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Ingenious Program Cultivating Physicians Capable Of Activities In The International Arena |
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Since 1995 (Heisei 7), Saitama Medical University (SMU) has been
conducting a Student Exchange Program with ten medical schools
overseas; i.e., University of Liverpool in England, Linköping
University in Sweden, Charité-University Medicine Berlin and
University of Bochum in Germany, Semmelweis University in Hungary and University of Pecs,
Chang Gung University in Taiwan, University of Manitoba in
Canada, and Johns Hopkins University and Albert Einstein College
of Medicine in USA. Under the Program, SMU sends two students
each to the ten medical schools to engage mainly in Bedside
Learning for four weeks. Reciprocally, the ten schools overseas
send two students each to SMU for four weeks of similar training
at SMU.
SMU students participating the Program are mostly 5th year
students but sometimes a few 6th year students participate.
Because the number of applicants regularly exceeds those accepted
each year, selection is based on accounts of interviews and
proficiency in English. Successful applicants go through a
three-month-period of cram lessons in English conversation
and Medical English from April through June.
The subsequent two months of summer vacation, i.e., July and
August, are utilized for core activities of the Exchange Program.
Namely, the majority of students from overseas visit and stay
in the SMU campus for four weeks of July, while all exchange
students of SMU visit and stay in medical schools overseas
for four weeks of August. This format enables close contact
through studying and socializing between SMU and counterpart
foreign exchange students for the sum of eight weeks in continuity.
During their stay overseas, exchange students not only glean
most fruitful clinical training, but enjoy opportunities for
direct exposure to foreign culture and various experiences.
These include invitations to the homes of host doctors and
excursions to places of interest in the host country during
weekends.
Ingenuity of the Program helps students to develop human refinement
as a physician with a broad view capable of activities in the
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| Albert Einstein |
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| University of Manitoba |
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| The University of Liverpool
School of Medicine |
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| Charité-University
Medicine Berlin |
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| The Johns Hopkins University |
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| International Summer
Seminar (Kawaguchi-Lake) |
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| Albert Einstein College
of Medicine |
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| University of Bochum |
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| Chang Gung University |
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| Affiliates of the Student Exchange Program |
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