From first to fifth year, you must complete summer clerkships. This page serves as overview. 

Key figures:

• Tutor: UMB staff member, oversees clerkships per year.

• Supervisor: Manages daily tasks at your chosen clinic (i.e., the main doctor/nurse you follow).

Hours given in clock hours (60 mins/h).

1st Year: 90 hours in nursing.

2nd Year: 68 hours with a family doctor, 22 hours in emergency.

3rd Year: 90 hours in internal medicine.

4th Year: 45 hours in ICU, and 45 hours in surgery.

5th Year: 45 hours in gynecology/obstetrics, and 45 hours in pediatrics.

Minimum: 20 days, 4.5 hours/day (120 academic hours).

Hours: Minimum 6 academic hours/day (1 academic hour = 45 minutes). More hours can be required by your hospital.

Timing: Outside class hours (i.e., you can't have classes that day/week), Mon-Fri (no clerkship days on public holidays, incl. Sundays allowed). You can have breaks between (for example, you could split 4 weeks in the same department into 3 weeks in July and 1 week in September, if you want or need to do so). 

Requirements: 20 individual workdays required. Putting in extra hours/day doesn’t mean you can work fewer days.

The biggest no-go is to skip on regular teaching in order to do clerkship.

Completion: By September 15th.

Submission: Email documents (scanned) to your Tutor by Sep 15th, submit originals in a envelope by early October to the Dean's Office.

Extensions:

Only in exceptional cases.

Ask for extension before September 15th.

Duration: Default extension window is until October 1st. Longer ones are very difficult to obtain.

Failure to Submit: Treated as failed course, requiring a retake (mind that only 2 retakes/year are possible!)

Before the clerkship:

1. Find a suitable clinic. Apply properly.

2. Reassure that the dates are in accordance with the rules and the deadline. 

3. Involve help (Tutor) if in doubt.

First day of the clerkship:

1. Register daily schedule with your clinic.

2. Ensure objectives from Program Outline are covered.

3. If they can't, inform the Tutor.

Last day of the clerkship:

1. Ensure all documents are signed by proper authorities.

2. Scan all documents into one PDF.

3. Email that PDF to the Tutor.

4. Fill out the questionnaire in the virtual university.

When you return to Bialystok (around October 1st):

1. Submit originals to the Dean's Office ASAP.

Tips

• Use academic hours on paperwork (1 ac. hour = 45 mins).

• Confirm schedule and requirements with your tutor if in doubt.

• Follow latest regulations and guidelines.

• • Program Outline 🔵🔴🟣

  • Criteria for selection 🔵🟢

  • Self-assessment sheet 🔵🔴

  • Placement location and procedure sheet 🔵🔴

  • Participant feedback sheet 🔵

The rest has to be acknowledged, but does not have to be attached, printed nor mailed back.

NOTA BENE: There's a mandatory questionnaire in the virtual university to be filled out after the clerkship!

• 🔵 = Student must fill out and sign
• 🔴 = Supervisor must sign & stamp
• 🟣 = Head of Department must sign & stamp
• 🟢 = Hospital administrator must sign & stamp

Timing: Officially, clerkships cannot be done during the academic year without valid reasons.

Attention: The process is long and requires early organization, especially for non-Polish speakers. 

Steps:

1. Confirm availability in the department and create a provisional schedule.

2. Request a "Porozumienie" (agreement) from the Dean's Office, specifying start and end dates from the provisional schedule (this may take a week to be issued).

3. Pick up the signed agreement from the Dean’s Office and bring it to the department head (they may take a few days to sign it, depending on their office hours).

4. Meanwhile, prepare and attach the Hospital GDPR (RODO) and Polish insurance documents (ask your friends for help regarding insurance).

5. Deliver said documents [Poroz., RODO, Insurance] to the hospital administration (Block C, 5th floor). Note: their office hours are posted on the bottom of the official website and in "The Rules on Doing Practical Training (Medical_Clerkship) at the University Teaching Hospital in Bialystok"

6. Return to the hospital administration after two weeks and complete the remaining (standard) paperwork during and after your clerkship (including the questionnaire in the virtual university).

• • Porozumienie 🟠🟣

  • The rules on doing practical training... (RODO) 🔵🟢

  • Program Outline 🔵🔴🟣

  • Criteria for selection (not required!)

  • Self-assessment sheet (not required!)

  • Placement location and procedure sheet 🔵🔴

  • Participant feedback sheet 🔵

The rest has to be acknowledged, but does not have to be attached, printed nor mailed back.

NOTA BENE: There's a mandatory questionnaire in the virtual university to be filled out after the clerkship!

• 🔵 = Student must fill out and sign
• 🔴 = Supervisor must sign & stamp
• 🟣 = Head of Department must sign & stamp
• 🟢 = Hospital administrator must sign & stamp
• 🟠 = Dean's Office