experience
MEDICal electives
experience
MEDical electives
Adventure Global operates medical electives in Kenya
We offer medical students a fantastic opportunity to gain the authentic experience required by their degree. We can also provide this experience to students in professions such as doctors, nurses, dentists, physiotherapists, social workers, teachers and midwives. It is a great learning experience where students get a chance to make an impact and add much-needed value to society in Kenya.
Medical placements vary from a minimum of four to eight weeks, and if you wish, we can include safaris and trekking during your post. We can design a program to enable this. We aim to get medical students involved in health clinics and health organizations long term and volunteer abroad if they wish with some of the clinics we partner with.
As a medical student, this program gives you a unique opportunity to travel to a tropical country to work in health care with rural and urban communities with different medical challenges compared to Europe or America. In addition to understanding complex medical challenges worldwide, it gives you a chance to impact the local community, and It's a great learning experience you won't soon forget.
The answer is yes! You will always work under the supervision of a qualified doctor, and the supervising doctor will prescribe your medical chores. We have been working with students from Sweden, Norway, Ireland and Kenya for a long time.
We provide a comfortable and safe boarding house during your medical internship. Our accommodation will provide the basic amenities you need to relax and enjoy your day. In Kenya, our guest house is located just outside of Nairobi; in your free time, you can mingle with fellow interns or relax and play with the local children.
We offer a medical internship at Nairobi Women's Hospital in Kitengela, a level 4 hospital outside Nairobi, a 40-minute drive from Nairobi City. You will meet Kelly and Jacky, who will organize all the paperwork with the hospital. Jacky will then introduce you to the medical staff, and you will receive your duty list at the hospital for your activities. For service preferences, you can always discuss it with your supervising doctor. Jacky will also introduce you to the guest house where you will stay. She manages our guest house and takes care of all visitors.
Kenya has everything you need in terms of local goods and imported brands, from toiletries to leisure items, so apart from your personal most suitable clothes, pretty much anything can be bought locally. The house has a washing machine, shower with hot water, a flushing toilet, and an Internet connection.
Before starting your internship, reading about Kenya's background knowledge of the country, cultural customs and people can be helpful. Other than that. No significant education is required for your internship.
- Luggage and handbag
-Selection of clothing should be conservative, comfortable and at least four or five sets (there are washing facilities)
-Rain jacket, umbrella and a warm sweater or jacket for the evenings. It can be cold during the middle months of the year.
-Comfortable shoes and trainers for your rounds, as well as flip flops or sandals, are also recommended.
-Good protection from the sun, such as a hat, sunglasses, and sunscreen.
-Washing supplies and towels, but remember you can buy all consumables in the local shops.
-Camera, mobile phone, laptop, tablet - plus three-pin charger.
- Flashlight, money belt, water bottle, insect repellent, padlock, local guidebook, Swahili pocket dictionary, pens and paper, and textbooks.
-White coats/scrubs, own stethoscope, name tag, personal first aid kit, personal hand gel and hair net if necessary.
- Our internship meets the EU/UK standard.
- We have a close relationship with the hospitals and clinics where you will intern.
- We offer flexible internships all year round.
- We have a well-established perspective emphasizing integrity, global health education, and awareness.
- We have full-time staff who are experienced in handling guests, and they speak fluent English and Swedish.
- We have a policy of improving the local economy by trading and not helping.
- We have safe accommodation and clean facilities for you for cleaning, cooking and laundry.
- Our UK and EU staff visit Kenya regularly, so you'll be talking to people with a lot of understanding.
- Our staff can help with the cooking or help you prepare some local dishes.
- Apart from arranging your internship, we also give you a chance to travel to this amazing country of Kenya.
You will need standard holiday insurance cover for the usual insurance items such as medical expenses, transport home, lost luggage and delays, plus trip cancellation. As a medical student in practice, no special insurance is needed to cover your time in the hospital.
Adventure Global has a sister company in Kenya called Adventure Global Kenya. The company takes care of all your daily needs and takes care of you while you are in Kenya. There are qualified and experienced staff and vehicles with a large stock of equipment and expertise to ensure that your trip goes smoothly and safely in a professional manner.