HUNGARIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC. ANNOUNCEMENT Senior Medical Student Program in the USA
 
The State University of New York, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at BUFFALO and The State University of New York, Upstate Medical University at SYRACUSE entered into an agreement with the four Hungarian universities that teach medicine to provide 12 week credit- bearing senior electives to medical students who are in their 5th year of education.
The rotations begin in July and October 2012 and January and April 2013.
This program is sponsored and managed by the HUNGARIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, HMAA (www.hmaa.org.)
The purpose of the Program is to facilitate the exchange of students as well as experience and knowledge between the involved medical universities. With this program the HMAA contributes and provides broad medical knowledge
to young Hungarian physicians who are entering the Hungarian health care system.

Students may take the following electives: Internal Medicine – Endocrinology; Internal Medicine in hospital; Pediatrics – Child Neurology; Neurosurgery; Neurology; Emergency Care; Surgical Oncology; Medical Oncology; Neuroradiology.
Please note that these electives are subject to availability at the time of the rotation.
Financing:
Students are expected to cover:
-  Round trip air transportation
-  Cost of books, materials if required
-  Health insurance
-  Meal costs (some Buffalo departments provide meal tickets for use in the hospital)
-   Medical liability (coordinated by HMAA)
Student housing is provided by the HMAA in Buffalo. Please note that max. 4 students may participate at one particular rotation. Once you have given us your preferred rotation time (eg. January 2013) there is a limited possibility to change it later. All possible changes of rotation times are coordinated by Semmelweis University.
Selected applicants are encouraged to submit an application for financial support to the HAESF.
(Hungarian American Enterprize Scholarship Fund). The deadline for applications for the July and October  2012 rotations is 1 April 2012 and for the January and April 2013 rotations 15 October 2012.
Students who receive a scholarship from HAESF are expected to pay USD 150 a month each to offset some of the costs. The malpractice insurance for 3 months is appr. USD 300-400.
For further information about the HAESF scholarship visit the www.haesf.org website ’s Professional Internship section.

Contact persons: Éva Tamoga, email: ejtamoga@buffalo.edu
Dr. László Mechtler, email: lmechtler@dentinstitute.com
Ágnes Stadler, email: agnesstadler@yahoo.com

Who can apply?
Hungarian medical students who are in their 5th year of education beginning September 2011.
Deadline: applications must be postmarked by January 11, 2012.

Requirements (submitted in 2 copies):
-    Completed Application Form
-    Letter of recommendation from the Dean
-    Letter of recommendation from two different Heads of Department
-    Hungarian and English credit transcript from year 1 onwards and statement of the medical student status
-    Curriculum vitae
-    Letter of motivation/intent
-    TOEFL exam
-    2 Passport size photos

Please note that the TOEFL exam procedure might take several months. The timing of the TOEFL exam should be so that the results arrive before 11 Januar 2012, which is the application deadline.
The TOEFL exam should not be older than 2 years.
 
The application must be complete, otherwise it will be automatically rejected.
 
One of the copies with one photo to be sent to:
 
HMAA  c/o Eva Tamoga Ed.M.
651 Honeydale Court
East Amherst, NY 14051, USA
 
The other copy with one photo to be sent to:
 
Semmelweis University
Directorate of International Relations                                  Phone: +36 1 317 9079
1085 Budapest                                                                      Fax:     +36 1 459 1559
                   Üllői u.26.                                                                  email: makadi.gyorgyi@semmelweis-univ.hu
 
For further information contact either Semmelweis University or your local program coordinator.
Program coordinator in Debrecen:
 
Prof. Csongor Kiss Phone: +36 52 452 747
            University of Debrecen                                             Fax:     + 36 52 255 893
                                    Department of Paediatrics                                        email: kisscs@dote.hu, heteyne@dote.hu
4032 Debrecen, Nagyerdei krt 98.
 
Program coordinator in Pécs:
 
Dr. Ferenc Boldizsár Phone: +36 72 536 288
University of Pécs                                                                 Fax:     +36 72 536 289
          Department of Immunology and Biotechnology                email: ferenc.boldizsar@aok.pte.hu
7643 Pécs, Szigeti u.12.
 
Program coordinator in Szeged:
 
Prof. Gyula Szabó
Phone: +36 62 545 994
University of  Szeged                                                           Fax:     +36 62 545 710
Department of  Pathophysiology                              email: szabog@patph.szote.u-szeged.hu
6701 Szeged, Semmelweis u.1., Pf. 427
 
HMAA Representative in Hungary:
 
Eszter Bodnár MD Phone: +36 1 220 4630
                            Budapest                  +36 30 276 8221
email: ebodnar@medical-center.hu
 
All students must submit an EXIT INTERVIEW to HMAA Chair after the end of rotation.
The Application Form is available on the HMAA website (www.hmaa.org) under Exchange Program.
Az „Application Form” szintén letölthető az alábbi helyről:
 
www.semmelweis-egyetem.hu/Az egyetemről/Központi Szervezeti Egységek/Nemzetközi Kapcsolatok Igazgatósága/Hírek honlapról

• Round trip air transportation
  
• Cost of books, materials if required
• Health insurance
• Meal costs (some Buffalo departments provide meal tickets for use in the hospital)
  
• Medical liability (coordinated by HMAA)
  

• Completed Application Form
  
• Letter of recommendation from the Dean
  
• Letter of recommendation from two different department chairmen
• Copy of index from year 1 onwards and statement of the medical student status
• Curriculum vitae
• Letter of motivation/intent
• TOEFL exam
• Passport size photo