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Students of medicine and nursing can do an elective placement or internship at one department or they can rotate through several departments. They will be attached to a supervising physician or nurse who decides which examinations and treatments the student can carry out under their supervision, including drug administration, wound care, taking vital signs, giving vaccinations and assisting with other tasks.
Internships are also possible for student of physiotherapy, occupational therapy and midwifery.
Volunteer placements are possible for professional physicians and nurses, midwifes, physiotherapists and occupational therapists.
The usual working hours are Monday to Friday from 8 am to 3:30 pm including one hour of lunch break. If you want, you can also work on Saturdays and Sundays, and you can do night shifts.
Interns/elective students/volunteers should bring their own scrubs (white, green or blue), closed shoes (color doesn’t matter). It is furthermore recommended to bring one’s own hand disinfection liquid and one’s own stethoscope. Those who want to join surgery should please bring green or blue surgery scrubs, face mask and medical hair nets.
Students of medicine, nursing or therapies as well as professional volunteers pay a weekly contribution of 50 USD.
- Are studying towards, or have a qualification in medicine, nursing, therapy or other related medical fields.
- Age: 18- 30 years
- Be motivated and interested in experiencing another culture.
- Be flexible and open minded
- Have a clean police record.
- Be in good general health
- Individual Consultation and Preparation prior to your arrival
- Access to the Online Resource Centre which has Preparation Materials including Intercultural Preparation, compiled particularly for your destination (PDFs, Videos)
- Preparation Session via Skype, together with further participants
- Arrangements of the Documents you need for your Visa Application, but not the official government fees for the visa (See costs below)
- Local Police Registration (if required),
- Pick-up and Transfer on arrival from the next international airport to where you do the placement
- Accompanying you to your placement on your first day
- Issuance of Confirmations/Certificates for your university, scholarship, insurance, etc. and filling out/signing Internship Contracts for your university.
- Travel to/from Tanzania (you book it on your own; we can assist you)
- Official fees for Visa (see below)
- Insurance (Travel Health Insurance, Liability Insurance, Travel Cancellation insurance; you book it on your own, we can assist you)
- Personal Expenses
- Vaccinations
- Local Transport (Estimated amounts see below)
- Visa around $60-350 NZD EUR depending on activity and duration; to apply for prior to your travel
- Small local expenses (Internet, Local Transport): approx. 40-90 NZD/month
- Insurances around 30-70 NZD/month
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