University of Cambridge

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Applications are open until all positions are filled. However, due to current restrictions, they are only accepting overseas students’ applications for placement blocks between 20th June to 2nd December.

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Students must be in their final 18 months of medical school for the length of the placement they are applying for. A AD DM MIIN NIIS ST TR RA AT TIIV VE E F FE EE ES S

Students are required to cover an initial application fee, accommodation and administration fees, which total up to £1400 and are non-refundable.

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Each block offers different specialties. Students may list up to 5 placement preferences from the same block on their application.

University of Cambridge Campus

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For Cambridge Elective students, the School of Clinical Medicine rents two four-bedroom flats on the Addenbrooke’s site. The lodging is given as part of the placement, and it is required of all students intending to undertake an Elective Placement to use the accommodation provided. E EL LE EC CT TIIV VE E D DU UR RA AT TIIO ON N

The Elective Placements span 6 weeks and are held at the Cambridge University Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustAddenbrooke’s Hospital.

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Every placement begins on a Monday and ends on a Friday. Students have the option of arriving the Friday evening before their placement begins. You will be given a welcome bundle with all the information you will need for your stay. Elective placements will differ greatly for each student and specialty. Most placements will entail working shifts in departments, shadowing staff members, and attending teaching sessions, amongst other activities. The entire program is geared to provide elective students the hands-on experience they need to advance their medical study.

Addenbrooke’s Hospital

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The University of Cambridge was founded in 1209, making it the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world and the world’s fourth-oldest surviving university. Medical teaching at the University of Cambridge can be traced back to 1540 when Dr John Blyth was endowed the University’s first Professorship of Physic by Henry VIII. Cambridge has been in the spotlight since the first direct measurement of blood pressure, as well as the unravelling of the complexity of DNA and the discovery of monoclonal antibodies. It is now one of the best University teaching hospitals in the UK, having an international reputation based soundly on treatment, teaching and research.

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cambridge.electives@medschl.cam.ac.uk

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https://www.medschl.cam.ac.uk/education/elective/

Cambridge Medical School