Clerkships (Non-UNSW Students)

The University of New South Wales offers clerkships (electives) through clinical schools to non-UNSW medical students. Clerkships must be at least four (4) weeks and cannot exceed eight (8) weeks.

Note that Post-Exposure Prophylaxis is available at UNSW teaching hospitals.

We are currently accepting applications for commencement from February 2013.

Clerkships are not provided at any time during the period from early-December to the end of January.

All successful applicants (apart from those studying at New South Wales universities) must obtain an Australian National Police Check from the Australian Federal Police. This must be done before you travel to Sydney and you are required to supply a certified copy or original to the Faculty of Medicine at UNSW. If you supply a certified copy you are required to bring the original with you to give to your Hospital.

The web link is here:

http://www.afp.gov.au/what-we-do/police-checks/national-police-checks.aspx

This is a most important document and must be produced on arrival, otherwise the placement cannot go ahead.


Please note

Prince of Wales Hospital has no places between 1 October and the following 31 January each year;

Places in Emergency at Prince of Wales are 6 weeks in duration and have a set programme.

Sydney Children's Hospital does not have Paediatrics places available for 2012 nor 2013;

St Vincents Hospital has no places in surgery during December and January each year and has no places in the Emergency Department at all.

The arrangements above are not negotiable.



Please see the note on Visas.

Students are advised to apply for a criminal record check/statement to the appropriate authority within their own country or state at the time of application. This is a most important document. Applicants are required to forward this statement to UNSW with the application form.

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