Program Eligibility

Visiting Student Elective Program

• Students must be in good standing in medical school.
• Students must have completed all core clinical clerkships before beginning the clinical elective program.
• Yale does not provide basic clerkships, only electives.
• Yale does not offer observerships/externships.
• Students must be in their final year of medical studies in order to participate in the elective program.
• U.S. citizens attending international medical schools are not eligible for the Visiting Student Elective Program. Naturalized citizens or green-card holders are eligible.

Contact Us

For further information, please contact:

Office of International Medical Student Education
Yale School of Medicine
ES Harkness Hall, 367 Cedar Street, Room 221 New Haven, CT 06510

Robert M. Rohrbaugh, M.D.,
Director, International Medical Education Program

Robin Pinsker, Director, Office of Student Affairs

email: internal.health@yale.edu Phone: (203) 785-5937