IFMSA - Chile

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IFMSA-Chile

IFMSA is a Non-Governmental Organization that represents medical students’ associations worlwide. 

14.000 students participates every year in the different mobility programs that IFMSA has, such as research exchanges or clinical exchanges.

Application Period

If you want to go abroad between April 2021 & March 2022: 

  • Application begins in October 2020.

More information in the IFMSA-Chile Application Portal.

We remind you that the Calls open in October or April and each corresponding to a particular period. We invite you to find out how the Exchange Periods work in the section «Exchange Period«.

The Call for Exchanges corresponds to a process of obtaining a quota of exchanges through a selection process with a scoring system associated with each participant. The participant with the highest score will be the first to be awarded a respective country.

To see the scoring system you can go to the section «Score System» or enter here.

Clinical Exchanges (SCOPE)

Requisites:

  • Be enrolled as a Fulltime student in your School of Medicine.
  • Have approved Semiology & a clinical/practical subject (Ex.: Semiology+Internal Medicine).
  • Comply with requirements from international destinations.

Research Exchanges (SCORE)

Requisites:

Costs & Benefits

There are 2 types of costs:

  1. Application Fee: $12.000 CLP (valid to apply for 1 application).
  2. Exchange Fee: 
    1. Unilateral Exchange: $128.000 CLP
    2. Bilateral Exchange: $228.000 CLP

The Exchange includes the following coverages:

  1. Housing: you may be lodged in a hostel with other international students or with a host-family.
  2. Meals: you will have one warm food per working day. 
  3. Research or Clinical Exchange: 4-weeks stay in a clinical or research site. 
  4. Social program: recreational, cultural and entertainment activities defined by the country of destination. The cost of the activities in some countries has to be financed by the student (check the exchange conditions of each country).

Documents & Information

All the information, the list of available countries and the opening of applications can be found  in the IFMSA-Chile website.

In case of any further doubt, contact the UC’ IFMSA representatives to the email: puc@ifmsa.cl

puc@ifmsa.cl


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