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Name
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Region
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Cardiac/Thoracic
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Information: Main notes from their website, contact email and/or link to website provided
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Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
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Scotland East
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Cardiac/Thoracic
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Time Period for Electives: Electives are only available during July and August.
How to Apply:
Applications for 2024 are now closed. Our process for 2025 is currently under review and updated details will be available at a later date.
Cost: An administration fee of £250 will be payable on acceptance of an elective placement for students from international universities. There is no fee for students studying at a UK medical school.
Contact: gram.clinicalelectives@nhs.scot
https://www.abdn.ac.uk/smmsn/undergraduate/medicine/visiting-student-electives.php
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Alder Hey Children's Hospital
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Northwest
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Congenital
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All Medical Student attachments must be organised via the Undergraduate Office to fulfil the necessary Employer/Employee Liability requirements and to ensure that students who attend Alder Hey for training achieve their full potential.
Please note these attachments are electives only and last a maximum of five weeks.
Electives MUST NOT be part of your formal training in Paediatrics, and all students are usually required to have completed their formal paediatric training at their medical school.
https://www.alderhey.nhs.uk/academy/medical/
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Basildon Hospital
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East of England
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Cardiac/Thoracic
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We offer medical students in their final year the opportunity to undertake electives spanning between four and six weeks.
There is a charge to undertake electives and interested students must apply to just one site.
Contact: mse.medicalcareers@nhs.net
https://www.mse.nhs.uk/undergraduate-medical-education-
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Bristol Royal Infirmary
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South West
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Cardiac/Thoracic
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Undergraduate medical students can apply if they are in the final or penultimate year of study before qualifying as a doctor.
As a visiting student, your qualifications are subject to the same scrutiny that is applied to all students at the University of Bristol.
Contact: medicalelectivestudents@uhbw.nhs.uk
https://www.bristol.ac.uk/medical-school/study/undergraduate/clinical-electives-for-visiting-students/
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Bristol Royal Hospital for Children
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South West
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Congenital
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A non-refundable fee is payable at the time of acceptance and confirmation of the elective.
Contact: medicalelectivestudents@uhbw.nhs.uk
https://www.bristol.ac.uk/medical-school/study/undergraduate/clinical-electives-for-visiting-students/
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Castle Hill Hospital
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Yorkshire & Humber
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Cardiac/Thoracic
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KATIE FIRTH
Head of Undergraduate Medical Education
Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
T 01482 608909
katie.firth@nhs.net
Hull Royal Infirmary, Anlaby Road, Hull, HU3 2JZ
Castle Hill Hospital, Castle Road, Cottingham, HU16 5JQ
www.hyms.ac.uk
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Children's Health Ireland (CHI) at Crumlin
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Irish Republic
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Congenital
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We host national and international medical student elective placements.
Contact:paediatrics@rcsi.ie
https://www.childrenshealthireland.ie/education-training/academic-partners/
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Cork University Hospital
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Irish Republic
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Cardiac/Thoracic
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Medical students have the opportunity to do junior clinical electives or summer electives in the Paediatric Unit at Cork University Hospital during the summer months.
For external students, please follow the following link https://www.ucc.ie/en/medical/incomingmedicalelectives/
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Derriford Hospital
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SouthWest
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Cardiac/Thoracic
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The Trust has previously offered a limited number of placements for medical students (non-Peninsula Medical School) from the United Kingdom and overseas (subject to Border Agency rules/Visa requirements).
We are currently reviewing whether we can offer any placements in July and August of summer 2024 and will update this page when a decision has been made. Please do check back.
https://www.plymouthhospitals.nhs.uk/medical-student-electives/
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Evelina London Children's Hospital
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London South
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Congenital
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You can apply for an elective placement if you're a medical student. All applications must be made through King's College London.
To find out more and apply, please visit the King's College London website or email Electives@kcl.ac.uk.
https://www.evelinalondon.nhs.uk/health-professionals/careers/work-experience.aspx
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Freeman Hospital
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North East
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Cardiac/Thoracic/Congenital
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To apply for a placement to commence in 2025:
- You must give a minimum of six months notice to allow for all of the necessary checks to take place. The timescale may seem rather long but this is to allow all necessary processes to take place.
- Please do not approach Paediatric consultants directly.
More information: https://www.newcastle-hospitals.nhs.uk/hospitals/great-north-childrens-hospital/student-elective-process/
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Galway University Hospital
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Irish Republic
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Cardiac/Thoracic
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Fees: Elective Registration/Administration Fee is payable on Acceptance of your Elective Offer. Fees for 2024 are as follows: (1) €200 for a 4 week elective.
Contact: SoMelectives@universityofgalway.ie
https://www.universityofgalway.ie/medicine-nursing-and-health-sciences/medicine/currentstudents/clinicalelectives/
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Glenfield Hospital
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East Midlands
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Cardiac/Thoracic
/Congenital
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Jasmin is your go-to person if you have any questions and queries about electives.
If you want to get in contact with her please email aerep@lusuma.com
http://www.lusuma.com/electives.html
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Golden Jubilee National Hospital
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Scotland West
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Cardiac/Thoracic
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Contact: sally.gleeson@gjnh.scot.nhs.uk
https://www.nhsgoldenjubilee.co.uk/working-us/gain-experience-us
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Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children
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London North
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Congenital
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In order to apply for a medical student placement, please complete an application form:
We are accepting applications for September 2024 - February 2025
Autumn and Winter application
Contact: student.observer.placements@gosh.nhs.uk
https://www.gosh.nhs.uk/working-here/gosh-learning-academy/education-and-training/postgraduate-medical-education/undergraduates/
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Guy's Hospital
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London South
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Thoracic
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Contact:
undergraduate@gstt.nhs.uk
Electives@kcl.ac.uk.
https://www.guysandstthomaseducation.com/project/medical-students/
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Hammersmith Hospital
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London North
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Cardiac/Thoracic
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Medical elective placements are arranged through Imperial College. These placements last 2–6 weeks (6 weeks maximum) and applicants must be in their penultimate or final year of medical school to be eligible.
A minimum of four weeks and a maximum six weeks.
Elective fees are £600 and £35 for the occupational health fees
https://www.chelwest.nhs.uk/professionals/clinical-learning-development/undergraduate-medical-education/medical-electives harefi
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Harefield Hospital
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London North
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Cardiac/Thoracic
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Our clinical observerships are well-established supervised training programmes and many international universities and postgraduate institutions send their students, trainees and clinicians to us every year to gain unique and valuable experience working at our hospitals.
Our clinical observerships are open to both those with and without UK General Medical Council (GMC) registration, and international applicants are actively encouraged to apply.
Please use our contact form to submit your CV with a cover letter detailing your area of interest for the clinical observership. We only accept application six months ahead of your preferred start date.
If you are an international applicant, your English proficiency will be assessed at the interview. We require English standard equivalent to IELTS score 6 or above.
https://www.rbhh-education.co.uk/clinical-training/clinical-observerships/
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James Cook University Hospital
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North East
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Cardiac/Thoracic
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The placements for these electives are available for a maximum of 8 weeks.
There are only a limited number of placements available in a wide range of medical and surgical disciplines across the 3 hospitals in North Queensland.
We do our best to find a suitable placement, however, there is no guarantee that your application will be successful.
Application form: https://www.jcu.edu.au/college-of-medicine-and-dentistry/clinical-electives-for-non-jcu-students
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John Radcliffe Hospital
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South Central
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Cardiac/Thoracic
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Elective students will be based at the John Radcliffe and Churchill Hospitals.
The maximum number of weeks for an Elective placement is eight weeks.
Elective students must participate with Oxford students.
If you want to spend your Elective placement in Surgery please state on your application form which speciality you would like to be allocated to. However, it is not guaranteed you will be allocated to the particular speciality.
To make an application, applicants must complete an online application form AND send the following THREE documents by email to electives@medschool.ox.ac.uk:
https://www.medsci.ox.ac.uk/study/medicine/electives/placements
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King's College Hospital
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London South
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Cardiac/Thoracic
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No electives in cardiothoracic surgery department unless:
Pre-arranged Placements
If you have been in touch with a Supervisor at either Guys and St Thomas’ Hospitals or Kings College Hospital and they have agreed to Supervise you, you must advise the Supervisor that they must email details of the agreement to electives@kcl.ac.uk. You must also indicate the name of your Supervisor and site on your application. The start date of the placement must align with the start dates listed below. If you are looking for an alternative start date this must be arranged directly with the hospital site.
https://www.kcl.ac.uk/short-courses/elective-placement-clinical-medicine#:~:text=Pre%2Darranged%20Placements,%40kcl.ac.uk.
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Leeds General Infirmary
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Yorkshire & Humber
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Cardiac/Congenital
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The elective placement is an observer role only and no formal teaching will be offered. Your supervisor will provide structured supervision and a varied schedule, exposing you to a wide range of clinical challenges and NHS treatment protocols.
This is a highly competitive programme with a limited number of places.
Successful International applicants require an International Criminality Check (ICC); the University of Leeds will arrange these checks through a third party. ICC costs can range from £50 to in excess of £350 depending on the student’s place/s of residency over the past five years. This check may also be required for UK nationals studying outside the UK.
Applying: online application form.
Contact: electives@leeds.ac.uk.
https://medicinehealth.leeds.ac.uk/medicine-undergraduate-mbchb/doc/medical-electives
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Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital
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North West
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Cardiac/Thoracic
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Contact: educationofficer@lhch.nhs.uk
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Manchester Royal Infirmary
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North West
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Cardiac
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Contact:
Lesia Kochan, Interim Head of Undergraduate Medical Education by emailing lesia.kochan@mft.nhs.uk or
alternative.access@mft.nhs.uk
Please note that such self-arranged placements are an agreement between the student and the relevant hospital trust, and do not involve The University of Manchester. The Manchester Medical School/University of Manchester will not be able to provide credits or validate any documentation in relation to such placements, nor provide contact details of doctors to approach.
https://mft.nhs.uk/medical-education/undergraduate-medical-education/
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Morriston Hospital
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Wales
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Cardiac/Thoracic
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Contact the Main switchboard: 01792 702222
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New Cross Hospital
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West Midlands
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Cardiac/Thoracic
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You should contact Mr. Abdelaziz mahmoud.abdelaziz@nhs.net
He will then get you in touch with the undergraduate team and assign a supervisor for you.
There is no charge.
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Northern General Hospital
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Yorkshire & Humber
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Cardiac/Thoracic
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If you have already organised a placement directly with a consultant, you will need to submit an application and include the confirmation letter or email trail confirming this arrangement from your consultant.
Use the link below to apply:
Apply for a placement
https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/smph/undergraduate/medical-electives-programme/specialities
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Nottingham City Hospital
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East Midlands
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Cardiac/Thoracic
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Contact: ugmededelectives@nuh.nhs.uk
Please include in your requests:
- Placement (hands on) or Observership (view practice from afar only)
- Current Enhanced DBS (Valid for 3 years)
- Learning outcomes you wish to achieve from your placement/observership
https://www.nuh.nhs.uk/dreeam-educational-placements/
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Queen Elizabeth Hospital
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West Midlands
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Cardiac/Thoracic
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Contact:
https://www.education.uhb.nhs.uk/clinical-education/medical-education/university-of-birmingham-mbchb.htm
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Royal Brompton Hospital
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London North
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Cardiac/Thoracic
/Congenital
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Our clinical observerships are well-established supervised training programmes and many international universities and postgraduate institutions send their students, trainees and clinicians to us every year to gain unique and valuable experience working at our hospitals.
The duration of our observerships can vary and depends on your development goals and availability at our hospitals.
Our clinical observerships are open to both those with and without UK General Medical Council (GMC) registration, and international applicants are actively encouraged to apply.
Please use our contact form to submit your CV with a cover letter detailing your area of interest for the clinical observership. We only accept application six months ahead of your preferred start date.
Should we be able to accommodate your request we will send you an application form to complete followed by an invitation to an interview.
If you are an international applicant, your English proficiency will be assessed at the interview. We require English standard equivalent to IELTS score 6 or above.
https://www.rbhh-education.co.uk/clinical-training/clinical-observerships/
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Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow
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Scotland West
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Congenital
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Applications for the Visiting Electives Programme have far exceeded capacity, and therefore no further applications will be considered for placements between September 2024 and August 2025. Placements are extremely limited and we will respond to applicants in due course.
- Applications must be received at least 6 months prior to the proposed elective start date.
- A non-refundable application fee of £250 is payable once a supervisor has been confirmed. There are no tuition fees.
- Electives are offered for a period of 4 weeks (20 working days) and are within one department only, subject to availability. Unfortunately, we cannot consider requests for shorter/longer attachments or in more than one department.
More information and the application form: https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/medicine/mus/visitingelectives/
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Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
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Scotland East
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Cardiac/Thoracic
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Applications for the 2025 round of our medical electives programme are now closed. We are unable to accept late submissions due to the high volume of applications received.
We aim to open applications for 2026 electives in January 2025.
For medical elective related enquiries, please contact us at:
Email: electives@ed.ac.uk
https://www.ed.ac.uk/medicine-vet-medicine/edinburgh-medical-school/visiting-students/medical-electives-programme
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Royal Papworth Hospital
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East of England
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Cardiac/Thoracic
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Fee: £350
Contact: papworth.medical.electives@nhs.net
http://www.royalpapworth.nhs.uk/
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Royal Stoke University Hospital
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West Midlands
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Cardiac/Thoracic
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Tel: +44 (0) 1782 731836
Email: health.electives@keele.ac.uk
https://www.keele.ac.uk/medicine/contactus/#courses
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Royal Sussex County Hospital
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South East
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Cardiac
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East Sussex Healthcare Trust provide placements for medical students from Kings College London (KCL) and Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS). We are pleased to offer electives to medical students from other medical schools during the period June to September.
Electives are offered for a minimum of 2 weeks and a maximum of 4 weeks and are subject to availability.
Please see below for the application form.
We only able to look at applications submitted from 1st March to 1st May each year.
Click here to complete the Medical Student Elective Form
and submit to
mailto:esht.medicalstudentelectives@nhs.net.
https://www.esht.nhs.uk/medical-education/programmes/medical-students/overseas-medical-student-elective/
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Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast
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Northern Ireland
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Cardiac/Thoracic
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https://belfasttrust.hscni.net/wpfd_file/external-elective-application-and-policy-sept19/
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Southampton General Hospital
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South Central
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Cardiac/Thoracic
/Congenital
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Unfortunately UHS is currently unable to accept any medical students for an elective placement.
Clinical attachment are open at UHS for doctors seeking opportunities to take part in this observer role.
A clinical attachment will help you prepare for working in the NHS. It allows you to gain an overview of medical processes and systems in the NHS, by observing a consultant in a relevant speciality at work.
Contact:Clinicalattachments@uhs.nhs.uk
https://www.uhs.nhs.uk/health-professionals/education-and-training-for-uhs-staff/information-for-students-and-learners
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St Bartholomew's Hospital
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London North
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Cardiac/Thoracic
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The Visiting Student Elective Programme offers short term, observational placements, for UK and International medical students, in their final year of study. Students are placed with a consultant team working within our partner NHS hospitals and spend their time shadowing and experiencing typical days in a specific medical specialty.
Documents required.
- Enhanced DBS Certificate/Police Check
- English Language Certificate
- Occupational Health/Vaccination Requirements
The Visiting Student Elective Programme is currently closed.
Please email smd-incoming-electives@qmul.ac.uk if you have any questions that are not answered on this page or via our FAQs.
https://www.qmul.ac.uk/fmd/study/undergraduate/electives/visiting/
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St George's Hospital
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London South
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Cardiac/Thoracic
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Our elective placements are four weeks long and start on the first Monday of the month.
The elective programme opens for applications twice a year. Applications need to be submitted either in May or November depending on when you would like to start your elective. For example, if you would like to attend an elective in April 2025, you would apply in November 2024.
Please note: The application round is for applicants to complete the online application form and make the payment required. Application attempts made outside of these times or arranged with any consultant or academic without making an application will not be considered. If you have already approached an individual, you can mention this on your application.
Total cost £800
More information: https://www.sgul.ac.uk/study/undergraduate-study/medical-electives
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St James's Hospital, Dublin
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Irish Republic
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Cardiac/thoracic
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New 2024!! The school of medicine will be transitioning to a new online portal for summer 2024 applications which will go live on wednesday 10th april 2024.
Applications will open on wednesday 10th april and will close on tuesday 30th april 2024. We are not in a position to process applications received outside of the application period.
Interested applicants must submit all required application documents to the new portal before the closing date. There will be a non-refundable application fee of €50 charged to all applicants and an acceptance fee of €100 charged to those that are offered a place.
More information: https://www.tcd.ie/medicine/undergraduate-medicine/visiting-medical-electives/
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St James's University Hospital
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Yorkshire & Humber
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Thoracic
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If you are interested in applying for an elective placement, please complete the elective placement form.
https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/careers/careers-at-leeds-childrens-hospital/nursing-careers-at-leeds-childrens-hospital/education-and-training/
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St Thomas' Hospital
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London South
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Cardiac
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The GKT School of Medical Education runs an Elective Programme offering 4-week clinical elective placements for medical students who are in their penultimate or final year of clinical study at an institution external to King's.
Placements are available in a variety of specialties and are offered at our Teaching Campus Hospitals and their associated sites - Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital and King's College Hospital.
- We are now considering applications for entry during the 2024/25 academic year.
- Applications for September, October and November 2024 will open on Monday 22 April 2024.
- Please read the information below for specific details about when and how to apply.
- N.B Please note: our Elective Placement start dates are fixed and cannot be altered.
Fee: £200
More info and where to apply: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/short-courses/elective-placement-clinical-medicine
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St Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin
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Irish Republic
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Thoracic
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We currently only offer clinical electives to medical students who attend a medical school to which RCSI holds a collaborative agreement with.
For more information contact:
incomingelectives@rcsi.ie
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The Beacon Hospital
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Irish Republic
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Cardiac/Thoracic
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Students are invited to submit their interest for their summer elective placement at Beacon Hospital. Students are advised to contact ucdacademy@beaconhospital.ie for further details.
Placements for medical students will occur only in the 2023 summer period and the maximum length of placement duration will be three weeks.
https://www.beaconhospital.ie/about-us/ucd-beacon-hospital-academy/
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The Mater Hospital
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Irish Republic
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Cardiac/Thoracic
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E-mail: lmelia@mater.ie with the application form. CV required.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lIKdfDnGpwBnzE3IBYvLiyV-zqwDbwpp085i81qbMuA/edit?usp=sharing
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University Hospital Coventry
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West Midlands
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Cardiac/Thoracic
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Please note that although work experience and clinical attachments have resumed, elective placements not currently available.
Overseas doctors applying for jobs, or preparing for the PLAB examination may find it useful to undertake a clinical attachment. This is a non-paid, non contact observership.
Doctors do not need to be registered with the GMC to undergo a clinical attachment as they will not be carrying out any procedures. Usually, clinical attachments last for 4-6 weeks, during which time the doctor will be attached to a consultant and observe their work. Clinical attachments provide invaluable experience of the NHS, and can help overseas doctors gain a reference for future job applications.
To be considered for a Clinical Attachment you must write directly to the consultant of your choice requesting an attachment and enclosing a C.V.
For consultant details and further information please contact MedicalEducation@uhcw.nhs.uk
https://www.uhcw.nhs.uk/where-careers-grow/clinical-attachments-and-electives/
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University College London Hospital
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London North
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Thoracic
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To be eligible to take up a place at UCL, applicants must have completed a minimum of 3 years of their medical degree programme with a minimum of 12 months clinical training and excluding an intercalated BSc, and must fulfil UCL’s English language requirement which cannot be waived. Additionally students must provide evidence that their home medical school offers a visiting elective programme which is open to UCL students.
Electives are offered for a minimum of 4 weeks and a maximum of 8 weeks during medical school term dates: 1) September to December, 2) January to April and 3) May to July.
Electives are not available in August. Only one elective period may be spent at UCL by any student.
All administration and correspondence is by email to: medsch.visitingelectives@ucl.ac.uk
Fee: £100
More info plus apply: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/medical-school/study/undergraduate/visiting-student-electives
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University Hospital of Wales
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Wales
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Cardiac/Thoracic
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All applicants must be a current Medical Student in their penultimate or final year of medical school and all applications must be a formal request for an elective placement. Please note we are a teaching health board not a University.
For clinical attachments please contact the Medical Resourcing & Systems Department. Please click here for further information.
For further information please email ug.cardiffandvale@wales.nhs.uk
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Wythenshawe Hospital
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North West
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Cardiac/Thoracic
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Contact: clinical.attachment@mft.nhs.uk
The team will then get in contact with the next steps.
Contact info for departments can be found on the MFT website https://mft.nhs.uk/ or you can ring Switchboard Tel: 0161 276 1234 and ask for the relevant departments.
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