Medicine Internship in Argentina

Our medical internships in Argentina are ideal if you’re interested in becoming a doctor and looking for clinical experience. You can join as a student applying for medical studies, or as a medical student looking for work experience.

Working in a busy hospital and shadowing doctors on their rounds will add valuable experience to your CV. Use it when you apply for jobs and university, and you can talk about it in interviews. It’s also great for career exploration. We encourage you to spend time in different departments and find out which ones are the best fit for you.

The internship runs throughout the year, and you choose exactly when to start and finish.

You do need to speak intermediate level of Spanish in order to join this project. This will help you understand and communicate with staff and patients.

A typical work day at the hospital will consist of a 4-6 hour shift in the morning or afternoon. These shifts may be different depending on what department you’re working in. During your shift, you’ll shadow doctors and observe their interactions with patients.

You’ll also be able to do practical medical outreach work in rural communities. In Argentina, our focus is on raising awareness of diseases like diabetes and cardiovascular disease. This means that outreach work focuses on tasks like checking blood sugar and pressure levels.

You will also attend lectures and workshops once a week to learn more about the country’s medical practice.

During the hours you aren’t working, you’ll have ample free time to explore with your fellow interns, taking in Argentina’s rich cultural heritage and spectacular natural beauty.

Since you will be living with a host family, breakfast or dinners offer great opportunities to get to know them and the local culture better.

The main aim of this project is to give you the opportunity to expand your medical knowledge and gain insight into a developing country’s healthcare practices.

Through our outreach programmes, we aim to provide basic healthcare in places where access to medical services remain limited.

We also raise awareness about illnesses like diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Illnesses like these account for up to 81% of deaths in Argentina.

To ensure that we maintain our long-term vision, we have committed to several goals in our Medical Management Plan:

• Encouraging an understanding of medical practices and promote an exchange of medical knowledge
• Improving hygiene standards
• Promoting awareness of non-communicable diseases
• Improving access to basic healthcare for disadvantaged groups

Join us on a medical internship in Argentina to kickstart your career in medicine today.

While getting medical work experience in Argentina, you’ll work in a hospital and also spend time in smaller community clinics.

We can arrange extra work for university medical and healthcare elective students to meet all of your university’s requirements.  This includes meeting a set amount of clinical hours or working in a specific department.

Here is what you can expect to do during your internship:

• Shadow and learn directly from doctors and nurses
• Attend medical lectures and workshops
• Provide basic healthcare services and raise awareness during outreaches

In Cordoba, our medical placements include hospitals and small community clinics known as dispensarios. The hospital has several different departments, which include:

• Cardiology
• Dermatology
• Gynecology
• Hematology
• Maternity
• Neurology
• Orthopaedics
• Psychiatry
• Radiology
• Surgery

Access to these departments will provide you with the opportunity to learn more about different medical fields. It’s a great way to gain medicine work experience in Argentina.

If you’re only interning for a short period of time, be aware that you won’t be able to spend time in every department. Typically, our supervisors will assign you to one department per week, and rotate you to another department each following week.

The longer you stay, the more departments you can observe. If you’re interested in a specific department, please feel free to contact us and we can help advise you.