Long
Term Clerkships
The basic requirements for clerkships that will aggregate
more than twelve weeks in a two-year period for students who enrolled
in foreign medical schools after September 25, 1980 are as follows:
- The school in which the student is enrolled must be
approved by the State Education Department for placing its students
in clinical clerkships in New York.
- The clerkship or clerkships may
be performed only in a teaching hospital which has a formal affiliation
agreement with the medical school approved by the State Education
Department. The clerkship may be performed only in fields in which
the teaching hospital has an approved residency training program.
- Students enrolled in foreign medical schools which have been
approved by the State Education Department may, however, perform
up to a maximum of 12 weeks of clerkships in a teaching hospital
not having a formal affiliation agreement with the approved foreign
medical school. Such students must obtain a letter of eligibility
from the State Education Department before beginning non-affiliated
teaching hospital clerkships.
- Prior to beginning a clerkship in an affiliated teaching
hospital, the student must obtain verification from the State Education
Department certifying that he or she obtained a satisfactory score
on the Medical Sciences Knowledge Profile (MSKP) examination taken
prior to July 1, 1985 or a passing score on Part I of the Foreign Graduate
Medical Examination in the Medical Sciences (FMGEMS), or an acceptable
score on a satisfactory equivalent examination in order to engage in
more than 12 weeks of clerkships in affiliated hospitals.
The above basic requirements are modified for certain
students who entered the foreign medical school in which they are matriculated
at an early time, as follows:
A foreign medical student who was engaged in a clerkship
in New York State prior to May 1, 1981 may engage in further
clerkships without meeting the above requirements, provided that
he/she obtains a letter of exemption from the State Education Department
for presentation to the hospital.
A foreign medical student who was not in a clerkship
before May 1, 1981, but was enrolled prior to September 25, 1980 in
the school in which he or she is matriculated for clerkships, need
satisfy only requirements 2 and 3 above. The same conditions will
apply for students in schools which have applied for State Education
Department approval, if the student enrolled in that school prior
to May 1, 1981, except that this authorization is terminated if approval
is denied.
