Through partnering with a number of hospitals and clinics in the Takoradi region, we can offer a truly unique and authentic experience of Ghanaian healthcare. While on a nursing elective placement, you can expect to see a range of unusual ailments like typhoid psychosis, malaria and TB. Ghana is also a stunning place to visit, with great wild game parks, gorgeous coastlines, and incredible waterfalls to explore in your time off the wards. Read what our students think below!
University of Portsmouth 2020
"I can honestly say Ghana has been the most amazing and humbling experience of my life".
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University of the West of England 2019
"Some of the most interesting cases I observed were malaria and sickle cell disease."
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Kingston University 2019
"I spent a day in the theatres and saw an open laparotomy for bowel obstruction."
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University of Nottingham 2019
"My elective in Ghana allowed me to experience things I never could have in the UK."
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Anglia Ruskin University 2019
"I saw cases of severe malaria, malnourishment in children and a variety of genetic conditions."
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Birmingham City University 2019
"My experience in Ghana, Takoradi taught me so much that you just cannot learn in a lecture hall."
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Edge Hill University 2019
"it will absolutely influence the nurse I become."
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Manchester Metropolitan University 2019
"I spent my time in the main theatre and saw how differently the theatres were run."
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Anglia Ruskin University 2019
"My experience in Ghana will change the type of nurse I become."
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University of the West of England (UWE) 2018
"We came back to the UK with very different perspectives on nursing, but believing that the basic values are still the most important thing."
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