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How to organize a medical elective

The medical elective is often considered a major highlight of the medical school experience. However, organizing an elective can be a daunting experience. From selecting a destination, to securing bursaries, the road is fraught with uncertainty. In this article, we provide some guidance on how to su...

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Autores principales: Wellstead, Georgina, Koshy, Kiron, Whitehurst, Katharine, Gundogan, Buket, Fowler, Alexander J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5673142/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29177222
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/IJ9.0000000000000028
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spelling pubmed-56731422017-11-22 How to organize a medical elective Wellstead, Georgina Koshy, Kiron Whitehurst, Katharine Gundogan, Buket Fowler, Alexander J. Int J Surg Oncol (N Y) Education Articles The medical elective is often considered a major highlight of the medical school experience. However, organizing an elective can be a daunting experience. From selecting a destination, to securing bursaries, the road is fraught with uncertainty. In this article, we provide some guidance on how to successfully organize a medical elective. This includes the selection of the destination; options for research or clinical practice and tips for budgeting and acquiring travel bursaries. Wolters Kluwer 2017-07 2017-06-15 /pmc/articles/PMC5673142/ /pubmed/29177222 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/IJ9.0000000000000028 Text en Copyright © 2017 The Authors. Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of IJS Publishing Group Ltd. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) (CCBY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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