Electives
We are interested in receiving your elective reports and in this section, we publish what we consider the best of your submissions, particularly those which feature global health issues. Please go to Write for Us to find out more about what we are looking for and then send your reports to us at student@lancet.com
Africa
- 01/12/2009 Obstetrics and Sexual Health in Rural Namibia
- 22/09/2009 Surgery at Mount Meru Hospital
- 15/09/2009 Emergency: Sierra Leone
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Asia
- 09/02/2010 Learning from a Didactic Orthopaedic Elective in Singapore
- 12/01/2010 Medical Trip to Vellore, India
- 15/12/2009 Elective in Doon Hospital, Dehradun, Uttarakhand
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Australasia
- 22/07/2009 Trauma Elective in Sydney for the Adrenaline Junkies
- 13/06/2008 Around the World in Six Electives
- 10/06/2008 "Round-the-World" elective
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Central America
- 02/03/2010 A Clinic in the Rainforest, Break-dancing Lessons, and Human Rights in Mexico
- 31/12/2008 Understanding the challenges of HIV/AIDS in Honduras
- 04/06/2008 Pediatric Emergency Medicine in Costa Rica
Europe
- 23/02/2010 Research at King's College, London
- 02/02/2010 Elective Experience at the University of Glasgow Paul O’Gorman Leukemia Research Centre
- 27/10/2009 It's Not What You Do, It’s What It Does To You
Middle East
North America
- 09/03/2010 Gastroenterology at St Elizabeth’s, Boston
- 16/02/2010 Elective: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
- 22/12/2009 Hematology Elective Experience at MGH
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the Caribbean
- 28/10/2008 Summer ’08 in Malta and Trinidad and Tobago
WHO
- 20/10/2009 The ABCs of the WHO... For Interns
- 17/04/2008 Internships at the World Health Organisation
- 22/08/2007 An internship at WHO