A Good Resource from the University of
Utah
Primer for International Health Rotations, Service Opportunities, Study Abroad Programs,
Scholarships and Grants, more.
(Not necessarily Christian)
Medical
Electives, Residency Options, Basic Medical Training,
Rotations, Post Graduate Training
Beit Trust Cure International Hospital (Malawi, Africa)
Orthopaedic (orthopedic) and reconstructive surgery with an emphasis on children. They are a Christian hospital
with a gospel ministry to the patients. Student electives available.
Contact Prof Chris Lavy.
Center for Global Health Training
King College in Bristol TN offers workshops to health and community development professionals and trainees on Global Health from a Christian
perspective: community health, theology of health, culture of health, whole
person care, HIV.
CMDA (Christian Medical and Dental Associations)
Listings of many residency programs can be found by typing "residency" in the search box at this site.
Also several Placement Services for doctors.
Christian Medical Fellowship - CMF (UK)
Student Medical Electives information
- Planning your Medical Elective Overseas- all you need to know
- Medical Elective Opportunities - with over 20 mission societies
- Medical Elective Reports - ten students' experience
Christian Residents Fellowship
Residency training presents many tests and trials for most Christians: long work
hours, demoralizing environment, medical ethics, personal relationships,
church, ministry, dating, finances, etc. We're here to help and to network
Christian residents together for support and encouragement.
Dental Training For Missions
In just seven intense days you will be trained and equipped to bring greatly
needed dental care to some who suffer needlessly. Dental decay and gingivitis
are the most common diseases in the world. Offered monthly in Texas, USA. e-mail:
dentistryformissions@worldnet.att.net.
Doctors on Call for Service (DOCS)
We facilitate trips to Continuing Medical Education (CME) learning sites in Africa during which volunteers stay
for several weeks to several months to teach and train. Also university credentialed residency training
for physicians serving in areas of Africa where it has not been possible for them to specialize.
Also, Master's Degree in Family Medicine Residency Program.
Edinburgh Medical Mission Society
Medical Electives. Grants. Opportunities in mission facilities worldwide.
More here.
Ekpene Obom Hospital (Nigeria)
Began as a specialist leprosy hospital, we now also provide for more general medical needs.
Medical students come here for workshops and to gain first hand experience of leprosy. Alongside the
experience gained in the general hospital, this provides a excellent experience for
their future medical career.
Elim Bible Institute
Two year International Health Technicians program
in New York state. Tropical and Third World Medicine, maternity, injections,
minor surgery. Emergency Medical Technician State Certification. Missions
and Cross Cultural Studies. Transfers are accepted for the first year from
approved Bible Schools or training programs. International students are
welcome (some scholarships).
admissions@elim.edu
Emmanual Hospital Association
UK based organization offers openings for medical personnel, including med and dental students, in
India. Here
for student electives, medical/dental/nursing/physiotherapy and other health care students.
Enablement
Works in the field of disability and rehabilitation management with particular
concern for people with disabilities in lesser- developed countries. Conducts
an International Course in Disability and Rehabilitation Management. Operational
research in the field of disability, rehabilitation and development, with
opportunities for undergraduate students to do electives of specific research
and development projects in developing countries. Based in the Netherlands.
HealthServe - Student Electives
Excellent source of information and opportunities for electives for students in the UK.
Health Training
Post graduate training programmes in International
Health. Great online searchable database. Includes thousands of modules
available online for 'distance learning'.
HIV / AIDS School
Three months classroom, three months field experience. Treatment, education, counseling. Offered
by University of the Nations in Hawaii. Email cchc@uofnkona.edu
Hospitals of Hope International
Serves the poor in Vinto, Bolivia near Cochabamba. International rotations and internships for students with
interest in missions and medicine.
Hopital de Meskine (Cameroon, West Africa)
Medical electives available at this hospital, where work ranges from preventive health education in
unity to curative procedures (e.g., strangulated hernia repair), C-sections, corrective surgery for leprosy patients, and
physical therapy. Surgery, maternity services, and general medicine along
with outpatient clinic. Contact here.
In His Image
Christian Family Practice Residency, domestic and foreign
short term mission trips, and rotations for medical students.
Institute for International Medicine
Physicians interested in entering medical missions often discover their education poorly prepared
them to work effectively in poorer nations. INMED prepares you to serve by offering clinical rotations
for med students and residents in Africa, Asia and Central America, and through didactic instruction in
international health, diseases of poverty, and community health strategy.
International
Health / Tropical Medicine Training Centers
Links to institutions providing this training, in the USA and in Europe. Not necessarily Christian.
International Medical Relief (Not necessarily Christian)
Class credits for medical students participating in abroad clinics. CME accredited trips allow physicians,
registered nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, paramedics, pharmacists, dentists and others
the opportunity to explore and learn in depth about disease facing the developing world.
Kardia Foundation
21-week Alpha Omega Healthcare Leadership International
Study Group equips for leadership Christian professionals and students
in the healthcare field. Healthcare leaders around the world are connected
with the study group using e-mail communication for accountability, application
guidance, and questions/answers.
Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (Tanzania)
Since 1997 KCMC has become a centre of medical training and teaching attracting medical
resources from around the world. Christian ethic guides and shapes the College's daily work.
Medical students in their fourth year of study or above are welcome to apply for a clinical
elective period. English is the language of teaching and record-keeping but applicants should note
that most patients only speak Swahili. Interns and residents wishing to do a clinical elective period may also apply.
More here.
Kiwoko Hospital (Uganda)
Services approximately half a million people in an area roughly half the size of Northern Ireland,
and annually treats around 23,000 outpatients and around 6,000 inpatients. They have 6 doctors.
Medical students coming on elective are
welcomed: there is a lot of hands on experience in the hospital. Contact
Programmes Manager.
Kudjip Hospital (Highlands of Papua New Guinea)
A 100 bed hospital that has treated 50,000 people as outpatients and admitted 4300 within this last year.
We offer a medical student rotation to students with an interest in mission and tropical medicine.
Positions are limited and usually fill about one year in advance. Affiliated with the Nazarenes
La Brisas Medical Clinic (Colonial Las Brisas, Danli, El Paraiso, Honduras)
We need doctors for medical brigades, and surgeons as well as dentists and eye doctors.
We also have pre-med, medical and nursing student elective programs in our clinics. We charge $225 dollars
a week for your room, and there is no charge for the medical program. We also need English teachers.
Here for more.
Linking Hands
A student electives network in Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, India, Nepal, China, Zambia and beyond.
Our goal is to make the medical student movement truly international and truly instrumental in God's
advancement of his Kingdom. We help connect you to reputable and recognized mission hospitals that
provide good clinical teaching, spiritual input and loads of fun!
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Training appropriate to public health workers in developing countries. MSc degrees available
by correspondence. Scholarship and grants for studies in Hygiene &
Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology, Biology & Control of Disease
Vectors, Medical Parasitology. Overseas students accepted on the MSc courses
in Immunology of Infectious Diseases, Applied Molecular Biology of Infectious
Diseases, Infection & Health in the Tropics, and Virology, will automatically
be considered for a Biomedical Initiative Training Award short course.
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: Global Missions Health Institute
Training for Health Care Professionals and individuals interested in Community Health Assessment,
Development Education and Evangelism. Also Integrated Management of Childhood Illness, and Preparation for Medical Missions.
Multiple sessions yearly include hands on application in the field. Continuing education contact hours may apply.
Contact educate@mercyships.org.
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.
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.
Mvumi Hospital (Tanzania)
Medical electives available at this hospital, which
provides health care for the Dodoma Rural District where the average life expectancy is only 46
years and over 25% of children die before the age of five. This is one of the poorest regions in
the world. Contact Medical Superintendent. Anglican.
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.
Oklahoma Baptist University School of Nursing
A unique continuing education opportunity for missionary nurses to update skills.
Project Salud y Paz (health and peace)
Operates two clinics that serve the poor Mayan population in Guatemala. Volunteers are very
well utilized and appreciated at this clinic and may be used in a variety of ways,
depending on medical training and/or Spanish proficiency. One month minimum time commitment. Accredited
rotation 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
8-week Classical Midwifery Program for aspiring or practicing midwives, other healthcare
practitioners, and others, based in a Russian maternity hospital in St. Petersburg. Also, a 2-week
Service Mission Pilgrimage for Healthcare Practitioners and others. 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.
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, 17-day summer trips to Vietnam for lay people, medical, nursing,
and dental students, and professionals. Teach and work at hospitals, orphanages, and schools.
Email for information.
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.
Additional Elective Opportunities from Linking Hands web site.
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