Exchange Conditions of ANEMF

In order to apply to all LCs, the student must certify at least a B2 or higher level of CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference) in French.

If the student doesn’t speak French or has a B1 or lower level of CEFR in French, he can only apply to these LCs: Angers, Besançon, Bobigny, Caen, Clermont-Ferrand, Créteil, Dijon, Grenoble, Nancy, Poitiers, Saint-Etienne, Toulouse and Tours. Granting that he has at least a B2 level in English.

Be careful: if your French or English level is not good enough, you might invalidate your clerkship.

The joined certificate could be an equivalent of CEFR.

Read carefully all of our Explore pages, because some of our LCs have specific conditions.

We only accept students who have validated their 3rd year of medical studies by the beginning of the exchange (meaning we accept students in the summer before their 4th year).

Newly graduated students are accepted (graduation no later than 6 months before the start of the exchange)

Dress-code: Veils are forbidden in the hospital for the medical staff. Your hair must be attached and your shoes have to be closed.
France is a secular country, therefore any sign of religion in public places for its workers (students included) is forbidden.

If you are interested in doing a nightshift you MUST have the approval of the head of department.

Incoming students can only choose one local committees among the following on their AF:

- Paris 7 (Université de Paris)

- Paris Ouest

- Créteil

- Bobigny

- Kremlin-Bicêtre

- Toulouse 

- Marseille

- Strasbourg

However choosing one of these LCs is not mandatory

(if not respected, the AF will be sent back)

LCs where French is REQUIRED : Brest, Kremlin-Bicêtre, Marseille, Montpellier, Nîmes, Paris 7 (Université de Paris), Paris Ouest, Reims, Rennes, Rouen and Strasbourg.

LCs available for non french-speakers : Angers, Besançon, Bobigny, Caen, Clermont-Ferrand, Créteil, Dijon, Grenoble, Nancy, Poitiers, Saint-Etienne, Toulouse and Tours.

Periods :

1. The exchange period has to begin on a Monday and end on a Friday.
2. Students who want to come in a period that falls between two months have to send an email to the NEO before sending their AF.

Varies depending on the LC.
A National Social Program is organized once or twice during summer. 

When asked to be placed together (no more than two), you'll be guaranteed to be placed in the same city but you will have different lodgings and different departments.
In France, you will mostly be hosted at the OG's apartment. Students generally live in small flats therefore it is not possible to host two foreign students in the same flat.

N.B: Some LCs refund lunches (one hot meal per day) only on presentation of receipts. Other LCs give a canteen card to the students upon arrival which will allow them to have lunch for free at the hospital. 

Invitation letter must be asked at least 10 weeks before the clerkship.

You must fill the Vaccination Card which is available on the Google Drive of Special Documents, contact your LEO for additionnal information.

Compulsory vaccinations: Hepatitis B, Diphtheria, Tetanus, Polio, Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Tuberculosis

The student must be able to prove his/her vaccinational status IF asked upon arrival at the hospital (contact the LEO for further information)

Poitiers: for each Incoming the hospital requires the following filled document: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B77-DMf2pc7TRHkwd21leVZJZDJXOWJkRTJOSzMzMzk5LUpV

Health insurance : It covers expenses linked to health issues. However, this insurance CANNOT be arranged in our country, and MUST be arranged in your home country. ANEMF-France recommends to Incoming Students from the European Union that they ask for a European Health Insurance Card for the period of their clerkship.

Liability insurance : It covers expenses related to damages done to people or material goods by the student outside from his professional duties. We can advice you some online websites where you can find affordable liability insurances, please ask your NEO to contact the French NEO for that. 

Malpractice insurance : It covers students if harm is done to a patient during their professional duties.
You don't have to deal with the malpractice insurance, our LEO will insure you freely with a french insurance company. Ask your french LEO when you receive your CA. 
For more information, check out the 3 main medical insurance companies: https://www.macsf.fr / https://www.lamedicale.fr / https://www.gpm.fr

Card of Documents: Curriculum Vitae, Health Insurance, Language certificate, Liability Insurance, Motivation letter 1, Motivation Letter 2, Motivation Letter 3, Motivation Letter 4, Passport copy, Photo, Proof of Enrollment, Vaccination Card and Social Media Consent Form.

Link to the social media consent form you need to fill and attach to your Card of Documents: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vbilISBcxdm2xqqDFjidUoOuKQNdEbgt/view?usp=sharing

Upon arrival documents: Health Insurance, Liability Insurance, Passport copy, Vaccination card

The CoD has to be completed when the AF is sent.

We require 1 Motivation letter per department (in French if you speak French otherwise we’ll consider you don’t)

We can welcome graduate students in our hospitals. Note that you must be enrolled at your university when you submit your application form. Graduated students will not be paid during their clerkship.

Some LCs require special documents (check the Explore Pages) :
Marseille: you need to provide a recommendation letter from your university, a Curriculum Vitae, and the photocopy (both sides) of your student card to Marseille's LEO ASAP.

Saint-Etienne, Grenoble, Poitiers: the hospital requires a chest X-ray

Poitiers: the hospital requires for each Incoming the following filled document: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B77-DMf2pc7kwd21leVZJZDJXOWJkRTJOSzMzMzk5LUpV

Typhus is mandatory only for a lab clerkship.

It is not always possible to place students in the city they’ve selected. We have limited spots in all of our LCs, especially Paris.
Students are placed according to the date of reception of the AF (first AF sent, first served) and their level of french if they chose an LC where French is cumpulsory.

For some LCs, you will receive a "Convention tripartite"[clerkship agreement] (required by the French administration), that has to be signed by your university, the French university and the French hospital.
If this document is not signed by your university, the clerkship will be canceled.

We only provide lodging for the mentioned period in the CA. If the student wishes to arrive before or after this period, the student must contact their French LEO and CP by email asking for their permission.

We prefer substitutions over cancellations.

Substitutions : same LC, same department, same gender.