Where Are They Now?

Now an FY1 Doctor, Charlotte talks to us about how her placement in Iloilo helped her get there.

"It was my time with Work the World that got me this job, it totally prepared me for it!"

"I’ve now got a much better idea of where I want my career to go and what I want out of it."

Navin travelled to Nepal in 2016 where he spent 6 weeks. He is now a Registrar in Emergency Medicine at Leicester Royal Infirmary. We caught up with Navin in early 2023 to reflect on his overseas medical elective.

"My trip to Sri Lanka contributed massively to helping me get to where I am today. The experience broadened my horizons and helped me get a different perspective."

"I learnt so many skills and had experiences I wouldn’t have had if I had stayed in the UK"

"We taught some of the dads how to do back massages to help with the pain. You could sense that they were terrified to even be near the women because it’s not a cultural norm."

"After my overseas placement, I was more clued up on the conditions I was studying because I had seen the conditions first hand with my own eyes in Vietnam."

"The hospitals were incredibly busy, packed with patients and relatives. It was not uncommon to see a bed with up to four patients."