A medical internship in our partner hospital in Dar Es Salaam offers opportunities in niche areas like neurosurgery, oncology, and anaesthesiology, making for a unique placement. You can also expect to engage in a number of different specialisms like endocrinology, cardiology, and neurology. In your free time head to Mikumi National Park for a big game safari, or further afield to summit Mt. Kilimanjaro. Read what our students think below.
University of Southampton 2012
We worked in the local health centre doing ward rounds, outpatient clinics and the HIVAIDS treatment service
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University of Leeds 2012
I was left in awe and thoroughly impressed by the doctors’ dedication towards their patients
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University of Oxford 2011
There was one paediatrics ward which was split in two - contagious (diarrhoea) and non-contagious, which was mostly malaria and pneumonia. There were often two children (and two mums) to a bed.
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University of East Anglia (UEA) 2011
Busy would be an understatement. Babies were being delivered every 5 to 10 minutes at peak
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Hull York Medical School 2011
Go! .... But take a head torch and an open mind to make it even more incredible!
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University of Liverpool 2011
I came across the work of the local witch doctors, one example was Uvulectomy as a treatment for cough
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Brighton & Sussex Medical School 2011
One piece of advice I would give to students considering an overseas elective is –don’t hold back!
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