PMC:2893187 / 871-2178 JSONTXT

{"target":"https://pubannotation.org/docs/sourcedb/PMC/sourceid/2893187","sourcedb":"PMC","sourceid":"2893187","source_url":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/2893187","text":"Results\nRepresentatives of 76 schools (59%) responded to the survey. Of these, 73 (96%) reported their schools had VMS programs. The most common reason for having a VMS program was \"recruitment for residency programs\" (90%). \"Desire to do a residency at our institution\" was ranked as the leading reason visiting medical students choose to do electives or clerkships. In descending order, the most popular rotations were in internal medicine, orthopedic surgery, emergency medicine, and pediatrics. All VMS programs allowed fourth-year medical students, and approximately half (58%) allowed international medical students. The most common eligibility requirements were documentation of immunizations (92%), previous clinical experience (85%), and successful completion of United States Medical Licensing Examination Step 1 (51%). Of the programs that required clinical experience, 82% required 33 weeks or more. Most institutions (96%) gave priority for electives and clerkships to their own students over visiting students, and a majority (78%) reported that visiting students were evaluated no differently than their own students. During academic year 2006-2007, the number of new resident physicians who were former visiting medical students ranged widely among the responding institutions (range, 0-76).","divisions":[{"label":"title","span":{"begin":0,"end":7}}],"tracks":[]}