Contact in the first instance – Dorothy Corriveau at d.corriveau@abdn.ac.uk

Possible Areas

Categories

  • Primary Care
  • Secondary Care
  • Chronic Disease
  • Inter-professional
  • Rural
  • Research Project
  • Shadowing
  • Mental Health
  • Hospitals (Rural)

Better if not too specialised in Rural Illinois (e.g. no paediatric oncology but oncology)

Possible Projects (not inclusive)

  • Data Collection – Waiting Rooms, Anonymous, blind
  • Program Evaluation – interview
  • Observation
  • Environment
  • Information from Providers – Residents / Interns, Alumni, Staff (Nurse, Interns)
  • Shadowing

Application Process for University of Illinois at Rockford

Student to contact ‘International Division’ at the University of Illinois at Chicago

  • Form needs to be filled out
  • Takes approximately 3 months to process

You will need a letter from the U.S. Institution that details the reason for the visit – sponsor BEFORE applying for your ‘student Visa’.

IRB & RIP & HIPPA training before arriving (websites for certification) to research, patient care (may also have to do at institution/facility too [e.g. hospital]).

  • IRB (Institutional Review Board) – approval needed for research project – to ask anyone any type of question, go to IRB website to become certified
    • Takes about a month from submission for approval or modification notification
  • HIPPA also.
  • You will need “Title of Project”

Documentation of Vaccinations

            Checklist of Vaccinations – proof of

White Coat

Transportation - various options available.  Beneficial to have a driver’s license.  There is a bus from Chicago O’Hare airport to Rockford.  Public transportation in rural areas is scarce

£500 (US dollar equivalent of) – U of I budget person will email a PDF invoice to student before – payable by end of elective – Student will be invoiced personally = £500 (US dollar equivalent of) “Elective Administrative Fee”.

Housing – U of I puts out requests – student pays directly with person – U of I finds

U.S. Visa– category F (can take up to 90 days / 30 - 60 average

  1. Visa Application site - https://ceac.state.gov/genniv/

    Complete Form - DS-160

    Application fee - £160

    Insurance fee - £0 for U.K. nationals.  If other, to check go to https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country.html

Contacts: https://www.usembassy.gov/united-kingdom/

  1. Consulate General of the United States – Edinburgh
  2. Embassy of the United States – London
  3. Consulate General of the United States – Belfast

The University of Aberdeen’s travel insurance should cover the students in respect of their health insurance coverage during the electives at U of I-Rockford.  However, the students will have to fill in a Travel Insurance Application form and they should contact insurance@abdn.ac.uk to arrange this.

Contact in the first instance - Dorothy Corriveau at d.corriveau@abdn.ac.uk

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