Michiel Notelaers
- Universiteit Gent 2022
- Medical, Sri Lanka Kandy
"My time in the hospital was really interesting. The saying ‘you only get out of it what you put into it’ could not be more accurate. I had the four best weeks of my life."
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Medical Elective Placement Reviews
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Browse reviews from students who have chosen Work the World to organise their Medical elective placements abroad. Read honest, first-hand accounts of life on placement and find out what to expect.
Corinne Van Looveren
- University of Antwerp 2021
- Medical, Ghana Takoradi
"My motto is that you only regret the things you don’t do in life. If you’re thinking about going on a placement like this, that is what I would say to you."
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Sofie Vanhoudt
- KU Leuven 2021
- Medical, Ghana Takoradi
"I saw a lot of cases of malnutrition and malaria while I was on those wards, which you definitely don’t see in Belgium."
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Ben Ward
- Dundee University 2020
- Medical, Vietnam Hue
"Vietnam has taught me that I can always be better. The medical student I was when I passed my finals, simply was not good enough to survive in the big bad world".
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Anna Hilliar
- Oxford Brookes University 2020
- Occupational Therapy, Tanzania Dar es Salaam
"The hospital was huge & the healthcare system was very different from what I was used to in the UK."
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