PRE-INTERNSHIP

The first part of the Clinical Sciences Cycle is the Pre-Internship. It corresponds to the 4th year of the curriculum and includes semesters 11, 12 and 13.

In order to enter the Pre-Internship Cycle, it is essential to have passed all the courses corresponding to the Basic Sciences Cycle. Students of the bilingual modality must demonstrate command of the Spanish language, since instruction and hospital practices are taught entirely in Spanish. If their native language is not Spanish, students must take and pass a language proficiency test.

At the beginning of this cycle, students will participate in the "White Gown" ceremony, during which they receive a doctor’s gown with their name and the university logo on it, and sign the Hippocratic Oath, in which they pledge their commitment to patients and the values ​​of bioethics, in front of their relatives and UNIBE’s academic authorities.

 

INTERNSHIP

During the Internship Cycle, students have the opportunity to put into practice the acquired knowledge and develop clinical skills and abilities, through the execution of rotations in specialty areas within the different teaching hospitals with which the university is affiliated for such purposes.

Each rotation is organized to provide a complete educational experience, through rotations in two health centers of different characteristics and development, ensuring that the overall learning experience is similar for all students.

 

CLINICAL ROTATIONS WITHIN THE INTERNSHIP CYCLE

Surgery

In this Internship cycle, students carry out their practical learning in general and specialized surgical areas, including Orthopedics and Traumatology. They are integrated into Emergency Services, Operating Rooms, the Hospital Ward and Consultations. The future internal doctors will strengthen competencies that will allow them to determine the medical-surgical diagnoses of patients under their care, indicate the necessary diagnostic tests and propose corresponding appropriate treatments. In addition, students will acquire basic hands-on skills, necessary to perform as an assistant in operating rooms, perform follow-up healing procedures on post-surgical patients, perform procedures such as suturing traumatic or surgical wounds, indicate pre-operative treatments and recognize post-operative complications. Likewise, students will learn to manage trauma emergencies at the primary level, identify complications of acute injuries and refer them in a timely manner. (Duration: Ten [10] weeks)

Psychiatry

In this cycle students integrate all the knowledge acquired in previous years. During their rotation through the mental health unit, they strengthen the skills to recognize the main alterations in mental health and personality, establish diagnosis according to their classification, identify prevention strategies and determine the corresponding treatment. (Duration: Six [6] weeks)

To strengthen this clinical rotation, the Psychiatry Conferences Cycle is held with the participation of all interns. The topics covered are: "Psychiatric Medical History", "Humanization of Health Services", "Crisis Intervention", "Psychometric Tests", "Psychiatric Emergencies" and the "MHGAP Intervention Guide for Mental Disorders".

Obstetrics-Gynecology

During this rotation, students deepen their basic and fundamental knowledge of Gynecology and Obstetrics that will allow them to provide comprehensive care to women, especially during prenatal check-ups and childbirth labor, identifying risk factors associated with perinatal health. During their practice in the emergency room, delivery room, hospitalization room and in the gynecology and family planning consultation, the intern doctor will strengthen competencies to identify the high / low risk diagnostic criteria and the application of basic therapeutics in the most prevalent reproductive health issues. (Duration: Eight [8] weeks)

Pediatrics

The Pediatrics rotation constitutes one of the key components of the Medicine program, during which students deepen their knowledge, skills and abilities acquired in previous years and come into  direct contact with the different stages of child growth and development, to provide comprehensive care to children and adolescents, in regards to health promotion, prevention and control, along with timely diagnosis and treatment of the most prevalent pathologies occurring throughout the pediatric ages. (Duration: Eight [8] weeks)

Internal Medicine

During this rotation, students strengthen their knowledge, skills and abilities that will allow them to address the main health problems affecting adults, recognizing their signs and symptoms, indicating and interpreting the available diagnostic means and offering timely and effective treatment, taking into account updated management protocols and prioritizing measures aimed at prevention and control. (Duration: Twelve [12] weeks)

Primary Care and Family Health

In this internship cycle, students offer assistance to patients in a Primary Care Center and carry out health promotion activities, using a family health approach and the biopsychosocial concept of the health-disease process. During this rotation, they strengthen their knowledge, skills and abilities in order to offer comprehensive medical care, identifying risk factors related to individual lifestyles and environments, to provide timely and effective treatment, using all opportunities for health prevention and education, and mastering the medical interventions included in the Dominican Social Security System’s Basic Health Plan. (Duration: Six [6] weeks)

AFFILIATED HEALTH CENTERS

NATIONAL

Local hospitals affiliated to the UNIBE School of Medicine

 

  • Abraham Hazoury Bahlés Teaching Hospital (former National Institute of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Nutrition)
  • Plaza de la Salud General Hospital
  • Luis E. Aybar Hospital
  • Dominican Institute of Cardiology
  • Heriberto Pieter Oncological Institute
  • Humberto Bogaert Díaz Dominican Dermatology and Skin Surgery Institute
  • Armed Forces Central Hospital
  • Francisco Moscoso Puello Teaching Hospital
  • Dario Contreras University Teaching Hospital
  • Our Lady of Altagracia Maternity University Hospital
  • Evangelina Rodriguez Dominican Women’s Hospital
  • Dominican Rehabilitation Association
  • Center for Diagnosis, Advanced Medicine and Telemedicine (CEDIMAT)
  • Ney Arias Lora Trauma Hospital
  • Dominican Respiratory Disease Foundation, Inc.
  • Robert Reid Cabral Children’s Hospital
  • Salvador B. Gautier Hospital
  • Vinicio Calventi General Hospital
  • Regional Metropolitan Health Service – Primary Level Care Centers

Primary Level Care Centers belonging to the Metropolitan Regional Health Network

UNIBE Primary Care and Family Health Internship

  • Díaz Piñeyro Sub-Center – Calle 10 #10, Esq. Santana, Ensanche La Altagracia de Herrera
  • El Caliche de los Ríos Primary Level Care Center (CPN) – Los Rios.
  • Matahambre Health Sub-Center. – Calle Interior A #13, Mata Hambre Sector.
  • Los Girasoles II Primary Level Care Center – Calle María de Toledo #28, Los Girasoles.
  • Los Praditos Primary Level Care Center – Calle Heriberto Núñez #1.
  • 30 de Mayo Primary Level Care Center – Calle Luperón, Barrio 30 de Mayo.

 

INTERNATIONAL

International hospitals affiliated to the UNIBE School of Medicine

Germany

Carl Gustav Carus Hospital (Dresden, Germany).

 

Spain

  • Puerta de Hierro University Hospital, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain.
  • Castilla Health Service, La Mancha, Spain.

United States

  • Larkin Community Hospital, Florida (USMLE Step required).
  • Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida (USMLE Step 1 required).
  • Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Ohio
  • Mount Sinai Hospital, Icahn School of Medicine, New York
  • Cleveland Clinic, Weston, Florida.
  • Affiliates through Florida International University (USMLE Step 1 required).
  • Coral Gables Hospital
  • Hialeah Hospital
  • Kendall Regional Hospital
  • North Shore Medical Center
  • Southern Winds Hospital
  • Westchester General Hospital
  • Affiliates through NYCSPREP:
  • Hoboken University Medical Center (HUMC)
  • Bayonne Medical Center (BMC)
  • Christ Hospital
  • Bergen Regional Medical Center (BRMC)
  • Hudson Regional Hospital (previously Meadowlands Hospital)
  • St Joseph’s Medical Center, Yonkers, New York.
  • Affilliates through Pinnacle Educational Services (PES), Houston, Texas:
  • Memorial Hermann City.
  • Memorial Hermann Greater Heights.
  • Memorial Hermann Sugar Land.
  • Memorial Hermann South East
  • Memorial Hermann South West.
  • Oak Bend.
  • Methodist West.
  • Joseph Hospital.
  • Luke’s Hospital.
  • West Houston.
  • Northwest Medical Center.

 

Portugal

Hospital da Luz (Lisboa, Portugal).

Puerto Rico

  • Inter-American Hospital for Advanced Medicine (HIMA), San Pablo Caguas
  • Ramon E. Betances Mayaguez Medical Center, Mayaguez
  • Good Samaritan Community Hospital, Aguadilla
  • La Concepcion Hospital, San German
  • Guayama Mennonite Hospital (former San Lucas Episcopal Hospital)
  • Pavia Yauco Hospital (former Dr. Tito Mattei Metropolitan), Yauco

Cuba

  • Affilliates through Ciego de Avila Medical Sciences University
  • Antonio Luaces Iraola Provincial Hospital
  • Roberto Rodríguez General Hospital
  • Provincial Psychiatric Hospital

INTERNATIONAL ROTATIONS

UNIBE offers the opportunity for Internship Cycle rotations in Puerto Rico, the United States and Europe. Students can rotate within four (4) main areas: Surgery (Ten [10] weeks), Obstetrics & Gynecology (Eight [8] weeks), Pediatrics (Eight [8] weeks), and Internal Medicine (Twelve [12] weeks). The Psychiatry and Family Medicine rotation must be completed in the Dominican Republic, as indicated by the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology (MESCyT). Students can participate in international rotations for up to 32 weeks out of the 52 weeks contemplated for the Internship cycle.

Application requirements

Students interested in participating in clinical rotations in an international hospital, must meet the following requirements:

  • Existing signed agreement between UNIBE and the student’s chosen hospital.
  • 0 GPA or higher (at the time of beginning the Internship).
  • Absence of disciplinary action in the student’s UNIBE file.
  • BLS Certification.
  • Two (2) letters of recommendation from School of Medicine faculty or Coordinators.
  • USMLE Step 1 approval for hospitals in Florida and Texas (certain areas).
  • Student must procure malpractice insurance.

Application procedure

Deadlines for document delivery:

  • For September-December: 6th week of the May-August semester
  • For January-April: 6th week of the September-December semester
  • For May-August: 6th week of the January-April semester

CONTACT US:

Carolina Valdez, M.D., Internship Cycle Coordinator
Address: INDEN, Calle Paseo del Yaque, Los Ríos, Santo Domingo
Contact number: 809-689-4111, Ext. 2042
Email: [email protected]
Office hours: Monday to Friday, 9:00am – 12:00pm & 1:00pm – 5:00pm