Visiting Students

Medical Students interested in a visiting rotation at the University of Wisconsin should visit the UW SMPH Visiting Medical Student Clerkship Program page.

The Department of Surgery requires the following of international visiting students:

1. A 500-word personal statement outlining the student’s learning objectives
2. A faculty sponsor from your home school
3. A faculty sponsor within the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health must be identified prior to acceptance on a surgical rotation. If you do not already have a contact, you will be assisted once all other requirements are met. If no sponsor can be identified, you will not be able to do a rotation during the time you request
4. Official transcript listing all medical school courses and grades
5. You must provide a letter from an administrator or faculty at your school detailing your training in the following areas:
   • Prior surgery courses and clinical patient contacts (number of patients in clinic/outpatient and in the hospital/inpatients)
   • Number of hours spent in the operating room
   • Number of cases student scrubbed in on
   • Training on surgical hand prep (scrubbing)
   • Training on sterile gowning and gloving in the operating room
   • Training on aseptic technique in the operating room
   • List any other medical training in the United States (specify training, name of school and length of training)

E-mail all of the required information to:

The Department of Surgery is also pleased to offer the Underrepresented Minority Visiting Elective Scholarship Program.