Dear incoming students!
Welcome on the website of IFMSA Czech Republic. Whether you are only thinking of coming to Czech Republic as an exchange student or you have already been accepted on your exchange, we hope you will find here all the information you are looking for and also learn some interesting facts about our country and usefull tips for your exchange. We are looking forward to see you in Czech Republic!
Czech Republic is located at the very heart of Central Europe and whose capital city is Prague. Rather than as a country in the middle of Europe, we should speak of the Czech Republic as a country in the heart of Europe – after all, the heart is not to be found precisely in the center of the human body either. This small nation boasts a host of spectacular cultural treasures and a varied, rich tapestry of natural wonders. You will be amazed at how even a small European state can significantly contribute to the world's cultural heritage.
To find out more about our country, it's culture and customs you can check our Wikipages for incoming students.
For more information about our exchange conditions, please read below.
For information on your destination, please select your destination.
Clinical Exchange
To be able to participate on a clinical exchange in Czech Republic, you must be a medical student in the clinical years of your curriculum (we don't accept preclinical students). This means, you must have already studied some clinical subjects, such as Internal Medicine etc.
You can apply for all medical fields except Psychiatry (due to the language barrier). Please note sometimes we cannot place you to the departement of your first choice, especially during the summer months when we have a lot of students applying to same departements, so please make sure you fill in four different departements in your electronic Application Form.
Please understand we can't place all the students to the city of their first interest, so make sure you fill in three different cities in your electronic Application Form. Also please check the Periods & Towns section in our official Exchange Conditions, to see which cities are available during which months.
Being an exchange student in one of our faculty hospitals, you will have an opportunity to stay at some top-class medical sites and learn from internationally recognized experts from different medical specialties. On your first day, your contact person will accompany you to the hospital and you will meet your tutor. Depending on your clinical experience and the department, you will be able to follow the rounds, examine patients, perform small procedures and at the surgical clinic follow and perhaps assist the surgeries.
To fulfill our conditions for obtaining the SCOPE Certificate, you need to be in the hospital from Monday to Friday, usually 5-6 hours per day (depends on the department) and have at least 75% attendence (e.g. you are allowed to miss five days during four weeks).
Required documents
To make sure your exchange will run smoothly, we ask you to provide these documents together with your Application Form (AF):
- Letter of Motivation describing your knowledge and special interest in the desired field (one for each of the chosen departments)
- Language Certificate
- Passport photo
- Proof of hepatitis B vaccination
- Proof of TB immunization
- Health insurance (can be provided upon arrival)
- Malpractice insurance (can be provided upon arrival) - we will send you the information about how you can get the insurance in Czech Republic in due time
Research Exchange
To participate on a research exchange in Czech Republic, you must be medical student.
In Czech Republic we offer more than 70 research projects all type of SCORE research projects. Please note that the tutor selects students for their projects due to student´s motivation letter, curriculum vitae and student´s passed subjects. Please check carefully available months of the PROJECTS.
As you can see in our Exchange Conditions, you have to choose 3 different cities in your electronic Application Form. Unfortunately, despite all efforts, we can not place all students in the city of their first choice.
To fulfil our conditions for obtaining the SCORE Certificate, you need to be in the hospital/lab from Monday to Friday, usually 5-6 hours per day (depends on the project) and have at least 75% attendance (e.g. you are allowed to miss five days during four weeks).
Required documents
To make sure your exchange will run smoothly, we ask you to provide these documents together with your Application Form (AF). We accept only digital documents (scanned documents in PDF or JPG format send by e-mail or on CD).
- Application Form
- Letter of Motivation for each project (with hand signature)
- Letter of Recommendation
- English Language Certificate
- Curriculum Vitae
- Passport photo
- Education Form
- Proof of hepatitis B vaccination
- Proof of TB immunization
- Proof of health insurance (must be shown at the least upon arrival)
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