externship

[ ek-sturn-ship ]

/ ˈɛk stɜrnˌʃɪp /

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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.

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Origin of externship

First recorded in 1940–45; extern + -ship

Words nearby externship

external sphincter muscle of anus, external traction, external urethral opening, external urethrotomy, external version, externship, exteroceptive, exteroceptor, exterofective, exterritorial, extima

How to use externship in a sentence

When chef and writer Jenny Dorsey was in culinary school, she requested a fine-dining restaurant such as Per Se or Jean-Georges for her externship.
Asha Gomez made her name as an Indian American chef. But she’s tired of being pigeonholed.|Nikhita Venugopal|November 9, 2020|Washington Post