externship

American  

[ek-sturn-ship] / ˈɛk stɜrnˌʃɪp /

noun

1. 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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Etymology

Origin of externship

First recorded in 1940–45; extern + -ship

Example Sentences

My next discovery of the joy of fennel was after culinary school, during an externship at an Italian restaurant in Manhattan.

From Salon • Mar. 23, 2025

Tamara Cedillo, 23, spends about “four long hours” a day traveling by bus from the three-bedroom house she shares with roommates in Carson to an externship as a medical assistant at the Torrance Urology Clinic.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 16, 2023

Brooke was raised in Redmond and graduated from the Culinary Institute of America in New York, with an externship at the 5-star Herbfarm restaurant in Woodinville.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 6, 2022

Then an opportunity arose through the players association to complete an externship with a sitting member of Congress.

From New York Times • Sep. 28, 2018

Eppley sees participating in the trail as “kind of a funny full-circle moment” — he did an externship in 2010 after culinary school at that very spot.

From Washington Post