Elective courses at the IHSM
Currently, Agnes Strachwitz, a student of the University of Munster in Germany, Faculty of Medical Sciences (Medicine and Dentistry), is undergoing an internship as part of IHSM elective courses.
The internship of Agnes Strakhvits takes place in the chosen course "Obstetrics and Gynecology" under the guidance of our experienced and highly professional Dr. Saikal Osmonova in the Clinical Maternity Hospital No. 6 of the National Center for Maternal and Child Health in Bishkek.
WHAT ARE THESE SHORT-TERM COURSES (ELECTIVE COURSES)?
Short term course in different areas of medicine are specifically designed for undergraduate and postgraduate medical students to get experience of practice medicine in developing countries in the condition of shortage of resources.
Program of elective course in medicine is conducted on the base of IHSM clinical departments which are mostly located in IHSM Medical Clinic “VEDANTA” and other state medical settings.
During short term course the visiting student will be placed into the environment, which provides medical services to the wide range of population of Kyrgyz Republic
This can give a visiting student a unique experience of developing country medicine, which will allow her/him to apply this experience in the future professional life.
The visiting student and mentoring professor make a plan of internship which is supposed to cover areas of particular interest of the student.