Volunteer and gap year medical placements
Gain an insight into the medical profession supporting staff with basic tasks and patient care in hospitals and community clinics. Work alongside health professionals in range of areas and fields while gaining first-hand experience in the medical profession. You may assist staff in hospitals, community centres or health clinics with basic tasks as well as patient care.
Available in:
Japan
Medical work in Red Cross Hospitals
Our Medical placements in Japan are a fantastic opportunity to experience working in a busy hospital while living in one of the world’s most culturally fascinating countries. Medical volunteers usually work in Red Cross hospitals around the country and have the opportunity to witness the daily inner-workings of a hospital – from nursing to brain surgery! Typically your duties as a volunteer will include transporting patients around the hospital, preparing bandages and dressings, collecting prescriptions from the pharmacy and generally working with the nursing and medical teams. Volunteers will usually help nursing staff with English and in return be offered the opportunity of Japanese tutorials. Although it is not expected for you to know Japanese, a basic understanding and the willingness to gain knowledge of Japanese will really help expand your role.
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In the past volunteers that have proven their capabilities and knowledge of the language are relied upon with greater responsibilities. These placements are fantastic for volunteers looking for or interested in a career in the medical field.
Overview
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6 months
Mar or Sep
18
Yes
Yes
Yes
Malawi
Medical work at rural health centres
Lattitude Medical placements in Malawi offer a more grass-roots volunteering option to our more developed Japanese placements. As a Medical volunteer you will act as an assistant to the local “Health Officer”, who is in charge of taking care of the medical need of the local community. The Health Officer is akin to a GP in the UK, and offers a frontline medical service to patients. As a result, as a volunteer you could experience working in a range of medical situations, from broken limbs to pregnancies and childhood vaccinations! Medical volunteers in Malawi experience grass-roots volunteering at its best, living and working within tight-knit communities and getting involved in day-to-day community life.
The role of the Health Officer is vital within a rural community and is greatly respected; it’s rare to find doctors or nurses at rural health centres, so the demands on a Health Officer’s time are great and you will need to fit in with this. Resources, equipment and even basic facilities (electricity and fresh water) may be very limited so being intuitive and hard working is imperative.
The role does not require any technical or medical experience and you will volunteer under the supervision of the Health Officer (although if you do have experience, that would certainly be welcomed). Patients who required specific treatment are referred to a district hospital.
Typical activities of a Volunteer Health Worker will include assisting with some of the running of a rural health centre, often looking after a basic pharmacy and providing general administration for patient care, helping to maintain patient records, assisting with activities with babies and under-fives and monthly baby monitoring (weighing) and feeding.
Overview
Placement duration:
Departure months:
Minimum age:
Food included:
Accommodation:
Pocket money:
3,6 or 9 months
Jan & Aug
18
Yes (see costs)
Yes
No
