Health Work

Health placements give you the opportunity to contribute to community health projects and give something back to host communities. I you decide to participate in a health placement, you need to be studying a health-related discipline.

Health placements offer invaluable experience and insight into community health practice in resource-poor settings. In most cases, local health policy stipulates that visiting students have observer status only and therefore you need to go with managed expectations about what you will be allowed to do. Students are not allowed to perform procedures on patients and will be supervised at all times by local staff.

To make the most of this experience, you must be flexible, self-sufficient and able to direct your own learning. This may include working in different departments and where possible we can match interests and experience. Health placements are available in the following fields:

• Nursing
• Medicine
• Physiotherapy
• Occupational therapy
• Dentistry

Interested applicants need to provide a copy of their résumé and proof of student status. Health placements are available in Ghana, Cambodia, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Nepal.