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FQMS Advice to Students for 2008 Electives FQMS is again supporting a number of elective placements
for the best students who find a place through their own efforts either in the
UK or approved hospitals in other countries. We are providing here a list of co-operating UK hospitals
and supervising specialists, most of whom have helped Al-Quds medical students
in the past. Some details given are from previous years and may alter-
it will be necessary for you to enquire about this. Take advice from students
who have recently been to the UK. You must apply independently and raise your own funds.
You may get information and help from FQMS but only through the PMSS or IFMSA. The amount needed will vary with each hospital, some
provide free tuition and a few give free accommodation. On average the cost at
each hospital is about £60 a week, but this must be checked on application. Air
fare will be about £400 return. Lliving costs in the UK are approximately £60
a week minimum. Also travel costs
within the UK and visa charges are to be taken into account. Previous electives have been booked for a duration of 6
weeks commencing in early September. Placements normally start on a Monday. Applications should be made as soon as possible as there
is very strong competition for places. We would advise you to apply by mid
January. Attached to these note is an Application Form which you
should fill in - make a separate copy for each placement to which you wish to
apply. When your emailed application and CV have been acknowledged it should be
confirmed by a fax of the same documents accompanied by a photocopy of your
passport details. A good presentation of your CV and the application form,
is important, as there is strong
competition for elective places in the UK hospitals. Do not make applications to a supervisor without first
carefully considering his/her speciality and whether this is what you want to
learn about. As there is always competition for places, make sure you explain
something of what you have learnt about the field and why it is important to
you. Do not apply to every supervisor without regard for this - you will lessen
your chances of getting any acceptance. Notes Students will be responsible for their own flight
bookings, travel arrangements and vaccination certificates. Some of the
hospitals ask for evidence of extensive immunisations. There are very high charges with excess baggage weight
over the 20kg allowance so be careful with your purchases in the UK. You may need a visa if travelling through another country
e.g. by Alitalia via Milan, All correspondence with UK people and institutions will
be in GBP £ pounds. The current exchange rate (£1 equals approximately $2) may
change. You should check the expenses against the current rate for JD and
Shekel to the £pounds at the time of application. Do not accept an elective placement if you do not intend
to take it up. This deprives other students and leaves a bad impression.
Remember, you represent not only yourself but also your country and your
people. If you have to cancel, do so at the earliest possible
date and give your reasons. Cancellations It is very important that students accepting an elective
placement do not cancel afterwards. Such cancellations, particularly at a late
stage, are very wasteful of UK hospitals' and supervisors' time and risk
loosing for future Al Quds students the offer of elective placements. To repeat:
If you have to cancel any placement you have found, please do it as soon
as possible and with courtesy, an apology, and a good reason. Placement List Mr Munther Al Doori, Consultant General Surgeon* Huddersfield Royal Infirmary Lindley, Yorks HD3 3EA Email: liz.hirst@cht.nhs.uk No of places: 2 Applications by end of January, decisions by end of
February Specialities available: Urology & General Surgery,
Medicine, Obstetrics & Gynaecology and can be more flexible with regards to
specialities Costs: low Mr Mahmoud Bustami, Consultant Cardiologist Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospital Harefield UB9 6JH Email:
m.al-bustami@rbh.nthames.nhs.uk No of places: 1 Speciality: Cardiology Costs- average- there are no tuition fees Accommodation currently £190 per month - will rise early
05 Successful applicant must be prepared for self-cater
accommodation Apply not later than 01 April 05 and do not expect a
decision before 01 May 05 Since only one place is available in Harefield, it is
important that applicants make clear IN THEIR OWN WORDS why they are
particularly interested and suitable for this placement. Dr Mahmud writes: "There is one place in this
leading tertiary centre for cardiovascular and Thoracic diseases. The elective
program would be for a student who is interested in cardiology only. The centre
is in west London. There is no General Medicine. The student is expected to
join teaching sessions, clinics and observe procedures in the labs. Cardiac
surgery exposure is included. No tuition fee is required, accommodation on site
to be paid for by the student. The elective is for 4-6 weeks. Dr Mustafa El Zebdeh, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon Newham University Hospital Trust, Newham General Hospital Glen Road, Plaistow, London E13 8SL Email: elzebdeh@excite.com No of places: 4 Specialities: Orthopaedic (Trauma) and General Surgery Costs: average but accommodation cannot be arranged by
the hospital. Students must make their own arrangements. Placements can be arranged as late as May/June for
September. Professor Simon Frostick, Professor of Orthopaedics* Royal Liverpool University Hospitals Prescot Street, Liverpool L69 3GA Email: Ann Porter buddy@liv.ac.uk No of places: 5 Specialities: Medicine and Neurology Costs: no charges but students will need to cover their
accommodation and food Mr. Naif El-Barghouti PhD FRCS Consultant and Vascular
Surgeon* Scarborough General Hospital Woodland Drive, Scarborough, North Yorks YO12 6QL Tel: 01723 368 111 ext 2024 & 5224 Email: naif.el-barghouti@acute.sney.nhs.uk Mr. El-Barghouti is a surgical tutor at the Royal College
of Surgeons. No of places: 2 Specialties: General and Vascular Surgery Costs: not known Dr. Omer Abbas Ahmed. Consultant Paediatrician* Lister Hospital Coreys Mill Lane, Stevenage, Herts SGl 4AW Fax: 01438-781575 Email: omer.ahmed@nhs.net No of places: 1 Please apply three months in advance Proposed elective: 5 weeks in General Paediatrics and
Neonatology 1 week in Community Paediatrics including one day a week
in General Practice Cost: not known Southampton General Hospital* Hants, SO16 6YD All enquiries to Dr Anan Shtaya (MD) shtaya@soton.ac.uk & Dr Malik Zaben (MD) m_zaben77@yahoo.com Clinical Neuroscience Department School of Medicine University of Southampton LD67, South Academic Block SO16 6YD No of places: 2 Specialties: General Medicine and General Surgery Costs: Average Note: A non-refundable fee of £70 is payable upon
confirmation of acceptance of an elective
English Language Qualification: IELTS certificate or a
letter form the Dean of the School of Medicine or from Dr Hani Abdeen Dr. Hashim Reza, Consultant Psychiatrist* Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust 1-6 Carlton Parade, Orpington BR6 0JB No of places: 2 - decision within 4 weeks of application Tel: 01689 892345
Fax: 01689 879062 Email: Hashim.Reza@oxleas.nhs.uk Dr Reza writes:
This elective experience will provide an opportunity to observe how a
good Community Mental Health Team works in the UK. The students will be able to
see a diverse range of psychopathology in working age adults by shadowing the
SHO. They would be allowed to sit in the weekly teaching sessions of the SHOs.
There is no other formal tuition available but they will be encouraged to
shadow our community team workers to see how community nurses, social workers
and occupational therapists manage acute and chronic mental illnesses without
having to admit patients into hospitals. The most crucial issue for selection is that the students
must have a very good command of spoken English to get any benefit out of this
elective experience. My worry is that sometimes people tend to over-estimate
their skills in this area and I do not know how this could be evaluated
objectively. If you know any one in the campus at Al-Quds who can be a good
judge/advisor on this, please do consider involving them in short-listing
process. Otherwise, I am afraid the student may incur a lot of expense to get
disappointed when they are not able to get much out of their elective. Most psychiatric schemes are becoming terribly
bureaucratic in terms of Criminal Records Bureau checks, etc. Fortunately, our
NHS Trust is not into that yet. There is also no tradition so far of charging
tuition fees for electives or clinical observorships which has become the norm
in some UK hospitals. If there are any newer requirements that students may
need to fulfil nearer their application time, I am happy to give an update if
contacted through e-mail. Our Trust does not have any accommodation to offer
and private rentals may be costly around Orpington/Bromley area in the South
East. I am not in a position to give any advice on the likely living costs in
this area. English Language Qualification: IELTS certificate or a
letter form the Dean of the School of Medicine or from Dr Hani Abdeen Mr Magdi El Guindi FRCS, Consultant Surgeon Stoke Mandeville Hospital Aylesbury Email: Chris.Austin@smh.nhs.uk No of places: 2 Specialities Orthopaedic & General Surgery Costs: average Dr Saif T Awwad, Consultant in Clinical Oncology* Royal Shrewsbury Hospital Shrewsbury SY3 8XQ Email: awwad@btopenworld.com No of places: 3 Specialities Oncology, Medicine, General Surgery,
Gynaecology & Obstetrics Cost: low Please send applications to the Undergraduate Office
undergraduate.office@rsh.nhs.uk and copy Dr Awwad Dr Pauline Cutting FRCS, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon Bangor Hospital Gwynedd, LL57 2PW 01 248 355 024h/372748 fax: 01248-384003 Email: kimberley.thomas@nww-tr.wales.nhs.uk From end July Specialities: various surgical/Medicine Costs: Low Professor Paul Boulos FRCS University College London Hospital Email: p.boulos@ucl.ac.uk Specialities: Colo-rectal, Breast, Vascular & General
Surgery and Urology No of places: 2 Dr Ramzi Freij A&E Department, Queens University Hospital Derby Road, Nottingham NG7 2UH Email: ramzi.freij@btopenworld.com 0115 970 9151 No of places: 2 Mr Basil Ammori FRCS* Department of Surgery, Manchester Royal Infirmary Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9WL No of places: 4-5 Email: Basil.Ammori@CMMC.nhs.uk Please note that this year Dr Ammori will be on leave the
last two weeks of July and the last two weeks of August. Dr Ali Jawad, Consultant Rheumatologist Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel London E1 1BB Contact Dr Emma Breese email:
Emma.Breese@Bartsandthelondon.nhs.uk Specialities: Rheumatology with a wide choice of short
attachments eg Dermatology, General Medicine, General Surgery No of places: 2 Dr Carl Shakespeare, Consultant Cardiologist* Queen Elizabeth Hospital Woolwich, London SE18 4QH Email: carl@carlshakespeare.com Specialities: 4-6 weeks intensive cardiology experience
and general medicine No of Places: 2 Professor Meguid El Nahas, PhD, FRCP, Professor of
Nephrology* Head of the Academic Nephrology Unit Sheffield Kidney Institute Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, UK Email: M.El-Nahas@sheffield.ac.uk Check website: sheffield.ac.uk/ski Dr David Worth, Consultant Physician & Nephrologist York Hospital, Wigginton Road, York YO31 8HE experience with me would be in general (acute) medicine
and nephrology, including dialysis other medical specialties in York include gastro,
cardiology, endocrine, chests, haematology, dermatology, rheumatology and
neurology undergraduates in York are from HYMS (Hull York Medical School) Hospital email address: david.p.worth@york.nhs.uk Personal email: dworth@doctors.org.uk Phone: 01904 725393 (my secretary) Contact me and I'll make enquiries with our HR department For other countries, please check the following websites
of IFMSA Palestine: Egypt http://www.ifmsa.net/public/ecscope.php?id=31 Germany http://www.ifmsa.net/public/ecscope.php?id=23 Lebanon http://www.ifmsa.net/public/ecscope.php?id=25 Norway http://www.ifmsa.net/public/ecscope.php?id=19 Poland http://www.ifmsa.net/public/ecscope.php?id=18 Spain http://www.ifmsa.net/public/ecscope.php?id=5 Georgia http://www.ifmsa.net/public/ecscope.php?id=15 Bahrain http://www.ifmsa.net/public/ecscope.php?id=133 |
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