a form of work experience offered by educational institutions in which a student observes a professional in their place of work
externship in American English
(ˈekstɜːrnˌʃɪp)
noun
a required period of supervised practice done off campus or away from one's affiliated institution
The young doctor served six months of externship at a nearby clinic
Word origin
[1940–45; extern + -ship]This word is first recorded in the period 1940–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Rh factor, debrief, redline, set-aside, zap-ship is a native English suffix of nouns denoting condition, character, office, skill,etc. Other words that use the affix -ship include: clerkship, friendship, statesmanship
Examples of 'externship' in a sentence
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This paper reports on the development and longitudinal achievements of a clinical summer externship program 1993 to 1999.
Holly Cronau 2004, 'Medical Student Summer Externship Program: Increasing the Number Matching in FamilyPractice', Medical Education Onlinehttp://www.med-ed-online.org/t0000048.htm. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)