List of Hospitals Offering Externships

We are compiling a list of hospitals in the United States that offer Externships to medical graduates/medical students with an emphasis on those programs that accept IMG's. Externships are learning opportunities, similar to internships, offered by hospitals to give you short practical experiences.

For a list of observerships, click on the link below http://www.residentscafe.com/list_of_hospitals_offering_observerships

You have hands on clinical experience working with patients and can get useful LOR's and meets the requirements for most hospitals that require USCE or US clinical experience. However, you have to pay the hospital or institution a fee for the previlege of being an extern. This is an ongoing effort to find the best hospitals that offer externships, so please add more to the list and we will update the main post.

List of Hospitals Offering Exterships Organized By State

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California
Hospitals in California (accept IMGs)

Natividad Medical Center Program
Salinas, CA
http://www.natividad.com/fprp

Arrowhead Regional Medical Center Program
Colton, CA
http://www.arrowheadmedcenter.org/Residency.asp

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Specialty: Psychiatry
URL: http://www.csmc.edu/2813.html

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Colorodo
University of Colorado Health Science Center
Specialty: Anesthesia / Anesthesiology
Contact Information

Health South Rehab Hospital, Colorado Springs, CO
Phone: (719) 630-8000

URL: http://www.uchsc.edu/anes/ResInfo/requirements.htm

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Washington DC

St. Elizabeth Hospital
Specialty: Psychiatry
Duration: 4 Months or more
URL: http://www.stelizabethshospitalresidency.org/

Providence Hospital, DC
Specialty: Internal Medicine
Cost: Free
Contact: Program Coordinator: (202) 269-7747
Duration: 3 Months
Requirements: ECFMG Certification, GOOD USMLE scores, 3 LORs, Copies of Medical Diploma, ECFMG Certificate AND your Resume
Address: Program Director (Internal Medicine Residency Program)
Providence Hospital, 1150 Varnum Street, N.E., Washington, DC 20017 - 2180
URL: http://www.provhosp.org/Physicians/Medical_Int/Medical_Int.htm

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Illinois
Chicago

Jackson park hospital - Family medicine
Address:
7531 S. Stony Island Ave.
Chicago, Illinois 60649
Telephone: 773-947-7500 - ask for the department of family medicine and enquire about externship opportunities.

URL: http://www.jacksonparkhospital.org/index-1.html

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Indiana

Indiana University School of Medicine
Specialties: Obstetrics and Gynecology and Family Practice
Requirements: ECFMG Certification, At least one US LOR
Allow Visitors, Student (F1) and even J1 visas
URL:http://housestaff.iusm.iu.edu/externs_temporarys/extern.pdf

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Kansas

University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita (KUSM-W) at Veteran Affairs Hospital (VA hospital)
Specialty: Internal Medicine
Contact: Internalmed-wichita@kumc.edu
Application Requirements:

* Universal Application (Download PDF from NRMP)
* ECFMG Certificate
* Dean's Letter
* USMLE scores: Step 1 & Step 2 CK
* Medical School Transcript

Mail / Courier all the above material to:

Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita
Internal Medicine Residency Program
Attention: Externship
1010 North Kansas
Wichita, KS 67214-3319

URL for application forms: http://www.nrmp.org/res_match/about_res/univappl.pdf

URL for program's website"
http://wichita.kumc.edu/im/

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Maryland

Dr. Barry Mehta
Specialties: Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, Surgery, Pediatrics, Ob-Gyn
Duration: Minimum 7 weeks tp get a Letter Of Recommendation. Schedule
Cost: $4,400 for 7 weeks (Training + Staying)
Call: 410-730-3961, 443-285-9563 (cell)
This program seems to be organized by a commercial service via fmgaffordable, according to the following url,

http://fmgaffordable.com/Schedule.aspx
"The standard program of 6 weeks has two mini-sessions of 3 weeks each. We enroll students for standard sessions only (6 weeks minimum), after which you will have earned two LOR's. Your first assignment will be partially at a teaching physician's office, but mostly hospital-based. Your second assignment can be 100% hospital-based if the student so chooses. Use the URL http://fmgaffordable.com/Schedule.aspx for schedule dates

Harbor Hospital, Baltimore
Specialty: Internal medicine
Contact Program Coordinator at: 410-350-3565
URL: http://www.harborhospital.org/

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Massachusetts - Cambridge
Harvard Medical school program

The harvard program is only for those who did not graduate yet.

Contact: hone: 617-732-5775
Address: 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115

Ask for externship opportunities

Not sure if they offer both externships and observerships but for sure offer observerships as per the following url
http://www.mgh.harvard.edu/vep/observerships.html

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Ohio

Columbus Community Hospital, Columbus

Specialty: Pediatrics

Unsure, call (614) 445-5000 and speak with somebody in the department of pediatrics to confirm

Huron Hospital

Specialty: Internal Medicine

Policy Statement: The Internal Medicine Program offers externships, observerships to candidates meeting our minimum criteria, but it is not required to be a resident. We do not schedule externships in the months of June or July. Externships are for one month only and must be approved a minimum of three months prior to starting.

University of Cincinnati Academic Medical Center

Specialty: E.N.T. (Otolaryngology)

NB: Application are considered on an individual basis by contacting Robert Keith, PhD, Director of Medical Education at robert.keith@uc.edu, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, PO Box 670528, Cincinnati OH 45267-0528.

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Oklahoma

Oklahoma State Medical Association (OSMA)

Specialties:- Family medicine, Internal Medicine, Anesthesiology etc.
Application: To Apply, you should fill the Application Form from OSMA

Telephones: 405-843-9571 OR 800-522-9452

Application Form available at
URL: http://www.okmed.org/index-2_internationalsection.html

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Tennessee

East Tennessee State University (ETSU), Johnson City

Specialty: Internal Medicine - Not too sure, need to confirm

URL: http://www.etsu.edu/com/intmed/

Contact Department of Internal Medicine

East Tennessee State University

VA Bldg. 1, Box 70622

Johnson City, TN 37614-0622

423- 439-6282 and ask if they have any externship opportunities.

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Texas

North Richland Hospital, North Richland,TX

Specialty: Pediatrics
Needs further confirmation

Contact:
North Hills Hospital
4401 Booth Calloway Road
North Richland Hills, TX 76180

Telephone: (817) 255-1000 and ask to speak with the secretary for the department of Pediatrics, ask for any possibilities for Externships.

Url: http://www.northhillshospital.com/

NB: the states that are not listed do not have any externships that we know of! If you find one, please leave the info as comment below and we will update the list.

Add more as comments below and we will update the list.