Rules

  1. Students are allowed to come to Malta only during one calendar month, no mid-months accepted. There are no clerkships available in May or June.
  2. The card of confirmation and the flight details should be send to the NEO-NORE with their date and time of arrival and departure 4 weeks before the start of the exchange or else they will not be picked up from the airport on arrival.
  3. On arrival, there would be a pick up person that would take each student to their accommodation. On departure it is up to the student to arrive to the airport, student can either get a taxi or go by bus.
  4. Students need to be able to speak and understand English and provide proof of their fluency in English.
  5. Students must attend hospital Monday to Friday. If student is going to take a day off, he/she must inform the tutor beforehand. However, to receive your certificate at the end of the exchange, he/she must have attended 80% of the clerkship/ research exchange.
  6. Students will be assigned to a consultant and his firm for the exchange and the student cannot change the department once the exchange has begun.
  7. Students are requested to bring their own white coat, stethoscope and shoes for the operating theatre with them.
  8. Student’s clothes must be smart and respectable when in the hospital.
  9. Students must have health insurance and provide the NEO-NORE with the immunisation form 5 weeks before start of exchange or may be subject to cancellation.
  10. The NEO-NORE should be notified of cancellations at least 5 weeks before start of exchange.
  11. Friends or family may visit students in Malta but they cannot stay at students’ accommodation and it must not interfere with the students’ clerkship at hospital.
  12. Accommodation given can not be changed during clerkship
  13. Bilaterals must pay a non-refundable fee of €10 on arrival for the keys of the apartment.
  14. Unilaterals pay €400 for July and August, €300 for September and €250 for the other months. Unilaterals must pay their fee at least 4 weeks before their exchange, otherwise the exchange will be cancelled. Unilateral students that do not pay before they come here to Malta, on arrival they would be asked to return home. We cannot accept anyone who did not pay. We apologise for any inconvenience.
  15. Cancellations after payment are not refundable if the cancellation is made by the student
  16. The NEO-NORE reserves the right to cancel any clerkship if it receives any complaints of misconduct or unethical practice both in hospital as well as at the lodgings. The students responsible for such acts are held liable for any damage incurred during the clerkship.
  17. The Malta Medical Students’ Association (MMSA) is not liable for the loss or damage of any student’s property or person.
  18. Flat keys must be returned at the end of the exchange.
  19. Access cards must be returned to the NEO/NORE at the end of the exchange.
  20. Students must fill in their IFMSA Evaluation Form before receiving their certificate.
  21. Students who need a VISA to enter Malta can apply at any Maltese, Italian or Austrian embassy since Malta is now part of Schengen. However, if a students’ VISA is denied there is nothing MMSA can do. Check VISA requirements at this address: http://www.foreign.gov.mt/pages/main.asp?sec=83 and request Invitation Letters from MMSA in advance.

Extra Rules for Research students

  1. The projects are given to the student according to availability and according to their motivation letter. Motivation letters determine if the student is accepted or not. All projects require that students already have had experience in the field of their choice.

2. Since the tutors do not sign any contracts to take students, they can decide not to take students; therefore the projects might vary at the last moment. The student is immediately notified and another project is found which is as much as possible similar to that the student had chosen. If unfortunately no project is found, the student would be asked to postpone his/her exchange for the following month or year. Tutors are not paid here in Malta to carry out such month sessions, and take students under their own good will.

3. If a particular month is full up, the student is asked whether he/she can change the month they had chosen, if they can not change the month of their research exchange, there can be substitutions with other students that can come on the month that is available or else postpone the research for the following year.

4.     Project title may vary a little, since this depends on the research the tutor is undergoing at that particular time. Usually the research of the tutor is on the same basis.