Medical Elective Overview
Your role
Gain invaluable experience by assisting within a busy hospital that will expose you
to a variety of tropical and uncommon diseases. You will shadow and observe local professionals as well as get hands on to help support the local team with basic tasks.
Whether you are taking your elective placement in Tanzania, looking to gain some medical experience before university or are a trained professional, this is a unique chance to experience a brand new health care system while exploring everything. You will be placed at local hospitals, which are located in the town of Moshi. Our Tanzania medical experience welcomes people from all backgrounds. So if you have
just left school and are looking for experience to boost your university application (pre-med), currently a university student organising an elective placement overseas or are a trained professional - this is the perfect programme for you!
You will be working alongside qualified local staff from the specific departments where you will gain hands on training, supervised by experienced English-speaking medical experts. You will vastly increase your own knowledge while having the ability to help out in simple but practical ways expanding your knowledge of the clinical environment.
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Our package
The package fee includes Airport pick up, the hospital elective fee, certificate of participation, letters of recommendation, reflective diary and essay guidance, bed, breakfast, lunch, dinner and transportation to and from the hospitals as well as local trips into and around town.
- One week £425
- Two weeks £650
- Three weeks £875
- Four weeks £1100
- Five weeks £1325
- Six weeks £1550
- Seven weeks £1775
- Eight weeks £2000
- For more than 8 weeks, let us know so we can give you a good price!
FOR GROUP BOOKINGS OF 10 PEOPLE OR MORE, WE OFFER A 5% DISCOUNT, MESSAGE US FOR MORE INFO!
£150 processing fee is charged when booking.
Flights, visas, travel insurance, optional trips and experiences and spending money is not included in this price.
What you will need
Student Status
A letter from your school, college or university stating that you are a student and what you are studying.
If you are not a student, a letter with your job title and what your job entails.
Everyone is welcome!!
Criminal record check
An up to date criminal record check or background check from the country you currently reside in.
Letter of motivation and CV
What inspired you to do this? Why do you want to do this elective? What are you hoping to get out of this? We would love to know what drives you and what excites you about medicine and patient care.
Travel documents
A picture of your passport, travel itinerary with time of arrival for airport pick-up and a copy of your travel insurance.