Do your research
Unlike cheap, non-specialist providers who organise placements in everything from childcare to conservation, we focus solely on designing and facilitating overseas healthcare placements.
Settling for a suspiciously cheap, off-the-shelf healthcare placement will leave you disappointed.
Things to watch out for
- Accommodation: Don’t settle for basic homestay accommodation — you could face language barriers with your host family and end up living with ‘volunteers’ who have nothing to do with healthcare
- Preparation: Other providers don’t specialise in healthcare placements, so beware of inadequate pre-departure briefings that leave you nervous and unprepared
- In-country support: An inexperienced in-country team with hands-off hospital relationships can ruin your placement
- Restricted travel dates: Low-quality providers often put themselves first, restricting your placement to specific date blocks to suit their needs
- Curfews: Some providers impose arbitrary curfews
- Hidden costs: Always check for hidden extras and added costs
- Crisis support: Can you be confident that the provider will fully support you in the event of a crisis?
Check claims and credentials
If something seems too good to be true, it probably is. With that in mind, thoroughly check providers' claims, especially regarding their credentials.
We can confidently confirm that we are the UK's longest-running overseas healthcare placement specialists. We have created 20,000+ placements and are rated 4.8 out of 5 on Google.
Travel with us to travel with confidence
If you want to travel with total peace of mind, knowing that everything will be taken care of to the highest standard, choose Work the World.
Please use the short form below to tell us about your placement requirements, and one of our placement experts will contact you.
