Tuesday, March 08, 2005

Electives advice

Last week, we had a talk about our electives. In our final year at university, we get to spend two months learning medicine anywhere in the world. So, I've got to decide and organise where I'd like to go. I'll be leaving in July 2006, but because the paperwork takes so long, I need to start thinking about it now. The thing is, I really don't know where to go - there's too much choice. Right now, I'm trying to decide whether to go to a developing or developed country. We had presentations from older students who had travelled to New Zealand, India, Thailand, the US, Greece, Malawi and South Africa. Do you think it's worth visiting somewhere where medicine is practised in a similar way to that in England so I can get lots of relevant experience, or to go somewhere where I'll have a totally different adventure and see a different spectrum of diseases? Any ideas would be very very welcome. At the moment I'm thinking about a French speaking western African country, Malaysia, India, China or the USA. Where would you go? Oh, I forgot to mention that we'd also get quite a lot of time to go travelling. :o)

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