Student stories
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Thailand was a natural choice for me to undertake my elective because of my close involvement with the Thai-Australian community.
My elective was in Kasangati, a small town around 40 minutes outside of the capital Kampala.
My elective over January 2019 consisted of two placements, 3 weeks at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital (LCHC) and 1 week at Ormskirk Medical Practice.
As the bus pulled into Wexford Station one cold, drizzly Sunday afternoon, on Ireland’s historical south-eastern coast, I couldn’t help but think “I left an...
For my elective, I had the lovely opportunity to join the interventional cardiology team at St Bartholomew’s Hospital in London. This was through the...
I was welcomed as part of the Surg B team at Box Hill hospital during my elective. The team consisted of three interns, two registrars, one fellow and numerous...
White, sandy beaches, palm trees, coconuts and turtles. These were the constants of my elective block placements.
Applying for an elective in Brunei is relatively easy. There are multiple hospitals available but the largest public hospital is Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak...
My placement at the British Columbia Children’s Hospital has put me in good stead for my last year of medical school and has also prepared me for my internship.
I spent my elective at the emergency department of the Keski-Suomen Sairaanhoitopiiri, a tertiary teaching hospital found in the Finnish city of Jyvaskyla.
I spent a month in the Department of Medicine and Therapeutics in Prince of Wales Hospital in Hong Kong.
Sometimes consultants permitted me to have one-on-one interviews with patients to get to know them better. These interviews were typically informal and...