IFMSA Internships

the largest student exchange programme in the world; over 13,000 students from more than 100 countries participate each year
allows medical students to gain valuable experience abroad and learn how healthcare works in other countries
IFMSA provides two types of exchange internship programmes - clinical internships and research internships
these are four-week stays based on a bilateral principle - each student who comes to the Czech Republic for an internship thus allows one student from the Czech Republic to go abroad and vice versa
8 hours a day, 5 days a week, students participate in a clinical practice or research project, where they are actively involved in the running of the workplace
weekends are usually dedicated to learning about the local culture, other educational activities and participation in local health projects (e.g. helping in areas without available health care)
details of the selection process can be found on the IFMSA website
IFMSA CZ Brno contacts
scholarship is paid by Centre of International Cooperation after completing the internship; you will receive an email with a link to register

IFMSA INTERNSHIP IS ELECTIVE (it is not an equivalent of one of the obligatory vacational trainings)
- establish a record of the internship in the IS system
- you can find it under the tab STUDENT -> DURING STUDIES -> INTERNSHIPS AND STAYS
  - type of stay: zahraniční pracovní pobyt / working placement
  - programme: IFMSA
  - administrator: Markéta Neckařová
  - contact person: doc. MUDr. Lubomír Křivan, PhD.
- apply for a scholarship program electronically; select a call for IFMSA internships
- fill in a Learning Agreement for Traineeship (LAT) including the information in the last section on Page 1 Detailed programme of the traineeship and tasks of the trainee and sign it on Page 2
- then have it signed by Vice-Dean Krivan (email a scanned copy of the LAT to Zuzana Pilatova - zpilatova@med.muni.cz; she will arrange Vice-Dean's signature)
- the next step is to obtain the signature of the coordinator, mentor or supervisor at the foreign institution and upload the LAT to the scholarship application and also to the internship record in the IS
- in case the student fails to obtain the signature of the foreign party before leaving for the internship, they must upload the LAT signed by Mr. Vice-Dean Křivan to the scholarship application and send the completely signed LAT to the coordinator Mgr. Zita Hrabovská by email during the first or second day of the internship
- at the end of your internship, have a Traineeship Certificate (TC) signed and email it to Zuzana Pilatova (zpilatova@med.muni.cz)
- as soon as Vice-Dean signs it, it will be emailed to you and you will upload it to the IS record together with an IFMSA Certificate
- after arrival back, apply for recognition of a course VLZS001 Internship Abroad in the IS
IFMSA INTERNSHIP IS AN EQUIVALENT OF ONE OF THE OBLIGATORY VACATIONAL TRAININGS
- establish a record of the internship in the IS system
- you can find it under the tab STUDENT -> DURING STUDIES -> INTERNSHIPS AND STAYS
  - type of stay: zahraniční pracovní pobyt / working placement
  - programme: IFMSA
  - administrator: Marketa Neckařová
  - contact person: doc. MUDr. Lubomír Křivan, PhD.
- apply for a scholarship program electronically; select a call for IFMSA internships
- fill in a Learning Agreement for Traineeship (LAT) including the information in the last section on Page 1 Detailed programme of the traineeship and tasks of the trainee and sign it on Page 2
- then have it signed by Vice-Dean Krivan (email a scanned copy of the LAT to Zuzana Pilatova - zpilatova@med.muni.cz with a note that the internship is an equivalent of one of the obligatory vacational trainings; she will arrange Vice-Dean's signature)
- the next step is to obtain the signature of the coordinator, mentor or supervisor at the foreign institution and upload the LAT to the scholarship application and also to the internship record in the IS
- in case the student fails to obtain the signature of the foreign party before leaving for the internship, they must upload the LAT signed by Mr. Vice-Dean Křivan to the scholarship application and send the completely signed LAT to the coordinator Mgr. Zita Hrabovská by email during the first or second day of the internship
- before the beginning of the internship, print out a relevant Vacational Training form
- another documents that has to be signed by the foreign coordinator at the end of the internship is Traineeship Certificate (TC); email it to Zuzana Pilatova (zpilatova@med.muni.cz)
- as soon as Vice-Dean signs it, it will be emailed to you and you will upload it to the IS record together with the Vacational Training form
- after arrival back, apply for recognition of a course Vacational Training in the IS

More details about the internships.