The GHC assists motivated medical students in their pursuit of a global health elective on a case by case basis.

In many cases, third year and fourth year students (MS III, IV) are able to do a global health elective for credit. Students must be in good academic standing and have completed their core requirements prior to the elective.

Mount Sinai MSIII and IV medical students who are seeking to do a clinical elective should contact Dr. Sigrid Hahn [sigrid.hahn@mssm.edu] or Dr. Anu Anandaraja [natasha.anandaraja@mssm.edu] from the Global Health Office to discuss their plans.

• SITE SELECTION

Medical students may pursue an elective/selective at one of the Mount Sinai Global Health Center’s partner sites. For more information on GHC partner sites, click here.

Students can also search through the Elective Database for other opportunities.

• FUNDING
  • There are many external grant opportunities available for clinical electives. For a list of sources, click here.
• CHECKLIST
  

  Students proposing to do a global health elective must contact Global Health Center faculty, sigrid.hahn@mssm.edu, to review elective plans and application process. For any project abroad, students must review and complete the Elective Checklist which provides detailed mandatory instructions prior to departure.

• ELECTIVE AND SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION
  

  Medical students who are proposing to do a global health elective for credit  must complete the Elective Application Form.

• OBTAINING ELECTIVE CREDIT
  

  In order to obtain elective credit , students will also need to have their on-site advisor fill out the Evaluation Form for the registrar

• FEEDBACK
  

  Students must submit the Feedback Form upon completion of their global health experience.