3. Health Statement for Visiting Students must be completed
IN FULL by a physician or student health official. If any portions are
not completed your application will not be processed and will be returned
to you. NO OTHER HEALTH FORMS WILL BE ACCEPTED.
4. In order for your application to be processed you must send,
in completion: 1) Visiting Student Application, 2) Health Statement for
Visiting Students, 3) official transcript and 4) a check for $50.00 made
payable to: MUSC COM. Again, your application will not be processed
until all of these items are received. Please be aware that certain
specialties require additional information and are noted accordingly under
their individual descriptions. DO NOT SEND INCOMPLETE
APPLICATIONS OR
SEND REQUIREMENTS SEPARATELY. ANY TRANSCRIPTS, HEALTH STATEMENTS,
ETC. RECEIVED SEPARATELY FROM AN APPLICATION WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AND THE
APPLICATION WILL BE RETURNED UNPROCESSED.
5. The visiting student will be notified by email as to whether
or not they have been accepted. Electives are not offered to visiting students
until MUSC students have been scheduled on or about June 1st and the
process can take up to six weeks from this point. Applications received
before June will be held on file and will be considered on a first-come,
first-served basis. The Medical University of South Carolina requires two
(2) months notice on any visiting student application.
DO NOT CALL THE COLLEGE TO SEE IF YOUR APPLICATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED OR PROCESSED.
YOU WILL BE NOTIFIED BY EMAIL AS SOON AS YOUR APPLICATION HAS BEEN PROCESSED.
6. Visiting Students must work their schedules around the MUSC
COM Schedule and not request special dates to fit their school's calendar. NO
EXCEPTIONS.
TUITION:
Visiting students are allowed to take a maximum of eight (8) weeks
of electives. There is no tuition charge.
EVALUATION REQUESTS:
The visiting students' school should provide evaluation forms. These
forms should be sent directly to the department in which a visiting student
is completing an elective. Department addresses are available at http://www.musc.edu/locator.html.
HOUSING:
Securing housing is the responsibility of the visiting student. To
receive a listing of the short-term rentals in Charleston, call the Housing
Office at 843-792-0394. They will be happy to assist you with any questions.
PARKING:
For information about parking facilities call Parking Management at
843-792-3665.
ID BADGE:
To receive a temporary Student ID badge, take your confirmation email to the Department of Human Resources, 105 Harborview Tower. they will then give you a letter that will need to be taken to the Public Safety Department at 101 Doughty St. to receive your badge. This will enable you to use the library and the Student Harper Center (for a small fee), etc.
COMPUTER ACCESS:
While you will be given access to the library and its computers, you
will not be given direct access to patient files. You must shadow
your resident or attending in order to view patient information and charts.
PAGERS:
Visiting students will be issued pagers by the department if they want
the student to have one. The COM does not issue pagers to any students.
Finally, a word of caution. All schools look with
considerable disdain on those students who, after reserving a clerkship,
fail to show up or give notification of a change in plans. If you must
cancel a reservation, please notify the department involved and the Dean's
Office - College of Medicine. We would
appreciate two months notice of changes or cancellation. This
will provide a chance for other visiting students to participate or enable
the department to readjust its teaching program accordingly.
I hope that your visit to the Medical University of South Carolina is
enjoyable and rewarding.
Pam Troneck
Click
here to print Visiting Student Application.
Click here to print Visiting Student
Information Form
Click here to print Visiting
Student Information Form - AHEC
Click
here to print Health Statement for Visiting Students