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NASA Educational Programs
NASA Medical School Student and Resident Opportunities
Aerospace Medicine ClerkshipsThis NASA-sponsored four-week clerkship in Aerospace Medicine involves formal lectures on space medicine topics, exposure to human testing operations, and familiarization with the medical aspects of Space Shuttle operations and Space Station design and function. The clerkship is for fourth-year medical students only, and involves a research project in space medicine.
For more information, visit the JSC Education and Student Programs Web site
at
http://spacemed.jsc.nasa.gov/education/Amc.aspx
Kennedy Space Center Medical Electives
The NASA-Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Biomedical Office offers clinical rotations
in aerospace medicine for medical students and postgraduate medical residents.
This program offers a structured curriculum, emphasizing aerospace medicine and
occupational medicine. The program consists of lectures in various aerospace
medicine topics, ranging from the hazards of ground operations to the
physiological changes that take place during space flight.
For more information, visit the Kennedy Space Center Medical Electives Web site
at
http://medical.ksc.nasa.gov/
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