Projektoversigt
Join a medical internship in Vietnam and learn directly from doctors in a hospital department of your choice. You’ll work in a hospital, and see what day-to-day life is like for working doctors. Use your time to add invaluable work experience to your CV and grow your practical knowledge.
Interning in Vietnam will give you an insight into the healthcare challenges developing countries face. Be prepared to see diseases you’ve only read about or seen in documentaries. We’ll teach you how to diagnose and treat them. You can also learn about traditional Vietnamese medicine.
Based in Hanoi, Vietnam’s capital city, you’ll experience living and working in Southeast Asia. Explore in your free time, put on a few pounds eating delicious spring rolls, and enjoy life in Vietnam.
Startdatoer:
Når som helst
Læs mereMinimum varighed:
En uge
Alder:
16 eller derover
You should have completed at least one year of medical related studies or training.
Is the Medicine internship in Vietnam right for me?
Our medical internship in Vietnam will add plenty of work experience to your CV. This is perfect if you’re planning on studying medicine, or you’re a medical student wanting to experience a hospital environment. It’s also useful for interviews. Talk about what you saw and learned, and the challenges you overcame. This will help give your application an extra edge.
You can also use your medical placement to explore different specialisations. Let us know what departments you’re interested in before you go, and we’ll organise it for you.
To do a medical internship in Vietnam, you need to have completed at least one year of medical related studies. The project runs throughout the year. You can join at any time, and stay as long as you like.
What do you do on the Medical Internship in Vietnam?
Your role at your medical placement in Vietnam is strictly observational. These are some of the activities you do during your internship:
- Shadow doctors and nurses on their daily rounds
- Spend time in one or more hospital departments
- Shadow doctors who treat autistic children
- Learn about traditional Vietnamese Medicine
- Attend medical workshops to share presentations on your hospital experiences
Shadow doctors and nurses on their daily rounds
By following doctors and nurses on their rounds, you will get a deeper insight into how medicine is practised. We encourage you to ask questions and take notes to learn as much as possible. This will help you expand your practical medical knowledge, beyond what some textbooks can teach you.
Spend time in one or more hospital departments
The hospitals we work with have different departments. Let us know what departments you’re interested in before you go, and we’ll organise it for you. This is a great way to explore specialisations you’d like to pursue in your career. Please be aware that you’ll need to let us know in advance if you want to work in multiple departments.
Shadow doctors who treat autistic children
One of our placements specialises in acupuncture. Here, you can see how doctors treat autistic children. The analgesia acupuncture department covers many types of surgery such as neck tumors, breast cancer, liver, urology, and gynaecology. If you join this placement, you will develop skills in acupuncture. You can do things like fill syringes with medication, attach electrodes, and more. All of this work is done under strict supervision.
Learn about traditional Vietnamese Medicine
Some of our placements give you the opportunity learn about traditional medicine. Vietnamese traditional medicine is fascinating. We encourage you to learn about it and think about the contrast with modern medicine
Medical Workshops
Once a month we organise medical workshops at our office. This gives you the chance to learn from traditional doctors, guest speakers, and other medical professionals. We also run medical research sessions for you to present on your experiences and watch other interns present. Here you can also train for outreach events and create handouts for the local community.
Types of placements on the Medical Internship in Vietnam
In Vietnam, you join specific hospital departments. These include:
- Surgery
- Internal medicine
- Cardiology
- Pediatrics
- Oncology
- Acupuncture
- Urology
- Gynaecology
- Trauma
- Emergency
- Neurology
- Traditional Medicine
Please be aware that you’ll need to let us know in advance if you want to work in multiple departments during your internship. Feel free to contact us and we can help advise you.
Where you work on the Medical Internship in Vietnam
Hanoi
You’ll work at a hospital in Hanoi. You’ll find that the standard of hospitals here is fairly similar to those back home.
Hanoi is a large, modern city and Vietnam’s capital. You’ll navigate your way through thousands of motorcycles, Vietnam’s primary mode of transport for most people. Follow the delicious smells coming from street food vendors at nearly every corner. Enjoy lunches of spring rolls and Vietnam’s famous pho, a noodle dish with rice, broth, herbs, and chicken or beef.
A typical day on the Medicine internship in Vietnam
Your work will take place during weekdays, and work hours vary depending on where you are placed.
Most mornings start at about 8am. You’ll spend the first half of your day shadowing doctors on their rounds and observing what they do. You’ll break for lunch between 11am and 2pm. After lunch, you’ll return for the next shift and work from 2pm to 4.30pm. Mornings are generally busier than afternoons, as most patients are treated in the morning. Be prepared to have a busy start to each day!
Attend our medical workshops once a month to learn from traditional doctors, guest speakers, and other medical professionals. We also run medical research sessions for you to give presentations on your hospital experiences and listen to other interns. You can also use these sessions to train for outreach events and to create handouts for the local community.
Your weekends will be free for you to explore. Visit spectacular landmarks attractions such as Ha Long Bay, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. You can also visit ancient temples, shop till you drop at night markets, drink endless cups of Vietnamese coffee, and sing your heart out at karaoke bars.
What are the aims and impact of this project?
The aim of this internship is to help you get medical work experience in Vietnam and expand your practical medical knowledge.
In addition, you’ll also get involved in medical outreach work. You’ll work in rural areas where regular access to healthcare is limited. You’ll help provide medical care in schools, care centres, and villages, and also raise awareness about healthcare issues facing Vietnam.
We have set the following goals for this project through our Medicine & Healthcare Management Plan:
- Encourage an understanding of medical practices and promote an exchange of medical knowledge
- Improve the quality of healthcare provided to patients
- Improve the quality of specialised or alternative healthcare provided
- Improve hygiene standards
- Improve access to basic healthcare for disadvantaged groups
Frivilligt arbejde for professionelle og praktik inden for medicin og sundhed
Dette projekt er også ideelt for professionelle, der gerne vil bruge deres evner til at hjælpe, og som praktikophold for studerende inden for medicin og sundhed. Som professionel kan du være sikker på, at vi matcher din uddannelse og ekspertise til det projekt, hvor der er mest brug for dig.
Med din støtte kan vi gøre en endnu større forskel i de lokalsamfund, vi arbejder med. Hvis du er medicinstuderende eller lignende, arrangerer vi et praktikophold, hvor du kan lære så meget som muligt. Vi vil give dig muligheden for at få den viden og de færdigheder, som kan udvikle din professionelle karriere.
Læs mere om at arbejde frivilligt som professionel eller at tage et praktikophold som studerende inden for medicin og sundhed.
Management plans
Vi beskriver vores målsætninger for vores projekter i dokumenter, som vi kalder Management Plans. Vi bruger dem til at planlægge vores arbejde på en grundig og officiel måde. De hjælper os også med at gøre vores projekter bedre. Det betyder også, at du kan blive en del af noget, som faktisk har en stor indflydelse der, hvor der er brug for det.
Måling af vores indflydelse
Vores projekter arbejder mod klare, langsigtede mål med specifikke, årlige målsætninger. Hver eneste frivillig og praktikant, som vi sender ud på disse projekter, hjælper os med at komme nærmere vores mål.
Vi udarbejder en Global Impact Report, som dokumenterer vores præstationer og resultater.
Find ud af mere om den indflydelse, som vores globale fællesskab af frivillige, praktikanter og personale har, og læs den seneste rapport.
Kost og logi
Du bor hos en værtsfamilie i Hanoi. De byder dig velkommen i deres hjem og er ivrige efter at dele deres kultur med dig, samt at lade dig lære dem om din egen kultur. Vi tror på, at det er den bedste måde at fordybe dig i kulturen i Vietnam og at få en virkelig unik oplevelse.
Vi forsøger altid at lade dig bo sammen med mindst én anden Projects Abroad frivillig eller praktikant hos den samme værtsfamilie. Dit værelse kommer til at være beskedent men komfortabelt, rent og trygt.
Vi har også andre slags indkvartering, hvor du bor sammen med andre Projects Abroad frivillige og praktikanter.
Din projektpris inkluderer tre måltider om dagen.
Aktiviteter og fritid
Vietnam byder på en spændende blanding af travle storbyer og billedskønne landområder. Du kan helt sikkert finde masser af måder at bruge din fritid på med så mange forskellige aktiviteter og turistattraktioner, som Vietnam har.
Hvis du vil have et glimt ind i landets historie, kan du bruge en eftermiddag på at tage på Vietnams etnologiske museum, eller det nationale museum for vietnamesisk historie. Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum er også en stor, historisk seværdighed, som ligger i Hanoi.
Hvis du gerne vil købe souvenirs, er der mange markeder med lokalt fremstillede produkter til salg. Aftenerne i Hanoi er fyldt med spænding og farvestrålende lys. Du kan se gadekunstnere optræde og derefter gå på en lokal restaurant for at smage retter fra det lokale køkken.
Landområderne udgør det perfekte tilflugtssted fra den travle hovedstad med de smaragdgrønne rismarker, som strækker sig ud til horisonten.
Vi driver mange forskellige projekter i Vietnam, så der er sikkert andre frivillige i landet samtidig med dig. Det er derfor nemt at arrangere at rejse rundt i fritiden som en gruppe. Du er dog også velkommen til at udforske landet på egen hånd, hvis du hellere vil det.
Sikkerhed og personalesupport
Din sikkerhed er vores højeste prioritet. Vi har mange procedurer og systemer, som sikrer, at du får den støtte, du skal bruge for at nyde din rejse med ro i sindet. Vores Projects Abroad personale er til rådighed døgnet rundt for at hjælpe, og de står klar til at sikre, at du falder godt til i din nye bolig og på dit projekt. Hvis du støder ind i problemer, vil de være klar til at hjælpe dig til hver en tid.
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