Hosting in Cairo
Every year students from around the world come to Ain Shams for their clerkship, and AUSSS hosts them: a placement at the Specialized Hospital, a contact person each, and a month of social programme across Cairo and the rest of Egypt.
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Welcome students from around the world to Ain Shams hospitals.
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Buddy up as a contact person and run the social programme.
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Join IFMSA-Egypt National Weekends (Cairo, Alexandria, Dahab).
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Share Egyptian medicine and culture with future colleagues abroad.
SCOPE & SCORE · Ain Shams
The Incomings Booklet
Everything an incoming exchange student needs before landing in Cairo: who we are, the hospital and the dorms you’ll live in, the month-long social programme, weekend trips across Egypt, and the team who’ll be looking after you.
- Who we are: AUSSS, IFMSA-Egypt and IFMSA
- Ain Shams: the faculty and the ASU Specialized Hospital
- Accommodation, the clerkship and the specialties on offer
- The social programme: a month of living like a Cairene
- Travel and discovery: Alexandria, Siwa, Luxor, Aswan, Dahab
- Final tips for landing, money, SIM cards and dress code
- Meet the current exchange team
Two tracks
Every exchange runs through one of two standing committees: a clinical clerkship, or a research project.
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