This project is also perfect for university medical and healthcare elective students.
Are you a student considering a career in the medical field? Or perhaps you’re a medical student looking for practical experience? If you answered yes, then this is the internship for you.
You’ll learn directly from experienced local doctors and nurses, and you’ll have a supervising doctor to shadow. You’ll gain a valuable insight into the healthcare challenges people face everyday in Kenya. This will add a lot of value to your resume, and give you interesting points to talk about in interviews and essays. The outreach work will also help demonstrate your commitment to healthcare and helping those in need.
There are no requirements to join. All you need is a strong interest in medicine and a willingness to learn. There are a number of different placement options you can choose from, so that you can pursue your area of interest. Depending on how long you stay, you may also be able to rotate through many different hospital departments.
Our medical internship in Kenya is available year-round, from a minimum of two weeks. Our start and end dates are entirely flexible, so you can choose a time which suits you. We encourage you to stay longer, so you can learn more and get involved in multiple outreaches.
What will I do on this Medical internship?
This internship consists of a mixture of observational and practical activities, which makes for a fantastic learning experience. You can get involved in:
Assist with a range of different medical tasks
1- Take part in medical outreach sessions which benefit communities in need
2- Learn new skills at educational workshops from medical staff
Your main role on this internship is to learn by observing local doctors and nurses at work and shadowing them on their rounds.
You’ll encounter a range of conditions and diseases that you wouldn’t usually see back home, and we’ll teach you how to diagnose and treat them.
We encourage you to take notes and ask questions to get the most out of your internship. This is a great way to gain medical work experience during your internship in Kenya.
Assist with a range of different medical tasks
Depending on your level of experience, you may have the opportunity to assist with more practical tasks. These include writing charts, taking blood pressure, and giving oral vaccinations. You could help with wound dressing and stitching as well.
These activities are supervised. You will only be permitted to do them if you have the training and have proven your capability to the local staff.
First Day: On your first day of volunteering (the day after your orientation), you will be escorted to your placement by a local coordinator and introduced to the placement staff you will be working with.
Weekdays: A typical volunteer day is as follows:
7.00 AM Breakfast at the volunteer house.
8.00 AM Volunteers travel to their placements to join local placement staff and begin work on their project.
1.00 PM Work at the placement usually breaks for lunch. Most volunteers will receive a packed lunch. After lunch, volunteers continue with their volunteer work.
3.30 PM/4.00 PM Work at the placement usually ends and volunteers return to the volunteer house or spend their free time as they wish.
7.00 PM Dinner at the volunteer house.
Program FeeWhat it covers
The program orientation begins on the first and third Monday of each month, and volunteers need to arrive in Juba on the Sunday before orientation.
After you have registered for the program, please book your flights to arrive at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport .
When you arrive, you will be greeted at the airport by a member of the local team and transported to the Host family in Nairobi. Your accommodation is covered by your Program Fee and includes the night before your program orientation.
The volunteer house is safe and secure in a quiet area. The bathrooms have western toilets and showers. There is electricity and running water in the hotel.Bedding is provided and towel. There are staff who clean the accommodation throughout the week, however volunteers are required to keep their rooms and common areas tidy.
WiFi is available at the host family however the connection can be slow so we recommend bringing an unlocked mobile phone and purchasing a local SIM card when you arrive in Kenya.
Volunteers are provided with three meals per day (breakfast, lunch and dinner), prepared by hotel staff. Breakfast generally includes tea, eggs, bread and fruit. For lunch and dinner, there is a revolving menu of local dishes, which include typical stews (beef, chicken, pork, goat, fish and vegetable), beans, rice, chapatti, groundnuts and vegetables. Starchy foods such as white bread, white rice, pasta, potatoes, sweet potatoes, matoke (boiled green bananas), and cassava are dietary staples.
If you have any special dietary requirements, please let us know well in advance of your program so our local team can make arrangements for you. We do, however need to stress the point that you should not expect to eat as you normally do at home. We will do our best to see that you are well taken care of, but also as a volunteer, there is a need to be flexible.
The program orientation begins on the first and third Monday of each month, and volunteers need to arrive in Nairobi on the Sunday before orientation.
After you have registered for the program, please book your flights to arrive at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Kenya.Your airport pick-up is included in your Program Fee.
When you arrive, you will be greeted at the airport by a member of the local team and transported to the volunteer accommodation in Nairobi Kenya.Your accommodation is covered by your Program Fee and includes the night before your program orientation.
If you are traveling in Kenya prior to your volunteer program, we can arrange for you to be picked up in Nairobi on the day before your program orientation.
Orientation is hosted by our Kenya team at the volunteer house in Nairobi.
Introduction to Kenya,Culture and Customs, Rules and Expectations, Safety, Travel Opportunities, Introduction to Project and Placement.
Medical Intenship Assistant
Gain medical work experience by learning directly from doctors and doing health checks during outreaches
$273/week
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