Medical programs in Tanzania

$500usd per month

Description

If you are looking for valuable hands-on medical expe-rience, there are possibilities in the hospitals in Arusha.

As a medical intern, you will also be able to work at rural health posts and community clinics. Participants spend the majority of their internship working as an assistant to a doctor/healthcare professional. Work responsibilities vary with your education, skills, and previous experience.

Interns interested in joining this internship must have health care certification, such as an ID as a medical stu-dent, EMT or paramedic certification, or nursing or physi-cian’s credentials.

Medical interns without credentials are not allowed to work in this program because of the potential liability risk. Job responsibilities of interns vary with education, skills, experience, and qualifications. Interns measure blood pressure, temperature, height, weight, as well as assist doctors. Interns may also help in health camps, distribute medication, advice patients about health, nutrition and sanitation as well as council patients and possibly partici-pate in the treatment of minor injuries and wounds or maintain journals.

Work is from 20-30 hours per week. Volunteers are ac-commodated in a separate room at the orphanage or with host families, with local food three times a day. You may have to share room with another volunteer.
On the first day of the project you will meet a project coor-dinator, who will explain your role as a volunteer. The orientation will cover all the relevant information about your project, including safety issues. An individual timeta-ble will be worked out for you based on how much time you want to commit to volunteering.

You will select a particular area of interest related to med-ical/healthcare issues and explore the issue further with the help of an assigned supervisor. Please note: the project supervisor DOES NOT develop internships. It is up to the interns to get as much as possible out of their projects.

Dates: Flexible dates and durations of stay. Available throughout year, from 4 weeks-3 months+. You pick your start and finish dates.

Cost: Costs vary depending on length of stay. Starts at $500-750usd for 4 weeks including accommodation, food, transfer from the airport, full pre-departure support, local in-country team support and backup, 24-hour emergency support.

Contact MICATZ HQ via: Tel/Fax: +255272546233
Contact MICATZ Coordinator in Europe via; Tel; +4536987167 or Skype; micatz
Website: www.micatz.org and Email us via; info@micatz.org

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