International Clinical Electives Program (ICEP) for GW Medical Students

Introduction

The Office of International Medicine Programs (IMP) provides opportunities for medical students from GW to enrich and diversify their medical education in a different physical and social setting. IMP has developed a diverse network of international partners, essentially creating an exchange program, which has allowed hundreds of GW and international medical students to benefit from these international electives since 2005. 

To participate, students must have completed all of their core clinical clerkships with GW SMHS and be aware of the GW SMHS’ Policies and Procedures for International Experiences and Electives.  

Current Affiliated Elective Sites for GW Students 

Africa

  • University of Ghana Medical School (Accra, Ghana)
  • Omni Med - Community Health Equity (NGO) (Mukono District, Uganda)

Asia

  • Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University (Bankok, Thailand)
  • Khon Kaen University (Khon Kaen, Thailand)
  • Seoul National University (Seoul, South Korea)
  • Hallym University (Chuncheon, South Korea)
  • Nippon Medical School (Tokyo, Japan)

Latin America

  • Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ) (Quito, Ecuador)
  • Universidad Federal de Minas Gerais (Minas Gerais, Brazil)
  • University of São Paulo - Faculty of Medicine (São Paulo, Brazil)

Europe

  • University of Rome Tor Vergata (Rome, Italy)
  • Medical University of Graz (Graz, Austria)
  • Max Kade Fellowship - American Austrian Foundation (Vienna, Austria)
  • Royal College of Surgeons Ireland (RCSI) (Dublin, Ireland)
  • Catholic University of Valencia (Valencia, Spain)
  • Mission Interuniversitaire de Cooperation Des Eschanges Franco-Americans (MICEFA) (Paris, France)

The Middle East

  • Royal College of Surgeons Ireland - Bahrain (Busaiteen, Bahrain)
  • Weill Cornell Medicine (Ar-Rayyan, Qatar)
  • Technion Israel Institute of Technology (Haifa, Israel)
  • Sackler School of Medicine (Tel Aviv, Israel)

Worldwide Sites

  • Child Family Health International (NGO) (Multiple sites)
  • Mission to Heal (NGO) (Multiple sites)

GW students also have to option to pursue electives with non-affiliated international sites. In this case, students must submit a proposal to IMP at least three months before the intended international elective. Please contact IMP at impinfo@gwu.edu for proposal requirements.