Partner offers and information
Having the right support, advice and protection while you are overseas is crucial. Our partnerships with the following organisations ensure that you have access to the very best support both before you travel and during your placement.
Work the World have teamed up with STA Travel, to offer our participants a dedicated travel booking service and access to STA’s huge range of travel products – including specialist medical elective insurance cover.
STA Travel can arrange your travel and have excellent rates for travellers of all ages, plus many exclusive fares for Students and Younger travellers.
If you’re considering travelling on after your placement with us, they can offer a range of multi-stop and round the world air tickets, onward overland travel passes, tours and stopover accommodation to ensure you make the most of you trip!
Contact our travel service team at STA for more information on the latest travel deals and to make your booking.
Call: 0871 468 0668 or email: worktheworld( 'at' )statravel.co.uk
The Medical Protection Society
The Medical Protection Society is the world's leading indemnifier of health professionals. As a not-for-profit mutual organisation, MPS offers support to members with the legal and ethical problems that arise from their professional practice.
MPS membership offers peace of mind to more than 235,000 health professionals and their patients worldwide. Members commonly seek help with clinical negligence claims, complaints, medical council inquiries, legal and ethical dilemmas, disciplinary procedures, inquests and fatal accident inquiries. They have access to expert advice from a 24-hour emergency helpline and, where appropriate, legal assistance and compensation for patients who have been harmed through negligent treatment. We also run risk-management and education programmes to reduce adverse incidents and promote safer practice.
Student membership is FREE and provides access to worldwide elective protection. MPS can provide you with the proof that you have the professional indemnity you need for a Work the World elective. Visit www.medicalprotection.org/student to find out more.
MPS is not an insurance company. All the benefits of membership of MPS are discretionary as set out in the Memorandum and Articles of Association.
Yoracle is a website full of medical revision notes written by medical students in preparation for their clinical and written exams. All revision material is free but access is increased when you submit a few of your own notes! There are also countless medical book reviews and information about planning your medical elective, provided by many of the thousands of medical students who use Yoracle and want to share their experiences.
InterHealth
InterHealth is a medical charity providing specialist healthcare to people working primarily in the aid, development, mission and voluntary sectors both in the UK and overseas. We act as medical, travel health and occupational health advisors.
Work the World’s membership of InterHealth gives you access to discounted rates on a wide range of services and supplies for your time overseas, as well as a free telephone advisory service operated by highly experienced doctors and nurses with a detailed knowledge of the environments into which you are going.
Please visit www.interhealth.org.uk.
Launched in 2001, ‘Know Before You Go’ is an ongoing travel safety campaign run by the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO). It encourages British nationals to be better prepared for their overseas trips with a view to avoiding common travelling traumas, risks and dangers.
You can access up-to-date information and advice on travelling in all Work the World destinations by visiting www.fco.gov.uk/travel.
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On ward rounds with a doctor in Ghana
The hospital in Cape Coast, Ghana
Weighing babies at a child vaccination clinic