Medical Internship in Kenya, Africa

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Location

Kenya
- Mombasa
- Kisumu

Length

2 to 6 weeks

Industry

Healthcare Nursing

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Program Details

Compensation

Unpaid

Timeframe

Academic Year Fall J-Term Maymester Spring Spring Break Summer Winter Year Round

Housing

Apartment

Language

English

Qualifications

All ongoing Medical students
Medical Professionals who want to travel
Students who want to take a gap year

Pricing

Starting Price

1300

Price Details

Program is at $1300 for two weeks, add an extra week for only $350. Easy Payment: You can pay for your placement at any amount, whenever you want as long as you settle the balance 30 days before your travel.

Registration Fee: $150 (get a discount if you register early)

What's Included

Accommodation Some Activities Meals Transportation

What's Not Included

Airfare Domestic Airfare Travel Insurance Visa

Last Updated: Nov 07, 2019

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About Program

Our team has seen this need and we offer an overseas elective placement program to foreign students, volunteers, and professionals to neglected regions. Spend a few weeks or months with underserved people of our world who desperately require medical assistance. Walk in to your elective with a smile, an open mind and good intentions and you will leave planting new seeds of hope and the possibility for improving the lives of patients.

GEP is accepting applications all year-round. Programs available are Medicine, Nursing, Dentistry, Physical Therapy, Medical Technology, Radiology, Community Health or Rural Experience, Midwifery and Pharmacy.

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Program Highlights

You have the option to choose the medical placement where it can be in a Rural setup or hospital or you can do both.
Company-facilitated local transportation to your area of placement.
GEP customized t-shirt
Clean and secured accommodation to make you feel home far away from home
Meals are included in the elective fee - Cooked fresh and special meals prepared by our chef.

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Questions & Answers

Staff Interviews

These are in-depth Q&A sessions with program leaders.

Tell us about yourself, Richard.

After graduating with a degree in Business Management, I worked with GlaxoSmithKline in Kenya as a Sales Rep. I then spent a year and a half working at the German Embassy Consular office handling logistics, and University of Washington Kenya Research before joining Global Electives Port Ltd office in 2015.

I have done a variety of roles for projects in different companies including desk officer, operations manager and country director for Kenya in medical electives. I now manage the operations team in Africa and oversee all of our projects around the world, supervises the preparation of placement, volunteers and supervise our destination staff in all of our destination countries. I am directly responsible for director level professionals in the region as well as clerical and other professional regional direct reports. In my spare time I enjoy traveling with my family, going to gigs, playing sports, and snorkeling.

What is your favorite travel memory?

An excursion trip to Maasai Mara. I observed the famous Big Five and how game life is. It was an interesting escapade and quite a fascinating memory to relive.

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How have you changed/grown since working for your current company?

I have improved my understanding of and working relationship with international students and am amazed by their passion to gain insightful experience in remote contexts with respect to the prevalence of certain diseases and illnesses that require real-time experience and interventions. I have developed team building skills and tolerance to different cultural orientations that make people unique and different.

What is the best story you've heard from a return student?

Many students have appreciated our programs and the most outstanding example of this was when a medical student from Germany testified that our program enhanced his communication skills, improved his ability to appreciate and mingle with people from different cultures, improved his ability to work in remote places with scant resources to help save lives and the fact that he encountered different conditions that he would have not encountered had he not undertaken his electives with us.

He also enjoyed the excursion sites and the beautiful scenery he saw together with very supportive and hospitable hosts. These were positives from our interaction with him that positively sells our programs.

If you could go on any program that your company offers, which one would you choose and why?

Our programs are all tailor-made to suit the specific preferences of students based on their specific professional and academic requirements. All the programs have met the threshold of excellent standards that give all our clients value for their money. I would, therefore, choose any of them because they are all offered within the confines of excellence.

What makes your company unique? When were you especially proud of your team?

Our company is based on the understanding that customer needs become the engine that drives our operations. Satisfaction and excellent service delivery that guarantees our clients quality products and services is a feature that makes us stand out from the rest of our competitors. We also offer affordable services that consider interests of all our clients.

What do you believe to be the biggest factor in being a successful company?

The driving tenets of a successful company are the contributions made by the stakeholders and all the people involved in the company. Their commitment, hard work, dedication and passion for excellence propels them to put more effort in their endeavors to ensure success abounds.

About Global Electives Port Limited

Global Electives Port Limited is a company providing a structured Electives Abroad for students and graduates in the field of healthcare. We value TRUST, RELIABILITY and EFFICIENCY to provide our volunteers with a rare opportunity for a hands-on learning experience, travel, cultural exchange, and volunteering. We have a committed and experienced...