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...

For my elective, I spent 4 weeks at Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) where I spent 2 weeks in Emergency Medicine and 2 weeks in Intensive Care Unit (...

I went to King’s College Hospital in London for my elective placement in the Gastroenterology department. 

I completed my medical elective at St Luke’s Hospital in Tokyo, Japan. The hospital itself was a great location to spend four weeks as everyone was friendly...

Although the title of my elective “Paediatric Neurology” sounded a little intimidating, the team I worked with were in fact the opposite.

I did my elective placement, along with 3 other good friends from my year, at St Luke’s International Hospital in Tokyo from 7 January 2019 – 1 February 2019.

London (and its winter weather) suited me well during my elective placement at The Royal Marsden Hospital in Chelsea.

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.