Non-Partner Sites
It is possible to travel to a site other than one of our partners. Even though you are arranging this elective on your own, you still must have the experience pre-approved by the Track Leadership and complete the international elective pre- and post-travel requirements in order to receive academic credit.
In this case you are responsible for working with the Track Coordinator & PedEd Office to do a one-time institutional affiliation agreement (IAA) with the international site and for working with the site directly to make your travel arrangements. You must establish a local preceptor and provide their contact information to the Track Coordinator. As well as establish personal rotation goals & objectives.
Below are reasons you may wish to seek permission to travel to a non-partner site:
You are planning to work in that country post graduation
You or your spouse is a native of that country
You wish to study a specific topic not available at any of the partner sites
You are encouraged to travel to an established partner site because the following are already in place at these sites:
institutional affiliation agreement
site-specific objectives
on-site preceptor
accommodations, travel, etc are known entities
GPS Alliance Travel Approval handled by Track Coordinator for countries on the State Dept travel warning list (ie: Haiti)
In addition, importantly, having partner sites allows us to develop long-term relationships so that, over time, both the U and the partner site can benefit.
Read the May 2019 Newsletter to hear about Dr. Amr El-Bolk's time going back home to Egypt
Click here to view past academic projects for Non-Partner Sites