Gain Medical Work Experience in Africa
Travel to Africa on a medical internship abroad and gain the experience you need to kickstart a career in medicine.
You’ll shadow doctors on their rounds in hospitals and clinics, observing as they diagnose and treat patients. They’ll explain different cases and methods of treatment to you. You’ll be able to see diseases and conditions you’ve only read about in textbooks before, like malaria or tuberculosis. This is a great way for you to build your practical medical knowledge. You’ll also observe how doctors and nurses cope with limited resources.
We also run medical outreaches in most of the African countries we work in. This is critical, as many communities don’t have access to the basic healthcare services they need. You’ll get involved with tasks like measuring blood sugar levels and cleaning and bandaging minor wounds.
At the healthcare center, I was able to experience first-hand and learn more about diseases and conditions that I have learned about in classes at my university. At the end of my four weeks, the nurses had taught me so much that I was able to perform the wound dressings by myself or with another volunteer, under the nurses’ supervision.
Choose a Medical Project in Africa
Medical Internship for High School Students in Tanzania
Teen ProgrammesMedicine
15-18 y/o2+ weeks
HomestayExplore options: Medical Internship for High School Students in TanzaniaStarting at £1,935 for 2 weeks
Extra Week:£355
Medical Internships for Teenagers in Kenya
Teen ProgrammesMedicine
15-18 y/o2+ weeks
HomestayExplore options: Medical Internships for Teenagers in KenyaStarting at £1,935 for 2 weeks
Extra Week:£355
Medical Internships in Ghana
16+ y/o1+ week
HomestayExplore options: Medical Internships in GhanaStarting at £1,520 for 1 weeks
Extra Week:£255
Medical Internship in Kenya
16+ y/o2+ weeks
HomestayExplore options: Medical Internship in KenyaStarting at £1,825 for 2 weeks
Extra Week:£305
Medicine Internship in Tanzania
16+ y/o2+ weeks
HomestayExplore options: Medicine Internship in TanzaniaStarting at £1,775 for 2 weeks
Extra Week:£255
Medical Internships in Ghana for Teenagers
Teen ProgrammesMedicine
15-18 y/o2+ weeks
HomestayExplore options: Medical Internships in Ghana for TeenagersStarting at £2,095 for 2 weeks
Extra Week:£405
Medical Internship for Undergraduate Students in Tanzania
18+ y/o2+ weeks
HomestayExplore options: Medical Internship for Undergraduate Students in TanzaniaStarting at £2,275 for 15 days
Extra Week:£600
Is a medical internship in Africa right for me?
Whether you’re building your application for medical school, or want to see if a career in medicine is the right choice, we have an internship for you. You can use the medical work experience you gain to boost your resume and give you interesting talking points for job interviews.
We’ve built our medical internships in Africa so that they’re more than just following doctors on their rounds. You’ll learn about the specific healthcare issues that communities are facing, like going to a leprosy camp in Ghana and treating wounds.
At most of our projects, you don’t need experience to join, so we have plenty of options for pre-meds. You’ll work closely with local medical professionals at all times. If you do outreach work, we’ll teach you everything you need to know, and you’ll be supervised. It’s an opportunity for you to learn basic medical skills and demonstrate your commitment to healthcare at the same time.
You can select from different specialities, like Nursing, Physiotherapy, and Midwifery. In addition, you can often rotate between different departments within your project.
If you’re a high school student looking for medical work experience in Africa, explore our Teen Programmes.
Medical Volunteering in Africa
Our medical internships in Africa are focused on learning, but on many projects you’ll also be able to give back to the community.
At Projects Abroad, our first aim is to benefit the communities we work in. Each of our internships is ethical, well-supported, and part of a better future.
For example, if you help a doctor diagnose a patient with diabetes at an outreach, the process doesn’t stop there. We make sure the patient is referred for further treatment, and we’ll continue to monitor them at future outreaches.
We also collect data and track healthcare trends in the countries where we work. If we notice that a particular issue is becoming more prominent, we can work with interns like you to address them over the long-term.
If you’re looking for medical volunteer opportunities in Africa, we strongly recommend our Public Health internships. They’re more focused on hands-on outreach work and educational campaigns.
Our Medicine & Healthcare Policy
We take your safety – and the safety of the people you work with – very seriously. That’s why we have a comprehensive Medical Ethics Policy in place to guide your work as an intern.
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