Student electives
The medical, dental and nursing colleges offer elective placements to students currently undergoing training in their home country.
For medical and dental students, the elective period should be undertaken during the fourth or fifth year of training and should last a minimum of one month, but preferably two to three months. For nursing students, the elective period should be undertaken in the third or final year of training and should last a minimum of one month.
The student is responsible for all the costs of their elective period including accommodation in one of the student hostels at CMC.
Important
Further information is available for each discipline:
- Further information for Medical electives
- Further information for Nursing electives
- Further information for Therapy electives
- Further information for Dental electives
Please note that medical students should pay particular attention to the conditions imposed by the National Medical Commission (NMC) of India when they submit their application.
How to apply?
If you are interested, please request the relevant application form (medical, nursing, therapy or dental) and email it to our Australian office.
General information
Christian Medical College (CMC) Ludhiana is a large teaching hospital and a tertiary referral centre of repute, situated in the Punjab, North West India. It has given over a century of distinguished service to the community. It has a Christian foundation, and its primary mandate is to train Christian men and women as health care professionals for the service of the churches in India. That foundation and mandate do not mean that it employs or trains only members of the Christian community, but it does give a distinct character to its work.
CMC Ludhiana offers great learning opportunities to any medical, dental, nursing or therapy student who wants to be exposed to a cross section of the population in a short span. This premier institution is renowned for undergraduate medical training and for its services particularly in obstetrics and gynaecology, ophthalmology, general surgery, management of burns, plastic surgery and community medicine. There is ample clinical material and opportunity for clinical interaction with patients.
The medical college admits only 75 students each year, against 100–300 students admitted at some other medical colleges in India, so the learning environment is favourable. Besides hands-on experience there is scope for research through short projects. The wide range of trauma presentations (road traffic, industrial and agricultural) offers good lessons in emergency management. Students interested in community medicine will gain experience with tropical diseases, anaemia, problems in pregnancy, environmental pollution and drug and alcohol issues.
The climatic conditions are extremely difficult in Ludhiana from around mid-April to mid-July (very hot) and from then until early October (hot and damp). Those unused to such conditions should avoid these periods, and anyone with respiratory problems should be aware of high levels of air pollution.
It is very important that visiting students are sensitive to the local dress code and expected behaviour when out and about in Ludhiana. Loose-fitting clothing is advised; skirts should be below calf length and tops should have sleeves. Shorts are not acceptable for either men or women. The Punjabi salwar kameez and dupatta are available locally at a reasonable price and are very comfortable for travelling.