The clinical sciences intend to teach the medical student the fundamentals of clinical examination, evaluation, and care provision and enable the student to select the course of further study. The medical student will interact with actual patients, but their evaluation and recommendations will be reviewed and approved by more senior physicians. Students will have the opportunity to complete clinical clerkships at any of our affiliate institutions located across the U.S.A., Puerto Rico, and Mexico, giving them an unrivaled clinical experience.
The expectation is that the students will master the knowledge of successfully treating patients, but they are also expected to assume the physician's role. In addition, it is the time to better understand residency options and enhance your opportunities for the transition to your post-graduate years.
ELIGIBILITY FOR CLINICAL TRAINING
To be considered for Off-Campus Programs, students must:
UNITED STATES
Hospital | City | State |
Mt Vista Medical Center | Mesa | Arizona |
Tucson Medical Center | Tucson | Arizona |
Abrazo Community Health Network | Phoenix | Arizona |
Hospital | City | State |
Jackson Park Medical Center | Chicago | Illinois |
St. Anthony Hospital | Chicago | Illinois |
Hospital | City | State |
Sierra View Medical Center | Porterville | California |
Hospital | City | State |
University Medical Center | Las Vegas | Nevada |
St Marys Regional Medical Center | Reno | Nevada |
PUERTO RICO
Hospital | City | State |
Hospital HIMA San Pablo – Fajardo | Fajardo | Puerto Rico |
Hospital Pavia Arecibo | Arecibo | Puerto Rico |
Hospital del Maestro | San Juan | Puerto Rico |
Mayaguez Medical Center | Mayaguez | Puerto Rico |
Manati Medical Center | Manati | Puerto Rico |
Ponce Health Sciences University | Ponce | Puerto Rico |
Hospital Buen Samaritano | Aguadilla | Puerto Rico |
MEXICO
Hospital | City | State |
Hospital General “Tercer Milenio” | Aguascalientes | Aguascalientes |
Hospital General | Calvillo | Aguascalientes |
Jalisco | Pabellón de Arteaga | Augascalientes |
Hospital General | Rincón de Romos | Augascalientes |
Hospital | City | State |
Hospital General | Ensenada | Baja California |
Hospital General “Juan María de Salvatierra” | La Paz | Baja California Sur |
I.S.S.S.T.E. “Dr. Carlos Estrada Ruibal” | La Paz | Baja California Sur |
Hospital General | Mexicali | Baja California |
ISSSTECALI | Mexicali | Baja California |
Hospital General “Dr. Raúl A. Carrillo” | San José del Cabo | Baja California Sur |
Cruz Roja “Alfonso Gamboa Núñez” | Tijuana | Baja California |
Hospital General | Tijuana | Baja California |
I.S.S.S.T.E. “Fray Junípero Serra” | Tijuana | Baja California |
ISSSTECALI | Tijuana | Baja California |
Hospital | City | State |
Hospital General Regional | Celaya | Guanajuato |
Hospital General Regional | Guanajuato | Guanajuato |
I.S.S.S.T.E. | Guanajuato | Guanajuato |
Hospital General | Irapuato | Guanajuato |
Hospital “Aranda de la Parra” | León | Guanajuato |
Hospital General | León | Guanajuato |
I.M.S.S. H.G.Z./M.F. # 21 | León | Guanajuato |
I.S.S.S.T.E. | León | Guanajuato |
Hospital General | Salamanca | Guanjuato |
Hospital General “Juan Manuel de Villegas” | San Miguel de Allende | Guanajuato |
Hospital | City | State |
Hospital General | Juárez | Chihuahua |
Hospital CIMA | Chihuahua | Chihuahua |
Hospital Clínica del Parque | Chihuahua | Chihuahua |
Hospital General “Dr. Salvador Zubirán Anchondo” | Chihuahua | Chihuahua |
Hospital | City | State |
Hospital Regional Universitario | Colima | Colima |
I.S.S.S.T.E. “Dr. Miguel Trejo Ochoa” | Colima | Colima |
Hospital General | Manzanillo | Colima |
Hospital General | Manzanillo | Colima |
Hospital | City | State |
Hospital General “Dr. Pascacio Gamboa” | Tuxtla Gutiérrez | Chiapas |
Hospital | City | State |
Hospital “Ángeles del Pedregal” | México | Distrito Federal |
Hospital A.B.C. | México | Distrito Federal |
Hospital Español | México | Distrito Federal |
Inst. Nal. de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición “Salvador Zubirán” | México | Distrito Federal |
Hospital | City | State |
Hospital Regional | Ameca | Jalisco |
Hospital Regional | Cocula | Jalisco |
Hospital General Regional Hospital General Regional, Del. El Pitillal | Pto. Vallarta | Jalisco |
Cruz Roja, Del. Guadalajara | Guadalajara | Jalisco |
Hospital “Ángeles del Carmen” | Guadalajara | Jalisco |
Hospital “Ramón Garibay” | Guadalajara | Jalisco |
Hospital “San Francisco de Asís” | Guadalajara | Jalisco |
Hospital “Santa María Chapalita” | Guadalajara | Jalisco |
Hospital “Santa Martha” | Guadalajara | Jalisco |
Hospital Materno Infantil “Esperanza López Mateos” | Guadalajara | Jalisco |
Hospital Militar Regional | Guadalajara | Jalisco |
I.M.S.S. H.G.R. # 110 “Dr. Roberto Mendiola Orta | Guadalajara | Jalisco |
I.M.S.S. H.G.R. # 45 “Dr. Antonio Ayala Ríos” | Guadalajara | Jalisco |
I.M.S.S. H.G.R. # 46 “Lázaro Cárdenas” | Guadalajara | Jalisco |
I.M.S.S. H.G.Z. # 89 “Chapultepec” | Guadalajara | Jalisco |
I.M.S.S. U.M.F. # 171 | Guadalajara | Jalisco |
I.M.S.S. U.M.F. # 178 | Guadalajara | Jalisco |
I.M.S.S. U.M.F. # 2 “Dr. Alfredo Avelar Jáuregui” | Guadalajara | Jalisco |
I.M.S.S. U.M.F. # 3 | Guadalajara | Jalisco |
I.M.S.S. U.M.F. # 34 | Guadalajara | Jalisco |
I.M.S.S. U.M.F. # 48 | Guadalajara | Jalisco |
I.M.S.S. U.M.F. # 51 | Guadalajara | Jalisco |
I.M.S.S. U.M.F. # 78 | Guadalajara | Jalisco |
I.M.S.S. U.M.F. # 88 | Guadalajara | Jalisco |
Hospital General | La Barca | Jalisco |
Hospital General Regional | Lagos de Moreno | Jalisco |
I.M.S.S. H.G.R. # 7 | Lagos de Moreno | Jalisco |
I.M.S.S. H.G.Z./M.F. # 6 | Ocotlán | Jalisco |
Hospital “Manuel Montero” | San Juan de los Lagos | Jalisco |
I.M.S.S. H.G.Z./M.F. # 26 | Tala | Jalisco |
Hospital General | Tepatitlán de Morelos | Jalisco |
I.M.S.S. H.G.Z./M.F. # 21 | Tepatitlán de Morelos | Jalisco |
I.M.S.S. H.G.Z. # 14 “La Paz” | Tlaquepaque | Jalisco |
I.M.S.S. U.M.F. # 39 | Tlaquepaque | Jalisco |
Cruz Verde Unidad Norte | Zapopan | Jalisco |
Cruz Verde Unidad Sur “Las Águilas” | Zapopan | Jalisco |
Hospital General | Zapopan | Jalisco |
Hospital General | Zapopan | Jalisco |
I.M.S.S. U.M.F. # 53 “Dr. Roberto Orozco y Orozco” | Zapopan | Jalisco |
I.S.S.S.T.E. “Dr. Valentín Gómez Farías” | Zapopan | Jalisco |
Cruz Roja Del. Zapotlanejo | Zapotlanejo | Jalisco |
Hospital | City | State |
Hospital General “Benito Juárez” | La Piedad | Michoacan |
Hospital General | Sahuayo | Michoacan |
Hospital General “Dr. Pedro Daniel Martínez” | Urupan | Michoacan |
Hospital “San José” | Zamora | Michoacan |
Hospital General, Zamora | Zamora | Michoacan |
Hospital Municipal “Juan Pablo II” | Zamora | Michoacan |
Hospital | City | State |
Hospital General | Tepic | Nayarit |
I.S.S.S.T.E. “Aquiles Calles Ramírez” | Tepic | Nayarit |
Hospital | City | State |
Hospital Central “Ignacio Morones Prieto” | San Luis Potosí | San Luis Potosí |
Hospital | City | State |
Hospital General “Dr. Bernardo J. Gastelum” | Culiacán | Sinaloa |
Hospital General | Los Mochis | Sinaloa |
Hospital General “Dr. Martiniano Carbajal” | Mazatlán | Sinaloa |
I.S.S.S.T.E. | Mazatlán | Sinaloa |
Hospital | City | State |
Hospital General | Querétaro | Queretaro |
I.S.S.S.T.E. “Dr. Ismael Vázquez Ortíz” | Querétaro | Querétaro |
Hospital | City | State |
Hospital General | Caborca | Sonora |
Hospital General | Cd. Obregón | Sonora |
Hospital General | Guaymas | Sonora |
Centro Médico “Dr. Ignacio Chávez” | Hermosillo | Sonora |
Hospital General “Dr. Ernesto Ramos Bours” | Hermosillo | Sonora |
Hospital Infantil del Estado de Sonora “Dra. Luisa Ma. Godoy” | Hermosillo | Sonora |
Hospital General | Navojoa | Sonora |
Hospital General | Nogales | Sonora |
NON-AFFILIATED HOSPITAL ELECTIVES
Students may complete their 4th year electives at either affiliated and non-affiliated facilities throughout the United States, Mexico, and Puerto Rico. Non-affiliated hospital rotations are designed to provide students with an opportunity to enrich and diversify their medical education in a different physical and social setting.
During an away rotation, students spend a predefined amount of time as a medical student outside their home institution. You will still be an official medical student during your away rotation but your responsibilities will closely resemble those of an intern.
There is a wide number of hospitals and medical schools available for international students. Students are recommended to rotate at hospitals they are considering for residency, giving them the opportunity to learn more about the hospital and network with the educational staff.
The VSLO program helps medical and public health students connect with institutions offering short-term elective opportunities that can enhance their medical education. These elective opportunities include observerships, summer research programs, clinical opportunities, away rotations, away electives, clinical rotations, and visiting opportunities.
Offered by participating Host institutions in the U.S. and around the world, elective opportunities are available in teaching hospitals, community clinics, and urban or rural sites and are open to preclinical, clinical, or final-year students.