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Medicine Internships in Vietnam

Medicine Internships in Vietnam with Projects Abroad

Interning on a Medicine project in Vietnam is a challenging and unique experience. As a medicine intern you will gain a great deal of valuable work experience alongside some of the most skilled and inspirational doctors in the country.

Our Medicine projects are in Hanoi and are based at two large hospitals. Both hospitals use a unique combination of modern and traditional medicine when treating patients. The local doctors will be excited to discuss with you the ways their system differs from your own.

One hospital specializes in incorporating traditional medicine and has a variety of departments, including internal medicine, pediatrics, intensive care, geriatrics, acupuncture, and surgery. The second hospital specializes in acupuncture.  Analgesic acupuncture is utilized for many types of procedures, such as for neck tumors, breast cancer, liver, urology, gynecology (uterus-constituents), gastroenterology, trauma, and orthopedics. Please let us know if you would like to work in one particular hospital when you apply.

All Medicine & Healthcare interns in Vietnam must have completed at least two years of pre-medical or other healthcare related studies by the time they join this project.

Your Role as a Medicine Intern in Vietnam

Volunteer in a Hospital in Vietnam with Projects Abroad

On arrival you will be introduced to your supervisor, who will ensure that you have the opportunity to learn as much as possible during your placement. Your role at the hospital will usually start by being observational as you shadow the local staff. If you show enthusiasm and initiative and develop a good relationship with the medical staff, you may find that you gain enough trust to be given more of an active role. As with any job – and especially in the field of medicine - you must prove yourself to be trustworthy before you are given responsibilities!

Although English is increasingly spoken in Vietnam, not all of the doctors will speak English. Projects Abroad will provide you with a translator for your first couple of weeks to help you settle in and ask lots of questions.

Most hospitals in Vietnam provide treatment to the patients in the morning. Hospital staff work on paperwork in the afternoons. During the afternoons you can therefore continue to provide treatment to patients if needed, research cases, or help by teaching conversational English to some of the doctors and nurses.

You will usually work from Monday to Friday with the weekends free. You will live in a shared house in Hanoi with other Projects Abroad volunteers where food will be prepared for you by a local cook.