“The attendings and fellows always had time for questions, regardless of their incredibly busy schedules, and are encouraging you to take on more responsibilities as a medical student. This includes seeing multiple patients, evaluating them and forming a plan.” – Milan Terzic, University of Belgrade (Serbia)

“…the patients have it all, multiple illnesses at the same time and you have to figure out how to filter. What is important? What is still considered normal, while which change is worrisome? I really enjoyed applying the information I have gathered over the years to real cases.” – Christina Lara Klatt, Ruhr University Bochum (Germany)

“The thoracic team flew me out with them to harvest a lung for a transplant. That’s something I’ve never experienced before. Just being a part of a transplant surgery in itself is incredible for someone who is looking to do surgery.”
– Pranav Balakrishnan, Kasturba Medical College Manipal (India)

“The elective experiences have made me very confident in terms of being able to gather the relevant data specific to a patient, present the same in a comprehensive manner and communicate effectively with my patients and their families. There’s so much we get to learn about each patient.”
-Khushboo Agarwal, Kasturba Medical College Manipal (India)

“You need to be active, ask questions, ask for consults, offer to write patient notes and that way, you will have a more fulfilling experience.”
– Amrin Kharawala, Medical College Baroda (India)

“Ask for feedback, I asked after every week. I wanted to know what to do better for the next week. Try to do everything, try to experience how to write notes, how to interview patients, how to conduct family meetings. Never feel shy; never think you can’t do this task.”
– Vasudha Sharma, Dayanand Medical College & Hospital

“The clinics are super busy, which translates to more learning opportunities. The attendings devote a great deal of time to teaching and answering my questions, so I feel like I am constantly learning something new.”
– Sowmya Kruttiventi – Coimbatore Medical College (India)

“The fellow and attendings were super helpful; they pushed me to do better every day and provided me with valuable feedback every day. My experience here has definitely helped me gain insight about the US medical system, present my cases confidently, and type up patient notes.”
– Swati John, Kasturba Medical College Manipal (India)

Hangcheng Fu – Fudan Univerisity Shanghai Medical College (China) MEDI 465 – Acting Internship in Ward Medicine As an international student who wants to match for residency in U.S and must complete many away rotations, I would say UNC MEDI 465 is one of the best rotation I have experienced among my away rotations. I … Read more

“UNC, being ranked number one in primary care has well renowned programs and I was excited to be a part of it. What I liked about the program is that there is a beautiful balance between patient care and academics.There are major research activities and efficient patient care going on here at the same time.”
– Arunima Jose, Sree Gokulam Medical College and Research Foundation (India)