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Volunteer Medicine & Healthcare Elective Placements Abroad
Projects Abroad offers a wide variety of tailor-made Medicine & Healthcare Elective placements overseas in developing countries. These have been designed specifically to meet the needs of medical students training to be doctors, dentists, physical therapists, nurses and midwives.
We have over 15 years of experience collaborating with medical professionals. We will provide you with a placement that not only meets your elective requirements but also gives you a full and rewarding experience of the country in which you are based. We arrange your accommodation, meals and insurance, and have strong in-country support to make sure your time abroad runs as smoothly as possible.
If you are searching for a placement with:
- specific specialties
- the chance to make a difference in a developing country
- a new and exotic backdrop to your studies
why not let Projects Abroad do all the hard work for you?
Planning your Medicine & Healthcare Elective Overseas
Our Medical & Healthcare Elective placements are available in developing countries around the world and have been vetted by British orthopedic and trauma consultant Simon Britten of St. James’s University Hospital in Leeds. Visit his homepage at www.simon-britten.info.
This is the basic checklist for a Medical & Healthcare Elective placement that has been approved by Simon in our destinations:
- Good variety of specialties
- Clear daily timetables
- Clearly modularized program
- Good well-qualified supervisor
- Interpreters available when needed
- Links with local primary care, where appropriate
- Opportunity to see traditional medicine, where appropriate
- Great local food and accommodation
- Enjoyable social environment
Dear Elective Student,
I have personally seen many of the placements offered by Projects Abroad, and I am satisfied that they meet the expectations of a medical elective.
I hope you will think seriously about joining Projects Abroad. I am convinced that this will be the best way to ensure that your elective is both memorable and worthwhile.
Best wishes for your elective and for your future, 
Simon Britten FRCS(Tr & Orth)
Consultant Trauma & Orthopedic Surgeon
St. James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK
Volunteering on an Medical & Healthcare Elective Placement with Projects Abroad
We currently offer Medical & Healthcare Electives in eleven countries on five continents.
In developing countries, students will see diseases and conditions that have long been eradicated from the First World, such as leprosy and polio. Furthermore, due to a lack of both general health education and money to pay for treatment, the cases that you see will tend to be far more advanced than you are used to from your time in western hospitals.
Because of the limited resources available in the countries where we work, our medical colleagues are always glad to have extra help – and this is likely to come across in the way you are received by the staff in the clinics and hospitals where you work, as well as the patients you work with.
“I have loved every minute of my time on my elective placement in Mongolia; at times it has been frightening and frustrating but I wouldn’t change a thing. It’s a unique place that as a friend once said “gets under your skin” and I couldn’t agree more. When I leave I will be sad to go but I’m sure I will find an excuse to return. I would certainly recommend Mongolia as an elective destination that’s a bit different; the challenges won’t be easy but for me the rewards were plenty.”Adam Spong Medical & Healthcare Elective Volunteer in Mongolia
Medical Electives available: Argentina, Bolivia, China, Ghana, India, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Nepal, Peru and Sri Lanka.
Physical Therapy Electives available in: Bolivia, Ghana, India, Mexico, Moldova, Nepal and Sri Lanka.
Dentistry Electives available in: Argentina, Ghana, India, Mexico and Peru.
Nursing & Midwifery Electives available in: Bolivia, Ghana, India, Mexico, Mongolia and Sri Lanka.