of Clerkship | One calendar month (from 1st until 31st, or from 15th of one to 15th of the next month) |
| Working Conditions | Working hours may vary. Usually it’s Mon - Fri 8.00 - 12.00, but your supervisor will make particular arrangements with you.
You are obliged to attend 80% of the clerkship in order to obtain the certificate Dress: casual. We recommend shoes instead of sandals in summer months Clinical students require stethescope and white coat. If you’ll attend the clerkship in Neurology, take your own hammer and light. Preclinical students require a lab coat |
| Disciplines | Preclinical:
Anatomy Histology Physiology Biochemistry Microbiology Immunology Pathology Pathophysiology Pharmacology Hygiene and Medical ecology Epidemiology Clinical: Internal Medicine – Cardiology, Pulmology, Gastroenterology, Nephrology, Haematology, Endocrinology, Rheumatology Surgery – General, Orthopedics and Traumatology, Cardio-thoracic, Vascular, Urology, Plastic and reconstructive, Neurosurgery, Paediatric surgery Anaesthesiology Ophtalmology ENT Paediatrics Gynaecology and Obstetrics * (see Special remarks) Psychiatry Neurology Radiology Nuclear Medicine Occupational Health Dermatovenerology Forensic medicine Infectious diseases |
| Periods & Towns | Belgrade - the capital city of 2 million people, on the confluence of the river Danube and Sava
Accept students all year round except 1st to 15th of January and whole July www.beograd.org.yu/english Novi Sad – the capital of the ethnically mixed autonomous region of Vojvodina situated 76 km north of Belgrade Accept students only in July, August and September. www.gradnovisad.org.yu Nish – city of 300 000 inhabitants, 4 hour-bus drive south from Belgrade Accept students only from 15th of July till end of September. www.nis.org.yu Kragujevac - is situated in the central part of Shumadija region and Serbia and therefore has great geographical-traffic importance. Accept students only in July, August and September. www.kragujevac.org.yu |
| Application documents & deadline | WE prefer scanned documents, sent either by e-mail or on CD/flash memory or any kind of PC readable electronic medium
The documents needed for the exchange in Serbia are following - electronic application form with a RELIABLE e-mail - photo - 1 copy of CV - 1 motivation letter for each desired department - 1 recommendation from your professor - language certificate DEADLINE for application: Three months before the clerkship, or at the March Meeting. Please put 3 different cities in your application and 4 different disciplines according to your preference! We will do our best to put you in the first desired department, but we cannot promise you that you will be placed in the first desired city. When submitted it’s not possible to change desired departments nor cities. Once you get the confirmation card together with the department and the city you are placed in, it won’t be possible to change it either Card of confirmation must be sent 4 weeks before. IF WE DO NOT GET IT WE WILL CONSIDER THAT YOU CANCELLED YOUR CLERKSHIP. RELIABLE e-mail is necessary, because the local coordinators will send the welcome letter to your e-mail along with the CA. In welcome letter you will find all the info about the city you've been accepted in, hospitals, lodging, climate, way of life in our country. |
| Digital documents required | |
| Card of Acceptance deadline (weeks in advance) |
8 |
| Card of Confirmation deadline (weeks in advance) |
4 |
| Insurance | Mandatory. The student needs to have it upon arrival |
| Pocket Money | None |
| Board & Lodging | Free upon bilateral basis. 2 meals a day. Students will be lodged in the dormitories during summer and autumn. During winter and spring – in the host families.
The unilateral fee is 300 euros. If the student does not arrive in the first 3 days after the begining of his/her clerkship and does not inform his/her contact person about his/her delayed arrival, we will cancel the clerkship |
| Social Program | Always! You will be integrated into the social lives of Serbian students. Our activists and members are always ready and willing to take you out on concerts, excursions, parties, clubs….We are proud to show you our museums, fortresses and other cultural heritage. And try us out, some of us might speak your own language as well! |
| Substitutions | Same sex, period and department. Notification must have been sent 4 weeks prior to clerkship. |
| Cancellations | Substitutions are preferred. Cancellations must be announced 4 weeks in advance |
| Visas | Do not forget to take your passport with you, even if you do not need a visa!!!
Most of you do not need a visa for Serbia. However, students from Lebanon, Egypt, Sudan and some other countries do. Sometimes the procedure might last for a whole month. Please keep that in mind and apply for it on time!!! Unfortunately we cannot speed up the process of issuing, so it’s all up to the regulations in the Serbian embassy in the particular country. But, we will send all the necessary documents! More info on www.mfa.gov.yu |
| Special remarks | *In order to have a clerkship in Obstetrics you have to do the nasal and oral sample test in the hospital where you’ll have the clerkship. It will take one week, so during that time you will practise Gynaecology. It is compulsory for Serbian students as well. It is charged from the exchangee and costs around 5 euros, in the local currency, so please check out with your health insurance whether they will cover it.
Do not forget to bring the hospital PANTS and a SHIRT (no matter what color) beside your white coat for this department, because the hospital do not provide them, and it is NECESSARY in order to enter the delivery room! *Every student will have a contact person who will get in touch with the exchangee (it doesn’t necessarily have to be LEO, but you will have his/her contact in your CA) It’s VERY IMPORTANT to inform your contact person about your EXACT time and place of arrival, so you could be picked up and transferred to the place you’d be lodged. * Do not forget to bring your own towels, because the dormitories do not provide them. * you should bring your umbrella, even if you’re coming in summertime, it might always rain. In the last couple of years, summer has been particularly rainy * if you have Euro26 and/or ISIC card, do take it with you. Serbia is a member of the European and world student discount network *it would be useful to bring your mobile phone with you, so it could be easier to communicate with our activists for the social program *please visit the website http://www.ifmsa-serbia.org/en/impressions.html and read the impressions of the students who had their clerkship in Serbia We also have a blog about exchange with useful hints http://www.ifmsa-serbia.org/exchange/ * Complaints of misconduct in any form will result in the cancellation of the clerkship. |
| More info Link | www.ifmsa-serbia.org ; BLOG www.ifmsa-serbia.org/exchange |
| These Exchange Conditions are valid until: |
01-11-2010 |
| Last update of data (GMT) | 28/07/2010 |