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Enhance Your Learning and Exposure

The Department of Internal Medicine is pleased to offer avid learners the opportunity to shadow our team during work rounds to enhance their learning and exposure to Internal Medicine. This is a hands-off shadowing experience, as per policy set forth by Texas Tech School of Medicine.

Learners will have the opportunity to observe physician interaction with patients (with the patient's permission), engage in thoughtful discussion of clinical cases, review medical literature, enhance clinical knowledge, and experience the teamwork involved in caring for our patients, with opportunities for scholarly activity.

Who should apply for the Internal Medicine Observership Program?

This observership program is designed for graduates of an approved medical school who aspire to participate in a U.S. clinical learning experience.

Information for Applicants

Our observership program now accepts the USClinX Verified Application as its credential intake standard. This means applicants complete a single verified application once and submit it to our program- with credentials, background screening, and health documentation already verified.

How to Apply

Complete your USClinX Verified Application at usclinx.com. USClinX verifies your credentials, runs your criminal background screening, and confirms your health and liability documentation, then issues your Verified Application.
Submit your Verified USClinX Application to our program through our Apply Now form, along with your date preferences.
Provide the following program-specific items, which USClinX does not handle:

- Headshot (for badging purposes)
- Date preferences for your observership period

Implementation note: CV, ECFMG/USMLE documentation, transcript, letters of recommendation, immunization records, and USMLE score reports are no longer collected here — they are part of the Verified Application. Only the headshot and scheduling items remain program-specific.

Applications are reviewed on a first-come, first-served basis. While we ask for date preference, upon approval you will be emailed the dates that are available. Preference listing does not guarantee you will receive those dates.

Fees

There is no application fee to apply to our observership program.

Observership Fee — Four week: $2,000
Observership Fee — Eight week: $3,800

To familiarize learners with the U.S. medical system.
To become proficient in presentation of patients on daily rounds.
To gain experience working in a multidisciplinary healthcare team.
To learn how to interpret basic lab tests and radiology data such as blood, urine serum, X-rays, etc.

General Internal Medicine

Subspecialties

Nephrology
Infectious Diseases
Pulmonary/Critical Care

After you receive the email stating that your observership is approved:

An email will be sent that includes the approved dates (not always the same as what you requested) and a link to pay the application fee. Applicants should confirm dates, by replying to the imobservership@ttuhsc.edu email address and make the application fee payment by deadline. Once the application fee is received, the below steps occur.
Once application fee is received and dates confirmed (step 1), the observer will receive a confirmation email that includes, background check link, payment link, onboarding documents (passport or social, badge & parking form, and notification of any other missing documents needed. Completion of the background check should be done immediately and documents and observership are due on or before deadlines. This email will also include how and when to report to begin observership and other accommodation information for your convenience.
Observer fee and USClinX Verified Application should be received by the deadline before you can begin your observership.

Below are the three facilities that the observer access during their observership with the department. Each of these facilities are teaching facilities and/ academic facilities used by GME programs in Lubbock, Texas but they are all connected physically so travel and transportation is not required.

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All Learners

Shall not begin their learning experience until approved by Observation and Learning Experience or one of the partnering areas listed below:

SOM – GME office shall onboard all postgraduates for observations.
Will be assigned a sponsor or preceptor that is a current, active 91PORN employee and is not a relative.
Learners subject to US visa requirements or restrictions may only participate in experiences during the approved dates listed on their valid official visa documents.
Shall be subject to 91PORN policies and procedures, and to applicable federal, state, and local laws that may apply to their activities.
Shall wear their identification badge and companion badge at all times during their learning experience.

Observers

Shall be 16 years of age or an individual who is at least 14 years of age and is affiliated with an educational program approved by Observation and Learning Experience for observation experiences.
Shall be 16 years of age to enter an operating room (OR) and the Emergency Department (ED).
Shall not participate in more than two observation experience exceeding 8 weeks in duration unless approved by SOM, GME and Observership Program Director.
Shall not engage in activities other than observing/shadowing. Shadowing does not include the following:
- Direct patient care;
- Hospital or ambulatory clinic privileges;
- Providing consultation or advice related to patient care; and
- Performing work related activities.