Are you a pre-nursing student or an aspiring nursing professional seeking to enhance your clinical skills through shadowing nurses and midwives abroad? Our pre-nursing internships abroad give you an opportunity to work in hospitals in Africa while receiving mentorship from experienced nurses, doctors and other healthcare providers.
The pre-nursing volunteer abroad gives you a real life exposure of what a nursing career entails before embarking in years of study.
Nurses in Africa have more caregiver time than other healthcare professionals, this will give you an all-round experience and a chance to see how they deliver healthcare services to large populations despite inadequate resources.
Participants get to see the impact of poverty, sociocultural traditions and limited resources to health care delivery. These collective experiences will give you a valuable clinical experience abroad, insight into global health, expand your professional network, improve your soft skills and strengthen your nursing school application.
Our pre nurse midwifery internships also give you an opportunity to immerse yourself in the local culture through our community outreach programs that include: Volunteering to the local orphanages and children homes, community health education programs, hygiene clinics et cetera.
You will also have the chance to travel, unwind and explore your destinations through customized excursions, safaris or mountaineering. You will have a chance to experience foods, arts, sports, and music culture of the native communities.
Program Mentorship
Our pre nursing and pre midwifery internship provides a minimum of 25 hours a week in a working hospital environment.
You will be assigned to a registered nurse and midwife as your mentor. They will share with you their medical insight and help you meet your rotation objectives.
We also have interactive global health tutorials that take place weekly at students' residences. Within these sessions, you will learn from qualified nurses how they manage to deliver healthcare services despite inadequate resources and how the health systems differ with your home health system.
To get the most out of the experience, always keep a journal, ask many questions and hear more about their experiences.
What are Participants Allowed to do in the Hospital?
Elective Africa’s healthcare internships abroad follow Kenya Government Guidelines for pre nursing and pre midwifery students providing patient care during clinical experiences abroad.
Participants in our programs rotate in different hospital departments depending on their medical interests. The specialities available include pediatrics, midwifery, gynecology, orthopedics, emergency medicine, nutrition, public health, radiology and HIV/AIDS support.
In the maternity wards and labour wards, you will get to see the normal deliveries, the prenatal and postnatal units, the new born unit and the maternity theatre.
Why Undertake a Pre Midwifery Internship/ Pre Nursing Volunteer Abroad
Participating in midwifery/ nursing internships abroad gives you a competitive advantage over your peers. The program exposes you to the realities of health care delivery in the developing world.
A pre nursing volunteer program abroad will give you a chance to:
- Develop a global mindset and appreciation of cultural diversity.
- Volunteer and make an impact as you pursue a greater understanding of where your professional passions lie.
- Enhance your personal/professional development and soft skills i.e. communication skills, team work, emotional stability, empathy, physical endurance and problem-solving skills.
- Boost your confidence as a result of meeting patients and working in a team.
- Create lasting memories and shared learning experiences with fellow participants in international volunteer programs.
- Strengthen your resume and give you discussion points during interviews.
- A chance to travel and unwind.
Program Locations
Elective Africa’s hospital internship placement programs are in Kenya and Tanzania; healthcare facilities in these regions are often under-resourced and understaffed. This presents various challenges to the health professionals and their patients, giving you a comprehensive understanding of global diversity and nuanced challenges.
Learning opportunities in such environments are eye opening and bestow compassion, empathy, appreciation of cultural diversity, professionalism and personal development.
Program Duration
The program durations range from 2 to 12 weeks.
Participants who spend more time on their programs have scope to become better integrated over time, gaining increased insight into culture and understanding of international healthcare.
Do you Want to Come With a Group or Friends?
You may opt to travel alone and join a group of participants or travel as a group and make memories together.
You may have the opportunity to get a group discount if you tag along your friend(s) or classmate(s). For more information on groups, contact our placements advisors .
What Is Included in the Pre Nursing/Midwifery Internship Program Abroad
Our pre nursing/ midwife shadowing program applicants pick the desired destinations and departments they want to rotate through. We guarantee your department choices well in advance of your trip.
We provide you with detailed pre-departure information such that you can plan your nursing experience abroad down to the finest detail.
The Program includes:
- A comprehensive pre-departure guide.
- Shadowing nurses, midwives and healthcare providers.
- Airport transfers as per different location guidelines.
- Designated mentors and support from local staff.
- Gated, safe and comfortable houses complete with in-house catering, Wi-Fi access and support staff.
- Biweekly global health tutorials.
- One way transport to your clinical site.
- Basic Swahili lessons twice a week.
- Certificate of participation on program completion.
- Volunteer activities as per schedule by local staff.
- A chance to explore and travel: safaris, excursions, mountaineering as optional add on activities
OUR TEAM
Kelvin Rombo
Miriam Etole
Gordon Kisienya
Denis Otieno
Irean Odongo
Washington Boker
Robert Osiro