Pls elucidate the difference between Externship at a US hospital and an Internship at a US hospital.Are they the same as 'rotation'?Or they are all different?

Rotation = Very generic term that can mean a number of things. For medical students, clinical rotation means clinical work prior to graduation. Clinical rotations can be done at one's home institution (or its affiliated hospitals) or at "away" institutions.

Note: The word "rotations" can also mean rotations done during post-graduate training, as residents (post-graduate trainees) rotate through different specialties or sub-specialties during specialization.

Internship = Traditional name for the first year of residency or PGY1 (post-graduate year 1). Counts towards specialization and state licensure requirements, provided that certain requirements are fulfilled.

Externship = Post-graduate (generally clinical) work without pay away from one's home institution (therefore "extern") that does not count towards degree, specialization or licensure. Very difficult to find for International Medical Graduates (IMGs), due in part to malpractice problems as the work generally speaking includes patient contact. Often, IMGs do Observerships instead, which do not allow direct patient contact, but do not present problems with malpractice insurance. Though much easier to obtain than externships, they may be of dubious value.

Thanks man.

Hello everyone. I am getting ready to start the paperwork for the match, but while doing my homework, I have learn of many programs that required US clinical experience. So the question is how fo I go about finding a place that may allow me to do an extership? I now these so called externships exists, but where? I really do need some orientation.

HelP!