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| Professional Exchange : Exchange Conditions of DENEM(Brazil) | |
| Level of studies | Clinical and pre-Clinical students |
| Type of Clerkship | Clinical and Cirurgical Fields.
Students must have passed exams in the chosen areas. |
| Languages | English.
Basic knowledge on Portuguese or Spanish is highly recommended. Language certificate is required with AF. We suggest students to bring a conversation guide for basic knowledge of local language |
| Duration of Clerkship | 4 (four) weeks the whole year |
| Working Conditions | The requirements would usually be 6 hours a day, 5 days a week. However this varies a lot, depending on the department.
Exchange students work under the same conditions as Brazilian students, and must obey all the regulations of the hospital and the tutor. We expect the exchange student to participate seriously and actively at the department. |
| Disciplines | Basically almost all clinical/surgery fields are available. |
| Periods & Towns | All over the year. July and August are very full so late AFs may not be accepted.
**January, Febuary and July are brazilian vacations so there are few places in this periods! We prefer incomings in DECEMBER, March, April, May, JUNE, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, October and November instead oh those months. Cities for bilateral clerkships during 2009-2010: **Brazil is not only Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and Salvador! =] Barbacena/MG-FUNJOB Barbalha/CE-UFC-Cariri Belo Horizonte/MG-FCMMG Belo Horizonte/MG-UFMG Blumenau/SC-FURB Botucatu/SP-UNESP Campinas/SP-UNICAMP Campo Grande/MS-UFMS Curitiba/PR-UFPR Dourados/MS-UFGD Florianopolis/SC-UFSC Goiania/GO-UFG Itajai/SC-UNIVALI Itajuba/MG-FMIt Jundiai/SP-FMJ Manaus/AM-UFMA Natal/RN-UnP Niteroi/RJ-UFF Recife/PE-UFPE Recife/PE-UPE Rio de Janeiro/RJ-Souza Marques Rio de Janeiro/RJ-UNIRIO Rio de Janeiro/RJ-UERJ Santo Amaro/SP-UNISA Sao Luis/MA-UFMA Sao Luis/MA-UNICEUMA Uberaba/MG-UFTM Uberlandia/MG-UFU Vassouras/RJ-USS Vitoria/ES-UFES Write at least 3 DIFERENT CITIES, please. The places available in certain cities are limited, so we cannot always follow the choices of the student. But sure we will do our best to make it possible for all students to have on of their best months here in Brazil, and specially in the period they apply for. |
| Application documents & deadline | We require from each student:
***ONLY DIGITAL DOCUMENTS. We will NOT ACCEPT PAPER documents! ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS, SCANNED, SAVED IN PDF FORMAT, SENT TO THE MARCH MEETING. After March Meeting it must be send by EMAIL or BY POST IN A CD (ONE FOR EACH STUDENT). - eAF (pdf version) - motivation letters - recomendation letters - Copy of Health Insurance; - Copy of Passaport - Official Language Certificate; - Proof of Registration with Medical School during the clerkship. Enrollment declaration. - Medical School Buletin (the historic of medical subjects coursed by the student and respective grades obtained on them). It should be attached a translated version to English signed by the University, certifying the autenticity - Two photos On Eletronic System: - Eletronic AF - Motivation letters |
| Digital documents required | |
| Card of Acceptance deadline (weeks in advance) |
8 |
| Card of Confirmation deadline (weeks in advance) |
4 |
| Insurance | Health traveller's insurance is required. |
| Pocket Money | NONE . |
| Board & Lodging | We guarantee free board and lodging (2 meals per day are provided).
Exchange students stay at Brazilian student's home, and must follow the HomeStay Norms. BOYFRIENDs-GIRLFRIENDs that are doing exchange together generally are not placed in the same house. We are latin country... families dont feel confortable about this. |
| Social Program | - Social program is always provided.
- Each student has a contact person to take care of him/her and a Host Student. - The contact person does his/her job on a voluntary basis, parallel to his/her studies and obligations; therefore the student should prove his/her independence and not expect a care program 24 hours a day. |
| Substitutions | - Substitutes should be from the same sex. They will attend to the same department and city as the original student
- If we do not receive the substitute AF within 3 weeks after a previous cancellation, there will be no guarantee for the substitution. |
| Cancellations | - If the student do not send the CC at least 4 weeks in advance the clerkship will not be guaranteed. Please send the CCs!!
- We PREFER SUBSTITUTIONS rather than cancellations, but if they have to be made, we need to know 3 weeks in advance. This is really important!! ;) |
| Visas | - Countries which Brazil requires visa, the NEO must inform us in advance: we need able time to send all needed papers to make an easier process. This is very important because in some countries, the students haven't got the visa due the fact they applied for it very close to the day of their departure.
- If you need an Invitation Letter, please ask for it. Specify if you need IL for Tourist Visa or Study Visa. - We are not responsible for visa related issues, any doubt must be reported to the closest Brazilian Embassy. |
| Special remarks | - ALL STUDENTS MUST CHECK THE EXCHANGE CONDITIONS BEFORE APPLY FOR A CLERKSHIP IN BRAZIL!
- Incomings are not supposed to come with parents, relatives, boy/girlfriend, pets etc; - clerkships will be cancelled if the LC receives any complaints of misconduct or unethical practice either in the hospital or in the lodging place. The student responsible for such actions is held liable for any damage. - The student must bring information about the health system of his/her own country; - Every student should write a report before leaving Brazil; - The students have to bring a white coat and a sthetoscope - SCOPE certificate will only be given for the students with at least 75% of the schedule completed and AFTER the Exchange Report is written. - Some LCs have addictional projects to the SCOPE exchange, that usually include visits to Basic Health Units of Brazilian Health Sistem. Those projects are PARE OF THE EXCHANGES and Certificates will just be provided if the Incoming student colaborates to make it happens. Check the vacinations you have to take before coming to Brazil: Yellow Fever, Hepatits B and others. UNILATERAL CONTRACTS: 300 EUROS FEE payed to the LC upon arrival |
| More info Link | wiki.ifmsa.org/scope/index.php?title=Brazil_DENEM |
| These Exchange Conditions are valid until: |
01-12-2010 |
| Last update of data (GMT) | 02/08/2010 |