Finding the differences between the East and West in clinical clerkship: A Chinese exchange medical student’s perspective

Abstract

As a sixth-year medical student and the first exchange medical student from Fudan University, China, I had the opportunity to take a three-month elective at University of California at Davis (UC Davis) School of Medicine from October 2013 to January 2014. I worked and studied at the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, the General Medicine Consults Service, and the Department of Emergency Medicine in those days. This precious experience enhanced my medical knowledge, broadened my view, and at the same time, deepened my understanding of clerkship as part of medical education.

Acknowledgements

I thank Dr. Shan Gao (University of Toledo Medical Center) for her assistance in preparing the paper and Mr. Can Wang (Fudan University Shanghai Medical College) for his critical reading of the manuscript.

Declaration of interest: The author reports no conflicts of interest. The author alone is responsible for the content and writing of the article.