Long Term Clerkships
Evidence of Eligibility
All students enrolled in foreign medical schools
who seek clerkships must present evidence of their status to the teaching
hospital in which they seek to undertake clerkships, as follows:
- Students who were engaged in clinical
clerkships in New York State prior to May 1, 1981 must present a letter
issued by the State Education Department attesting to their exemption
from the requirements of regulations.
- Students who were enrolled in the foreign medical
school in which they are matriculated on or before September 25,
1980 but who were not engaged in a clerkship prior to May 1, 1981
must present a certificate issued by the State Education Department
indicating that the student received an acceptable score on the MSKP
examination, a passing score on Part I of the FMGEMS examination
or an acceptable score on a satisfactory equivalent examination.
- Students who enrolled in the foreign medical
school in which they are matriculated after September 25,1980 must
be enrolled in a school approved by the State Education Department
and must present a certificate issued by the Department indicating
that the student received an acceptable score on the MSKP examination,
a passing score on Part I of the FMGEMS examination, or an acceptable
score on a satisfactory equivalent examination. Students enrolled
in schools approved by the Department are permitted to engage in
clinical clerkships only in teaching hospitals which have affiliation
agreements with schools in which such students are enrolled, with
the exception that 12 weeks of clerkships may be performed in an
unaffiliated teaching hospital.
- Students who enrolled in the foreign medical
school in which they are matriculated after September 25, 1980 but
before May 1, 1981 if the school has submitted a formal application
for approval must present a certificate issued by the Department
to the teaching hospital in which the clerkship(s) are to be performed
indicating that the student received an acceptable score on the MSKP
examination, a passing score on Part I of the FMGEMS examination,
or an acceptable score on a satisfactory equivalent examination.
