OFF-CAMPUS PROGRAMS
Objective:
To expand basic clinical knowledge and further develop abilities which were acquired during the third year.
UAG students are able to participate in programs developed by the Curriculum committee - Co-op, Electives in U.S.A. and Mexico-Electives. Students that participate in these programs must demonstrate the required talent and clinical skills to work in a hospital setting. Additionally, they must do self-study without having to attend their regular courses in the Guadalajara Clinical Campus during the seventh and eighth semesters.
A fee is required from participating students in order to maintain the quality of these programs, to provide financial support and to open additional programs in other areas. Purchase of malpractice insurance is also required.
NOTE: Payments for the Co-op, Electives and the Mal Practice Insurance will NOT be reimbursed should a student decide later on that he/she will not attend the program, has requested a transfer, or is rejected or expelled by the hospital.
STUDENT REQUIREMENTS FOR PROGRAM SPOTS:
Credits and GPA
1. A GPA of eight or better from first to sixth semester.
2. Credits - 180 or better through fifth semester.
3. "Aprovechamiento": No more than 3 (three) subjects in extraordinary exams from first to sixth semester while maintaining a GPA of 8.
4. Satisfactory completion of all courses required by our School of Medicine through the sixth semester.
5. Accreditation of USMLE Step 1. All students must provide a copy of the USMLE score.APPLICATION WILL NOT BE PROCESSED WITHOUT COPY OF SCORES.
6. All students assigned to U.S. hospitals must be fluent in English.
7. Any student who has applied for a transfer to another medical school WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE for these special programs
8. Follow all the procedures given in the "Student Timeline" of the "Cooperative Medical Education Program".
9. Selection of qualified students to participate in these programs is made by the Off campus Committee.
10. Eligibility does not necessarily confer selection.
COOPERATIVE MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM
(Co-op)
This program began in 1978 and was offered under the guidance/supervision of the School of Medicine. In January 1986, the School of Medicine introduced an additional supervision system for education programs offered to clinical clerks in the fourth year (seventh and eighth semesters) through the Cooperative Medical Education Program. All students carry malpractice insurance.
The goal of this program is to implement a program of systematic monitoring and evaluation of the quality and appropriateness of Cooperative Medical Education Program supervision. Additionally, it provides opportunities to improve education and problem solving.
Formal teaching agreements are reached between the school and the cooperating teaching hospitals or appropriate medical schools for the clinical instruction of medical disciplines.
The program will apply to all departments at affiliated hospitals, including Internal Medicine, Surgery, Pediatrics, and Obstetrics/Gynecology. Ask a Question
MEDICAL DISCIPLINES:
Seventh semester:
Medical, Surgical and Traumatological Emergencies and Legal
Medicine. (12 weeks)
Family Medicine (4 weeks)
Electives (surgical) (4 weeks)
Eighth Semester:
Pain Management and end of life care (4 weeks)
Geriatrics and Gerontology (4 weeks)
Electives (Internal Medicine) (4 weeks)
Electives (Basic Sciences) (4weeks)
EVALUATION:
While in this program, the student must also follow a self-study program at the hospital, in order to be prepared for all the final exams given at the end of the semester in Guadalajara. A minimum of 60% of the exam’s value must be obtained in order to add the grade that was obtained on the rotation evaluation.
The final grade is comprised of the evaluation obtained from the hospital (60%) and the final exam in Guadalajara (40%).
At the end of these rotations, students return to Guadalajara Campus in order to take the final exam that is administered specifically for them.
The final exam covers the syllabus that previously was given to the students after the beginning of their rotations
In order to be assigned from one to another semester, the student must pass all the courses and maintain an average of eight or more on each subject. It is the responsibility of the student to verify the final grade in each course.
A minimum of 60% of the exam’s value must be passed in order to add the grade that was obtained on the rotation evaluation.
ELECTIVES IN THE U.S.A.
In 1993 our School of Medicine and its International Program developed a new curriculum that would make the introduction of new programs.
Students applying for an elective program of a U.S. medical school during their seventh and/or eighth semesters must also meet the same requirements as students applying for a Co-op Program.
To fulfill the academic requirements of our curriculum, one rotation period (4 weeks minimum) can be used to complete at least one of the elective rotations. Those electives are the same as the ones for Co-op.
Selection, assignment, evaluation, fees and requirements apply in the same way to all the programs.
MEXICO - ELECTIVES
In 1994, the School of Medicine and its International Program developed a program similar to the Co-op and Electives in the U.S.A. but in a hospital setting in Mexico.
With special agreements with UAG affiliated hospitals in Mexico, students that fulfill the academic requirements and that desire additional exposure to medicine in clinical settings developing the necessary clinical skills are able to participate in this type of program.
This program is open not only to International Program students but also to the rest of the UAG Medical School students that fulfill the requirements.
The assignment is made as an elective rotation and in the same way as the other programs (Co-op and Electives in U.S.A).
Selection, assignment, evaluation, fees and requirements apply in the same way to all the programs.
Fourth-year medical students looking for electives please contact the San Antonio Office at 1-800-531-5494 or email Associate Dean, Itzé Lebrija at itze@uag.edu
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