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Professional Exchange : Exchange Conditions of IMCC(Denmark)
Level of studies	Minimum 4th year students.
Type of Clerkship	Clinical clerkships only.
Languages	English or Danish. Telephone interviews in English might be conducted. If the student's language skills are too poor (interview/upon arrival) we may cancel the clerkship.
Duration of Clerkship	Four weeks. CALENDER MONTHS ONLY!
Working Conditions	We expect you to be at the hospital 7-8 hours per day, Monday to Friday. Bring your own stethoscope. No particular hospital dress code. White coat or other hospital clothing will be provided at the hospital. We would like to emphasise that this is NOT a vacation, and we expect you to work full hours at the hospital in order to recieve your certificate. The department will expect you every day, and if you are ill or for other reasons cannot come, you must inform the hospital. If you show interest and enthusiasm at the hospital, your possibility to get clinical hands-on experience is good. But count on being expected to take the initiative and ask to be taught a specific procedure etc
Disciplines	Most common clinical fields - but this varies from time to time depending on which departments are free and willing to accept students. Not all departments are available in all periods. Most departments are somewhat specialized so if the student applies for a broad department we may narrow down the field. We cannot place students at psychiatry, family practise and oncology and we don't have departments as acupuncture, sleep disorders etc. available at the moment. We cannot guarantee your 1st choice of department so do prioritize 4 different departments (not only one!). And remember - a good motivation letter to each department is needed!
Periods & Towns	We accept students all months except: December, January, June and September. IMPORTANT: clerkship starts on the Monday which is closest to the 1th of the month, and ends on the Friday of the fourth week. -Taking summer 09 as an example: ---Period July: Monday 29/06/08 – Friday 24/07/08 ---Period August: Monday 3/08/08 – Friday 28/08/08 PLEASE NOTE THAT WE WILL EXPECT YOU IN THE DEFINED PERIOD, EXCEPTANCE CAN ONLY BE MADE IF CONTRACTS ARE SIGNED FOR A SPECIFIC PERIOD! For more details, please contact the Danish NEO. All local committees accept students in July and August. The rest of the year often only 1 or 2 LCs will accept students each month. Local committees available: Aarhus Odense Copenhagen incl. Hilleroed Please note that not all students can go to Copenhagen! It is important to prioritize 3 local committees (not only one!)
Application documents & deadline	A cd containing scanned copies of the following documents: 1. Application Form 2. 2 passport sized picture 3. 4 motivation letters (one for each department) 4. English certificate (students who are unable to communicate adequately will have their clerkship cancelled) 5. Copy of passport (not required for citzens from the European Union) 6. Negative MRSA (multi-resistant staphylococcus aureus) test must be scanned + emailed to NEO and presented upon arrival to the department. The test must be taken no more than 3 weeks before arrival. We prefer to have the test-result in English, but we will also accept the result in the students’ native language. Application deadline: July and August: March Meeting Other months: 3 months prior to the elective NO EXCEPTIONS!
Card of Acceptance deadline (weeks in advance)	6
Card of Confirmation deadline (weeks in advance)	3
Insurance	These insurances are required and copies must be presented upon arrival (we may cancel the clerkship of students without insurance): - Health insurance to cover transportation and medical care in case of emergency. - Insurance covering damage causality (e.g. broken items at place of accommodation), theft (e.g. if a rented bike gets stolen) etc. Malpractice insurance is not required since you will be under supervision at the department.
Pocket Money	No
Board & Lodging	Lodging: Room in dormitory, apartment, in a family household or room at the hospital area. Note that there often will be some transportation time from your lodging to the hospital, on your own expense. In many cases the student will be staying in rented apartements/rooms in which cases we require that the students take the full responsability of renting the place (we do the arrangements of course). Board: We provide 1 meal a day. In some cases this is provided as free lunch at the hospital cafeteria. Othervice the student will receive a specific amount of money. Unilateral fee: 220 Euro
Social Program	July and August: Usually social program will be arranged in 2 of the 4 weekends. We normally do weekend trips to Copenhagen, Odense and Aarhus where you can go to meet the other exchangees and visit all the different parts of Denmark. Transportation and other variable costs are not included in the exchange fee and will be on your own expense. Rest of the year: No planned social program.
Substitutions	The substitute must be same sex, city, period and department.We must be notified of the replacement student at least four weeks before the clerkship is to begin. The replacement student must provide all of the required and supplementary documents, and adhere to the deadlines of the medical school to which they desire to be placed.
Cancellations	Please notify the NEO as soon as possible. We prefer substitutions to cancellations.
Visas	Check out the visa process at:http://www.nyidanmark.dk/en-us/coming_to_dk/visa/who_needs_visa.htm If required apply for visa immediately after sending the AF to Denmark! It can take 3-6 months to obtain a visa to Denmark! IMCC will send Invitation Letter to the outgoing NEO. To be sure that we send it please request the IL from us. It is students responsibility to apply for visa in time. We can not change the dates of any clerkships if the student fails to get the visa on time.
Special remarks	In order to obtain lodging the student may have to sign a contract renting the place in question. The IMCC will of course have made arrangements for the lodging before the beginning of the clerkship and will take care of the payment. Outside the summer months (July and August) we can only guarantee to accept 6 students per month. Students will be accepted on a "first comes first" served basis. The student needs to present a negative MRSA test not more than 3 weeks old, emailed to neo before arrival and presented to the department upon arrival!
More info Link	www.visitdenmark.dk, www.imcc.dk, wiki.ifmsa.org/scope/index.php?title=Denmark
These Exchange Conditions are valid until:	01-09-2009
Last update of data (GMT)	22/07/2009