Machame Hospital (Moshi, Tanzania)
Machame Lutheran Hospital provides for Physicians and medical student rotations. We also seek
long term medical professionals to join us in God's work here on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro.
We have a legacy of more than 100 years contributing to the health services in the country by
running 20 hospitals and more than 160 primary health care institutions.
Mercy in Action (Philippines)
- The School of Midwifery trains students to meet the health and spiritual needs
of the developing world. No nursing background required. Students are exposed to the role
of the experienced care-giver from their first day.
- The Mission Medic and Primary Health Care school designates the graduate as a mission medic
and health educator able to serve in areas of the developing world where there is no doctor.
Mercy Ships
Training for Health Care Professionals and individuals interested in short, focused courses
in health care. Continuing education contact hours may apply.
Mexican Medical Ministries
Each year we have a number of short-term ministry opportunities in our Medical
Internship Programs, designed to provide practical experience for medical
and nursing students who have completed at least one year of training.
This an excellent way to explore ways in which the Lord can use your unique
talents for His work.
Midwifery School
Each student is heavily involved in other aspects of providing medical
missionary care, not just to the physical body, but the spiritual as well.
Outreaches included in the training. Four semesters and clinical rotations.
Training in USA, Philippines. Final exam with the North American Registry
of Midwives (NARM) midwifery boards.
Mission Africa
Elective programs available at two local rural hospitals in Nigeria:
Holley Memorial Hospital and Ekpene Obom Hospital (both are specialist hospitals where medical students come
for workshops and to gain first hand experience of leprosy). Excellent opportunities.
Missionary Medicine Intensive
A two week course designed to equip missionaries with basic diagnostic skills and appropriate treatments.
above.
Mountain Mover's Missions International
(Clinica Esperanza Y Amor)
Helping the very poor in neglected areas of Honduras and Nicaragua. We need med students to assist
our medical staff in surgical and other medical practice and can work with your electives needs.
Spanish helpful in Nicaragua, even more important in Honduras.
Mseleni Hospital (South Africa)
The largest mission hospital in Africa offers electives for senior medical school students.
Contact Dr Victor Fredlund for more information.
MMA HealthServe
Medical Electives "An elective in a mission setting gives you the chance
to use your skills in new ways, to develop new skills and, above all, to
see God at work in new ways in your life and in the lives of those with
whom you work and for whom you care."
Mukinge Hospital (Zambia)
200 beds divided between 7 separate inpatient wards for general medical/surgical, maternity
(1,300 - 1400 deliveries a year), acute paediatrics, malnutrition, isolation, and TB. In addition,
there is an an active out-patient department and numerous support services. Students interested in
electives should contact enquiries@sim.co.uk.
Navajeevana Health Care Centre (email)
Medical and dental out patients clinic to especially low income groups in an urban setting in
Dehiwela, Sri Lanka. Two to 8 weeks student electives program. We work to achieve excellence in primary care in a resource poor setting.
Short term medical and dental volunteers also welcomed.
Newlife International School of Midwifery
A Christian school for direct-entry midwifery students. Although our school is based on a U.S.
curriculum and standards outlined by the National College of Midwifery the entire training is actually
done in the Philippines. Most of our students are from the United States. Part of Mercy Maternity Center
Program.
Roatan Volunteer Pediatric Clinic (Honduras) Not Necessarily Christian
A modern pediatric outpatient clinic within the Roatan Public Hospital, staffed year-round with
volunteer pediatricians from the U.S., rotating on a 1 month-plus basis. Also, a structured elective
rotation for pediatric resident physicians in their last year of training. Transportation and housing provided.
RUDASA (Rural Doctors Association of South Africa)
(Click on Student Electives) "Many rural hospitals are willing to take health sciences students for
elective attachments." "It is important to book places well in advance, as places are often limited."
The Russian Birth Project
10-week Classical Midwifery Program for aspiring or practicing midwives, other healthcare
practitioners, and others, based in a Russian maternity hospital in St. Petersburg.
Open to all. Affiliated with Russian Orthodox.
Scheer Memorial Hospital (Nepal)
This well-established facility is a great place for medical students, with one to three-month medical rotations and medical residency
programs. Electives Possibilities. General, Orthopedic and Laparoscopic Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Orthopedics and Trauma,
Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Ophthalmology (B. P. Koirala Eye Institute), Physiotherapy, and Dentistry.
Selian Lutheran Hospital
A full-service referral hospital in Northern Tanzania offering externship and residency rotations
of 1 to 2 months duration in tropical medicine and clinical parasitology. Open to medical students, residents and physicians, no
age restriction.
SIM - UK
Each year SIM is able to arrange for medical students to take their elective in one of several SIM
or EHA (Emmanuel Hospital Association) hospitals. During such an elective, there is opportunity to gain
medical experience you wouldn't have in the UK while discovering first-hand about life in another
culture. This site has listings for several such hospitals.
St. Anthony's Family Practice Residency (Oklahoma City)
Rotation program for 3rd and 4th year medical students, with an emphasis on Obstetrics.
Electives in tropical medicine, international health, etc.
Tansen Mission Hospital (165 beds, Kathmandu, Nepal)
Our excellent programme for medical elective students offers a 6-week minimum placement, allowing
students to be involved first-hand in a setting very different than what they are used to. We also arrange medical
placements at Okhaldhunga Community Hospital, situated in the Eastern hills of Nepal.
Valley Baptist Family Practice Residency Program (Harlingen, Texas)
We invite 3rd and 4th year medical students to join us in South Texas for a rotation in our
Christ based Family Practice training program, in our clinic, on the hospital wards, and on our mission trips.
Apply in August, interview in September, decisions in February. We cover interview costs!
Vital Links for Humanity
Spend up to a month at an OB/GYN, ENT hospital, or pediatric hospital in South East Asia, for
hands on learning and teaching. Also, 2 - 3 week trips to Vietnam for lay people, medical, nursing,
and dental students, and professionals. Teach and work at hospitals, orphanages, and schools.
World Medical Mission
The medical arm of Samaritan's Purse offers short-term opportunities for physicians, dentists and
other medical personnel to volunteer in Christian hospitals and clinics around the world. Our
Post-Residency Program provides support for physicians who will serve for two years in a mission hospital
or clinic site.
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