How to find Electives - Specific Opportunities

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Australasian Jewish Medical Federation NSW
The Australasian Jewish Medical Federation NSW wishes to offer two scholarships to Medical Students who would be interested in doing their Elective Term in Israel. Each Scholarship is worth $1500.

Students need to apply to the committee by email to the address below and have until the closing date of 10th October, 2011.

In your application please include the following -
1. Name, Address, Email, Phone number
2. The name of the Israeli Hospital you have applied for.
3. Academic Performance for both undergraduate/graduate degrees
4. List your goals and objectives for choosing to study in Israel.
5. List any relevant Jewish communal or other community involvement.
6. List any reasons for hardship that the committee should know.
7. You will need to provide a report to the AJMF committee at a meeting on your return.
Applications to be made to: m_chalmers@optusnet.net.au


AMSA IHN Elective Resources
'AMSA Elective Survival Guide' is a four page publication available for download from the AMSA IHN website www.ihealthnet.net and is distributed to Medical Student Societies.

'Beyond Borders' is a pocket-size book written specifically for Australian medical students and deals with the preparation for and the undertaking of elective placements. Aspects covered include Personal, Professional, Health, Cultural, Practical, Social and Financial. A copy is held in the Office of The Dean.


AUSSTAT and KIWISSTAT Rural Scholarship Programme
This is an application for an elective as well as a scholarship for that elective. There are 15 scholarships spread equitably across Australia and New Zealand which offer $500 towards travel and expenses (conditions apply).

Email an electronic version of your CV to the Programme Co-ordinator

Please include a letter that outlines why you would like a rural scholarship and what your career plans are. Tell them a bit about yourself - what your hobbies are and what you have enjoyed about your medical career so far. They would also like to know what sort of rural elective you would like. They will then advise the successful applicants by telephone and will discuss options before linking you up with a rural hospital so that you can make final arrangements. Upon completion of the elective you will be required to submit a report to AUSSTAT as well as to UNSW.

Australian Chinese Medical Association
Elective Term Bursary

Membership of the Australian Chinese Medical Association is open to all medical practitioners registered in NSW. Its objectives are to promote the professional standards and education of members, and to promote the health of Chinese Australians.

ACMA has created a bursary valued at up to $2000, to assist with Elective Term expenses. The successful applicant will be able to demonstrate interest in Chinese Community Health either in Australia or overseas.

Applicants should submit a CV and Elective Term proposal via email to the office of ACMA (office@acma.org.au) by 30th June each year. A short list of applicants may be required to be interviewed in person or by telephone. The winner of the bursary will be notified by 31^st August each year. The award will be presented at the Annual Dinner of the Association in November each year.

The winner will be required to submit a report on his or her Elective Term for publication in the ACMA Newsletter.

Students should call (9873 6222) or email (office@acma.org.au) for further information


Commonwealth Bursaries
Please note that, as of 2002 and until further notice, Commonwealth Foundation Bursaries will be offered to students from medical schools in the developing Commonwealth only. Please refer to Association of Commonwealth Universities website.


Emergency Counselling for Australian students overseas provided by DFAT
The Department of Foreign Affairs provides emergency services for Australians who are overseas and these services include access to Lifeline telephone counselling options for those negotiating a crisis overseas or who  requiring counselling services whilst they are overseas. This service is available 24 hours a day 365 days a year.  This is a service for all Australians  but of course is available for Australian students on an overseas study exchange, placement or field study.
 
To access this 24/7 telephone counselling service students can ring the consulate emergency number +61 1300 555 135 and wait on the line or follow the offered selection options for different services e.g press 2, 4, 5, 6 etc.  -  At the time of logging this information on this website option {6} was for emergency help. Lifeline is only going to be crisis management (not therapy) but it is a 24 hour 7 day a week option for counselling needs in emergency situations.  
 
Telephone calls to local Australian high commission/embassy/consulate in various countries can also be put through to Lifeline in Australia for the cost of a local call.  If it is after hours in the country from which the person is calling their call is automatically transferred to Australia. A web link that includes the telephone numbers for the Consular Emergency Centre is: http://www.smartraveller.gov.au/index.html


Far Western New South Wales
Rural Attachment Programs Coordinator
University of Sydney
Department of Rural Health
PO Box 457
Broken Hill NSW 2880

Tel: 08 8080 1241
Fax: 08 8087 5240

Email:

They can link students with a local GP and also establish involvement with outreach as well as hospital-based activity.

Geriatrics
The May Shaw Nursing Home, Swansea provides opportunities for medical students who seek a rural elective in Tasmania. For information contact one of the doctors on (03) 62578205.


GP Placements
Students who spend part of their elective term in a GP practice in Australia must print out and complete the GP form below. Note that claims cannot be made on overseas placements. This form should be returned to the Undergraduate Administrator, The School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Rm 322 Samuels Building on completion of the elective.

http://www.med.unsw.edu.au/medweb.nsf/resources/ef6/$file/GP_Elective_Form.pdf


Guy's, King's College & St Thomas' Hospitals' Medical and Dental School, London, England
Check out the Electives service website.


Institute for Studies in Social and Intercultural Health and Equity (ISSIE), Santiago, Chile
ISSIE is an autonomous institution based in Chile that draws together academics and health professionals interested in supporting medical education and the training of future health professionals from a critical point of view, which highlights the psychosocial and anthropological aspects of health, with the aim of producing doctors and professionals with an understanding of the holistic, integral and socially responsible practice, that is necessary for addressing disease and illness in respect to treatment as well as prevention.

Programs include:
Education in social and intercultural health and equity for local and international students
Course: Sociocultural determinants of health and their impact in medicine

Visitational program to primary care clinical settings in Chile, Bolivia and Peru
Organized by the Institute for studies in Social and Intercultural Health and Equity Santiago, Chile

For further information see programs


Kenya Aid
Oportunities for electives in a range of community-orientated projects with an African organisation which has strong links to Australia. Send a cv to Dr Paul Bedwell: pjbedwell@gmail.com

For further information see http://www.kenyaaid.org/


Medical Insurance Group Australia (MIGA) Student Elective Grants Program
This Program is open each year to Student Members of MIGA - Membership is free. The Program offers up to five Grants to assist students in meeting their elective travel costs and to supply aid to the community they visit. This year Applications open on 1 May each year and close at 4pm (EST) on 26 August. Recipients will be notified after 1 October each year. Details are available from the Marketing Coordinator on 08 8238 4444. Further details and an Application Form can be downloaded from http://www.miga.com.au/


Northern Territory General Practice Education (NTGPE)
The NTGPE coordinates placement program for undergraduate medical students in the Northern Territory. offering medical students placements in remote Aboriginal community clinics and hospitals.


O-S HELP Loan
OS-HELP is a new financial assistance initiative introduced by the Commonwealth to assist eligible students with a range of expenses for the purposes of overseas study. Students may receive loans for amounts starting at $1000 to a limit of $5000 for a study period of up to six months. This amount may be used to help with a range of expenses such as airfares and accommodation.

The scheme is targeted at students undertaking an entire semester exchange, though the staff inform us that medical electives are an equally valid use of the scheme.

The borrowed amount is added to your accumulated HECS debt, and paid off at the same rate while you work. While, like HECS, there is no interest on the loan (just adjusted for inflation), it's important to note that a significant loan fee of 20% is attached, such that if you borrow $5,000 an amount of $6,000 is debited to your HECS account.

For more information, look up:

UNSW OS-HELP Site
https://my.unsw.edu.au/student/fees/OSHelp.html

Commonwealth 'Going to Uni' Site
http://www.goingtouni.gov.au/Main/Quickfind/StudyOverseas/OSHELP.htm

or contact the

Coordinator and International Exchange Advisor
International Office, Red Centre
Tel: 9385 5337


Projects Abroad arranges elective placements in Ghana, Mongolia, Mexico, Peru, Senegal, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and China.

Contact Will Pashley, Projects Abroad Australia & NZ, Tel: 1300 132 831 | Mob: 0404 712 638
http://www.projects-abroad.com.au/projects/medical-electives.php


Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia Scholarships

To encourage medical students who are considering undertaking a Pathology elective. Scholarship value $2,000. One scholarship is offered for a project associated with pathology and designed for the duration of one elective term or the duration of the Bachelor of Medicine (or equivalent) degree course. Closing date for projects is 31 May each year.

Application forms and guidelines are available from the RCPA website. Log on to: http://www.rcpa.edu.au
Go to Publications and Forms/Document Library > Select Category: Grants and Awards then click search to find the list of application forms.

Alternatively, you can contact Colin Underwood for an application form: Telephone (02) 8356 5821 or email colinu@rcpa.edu.au


Rural Undergraduate Support and Co-ordination Program (RUSC)
Rural Undergraduate Support & Coordination Program


South Africa medical elective project
MozVolunteers is a growing organisation that was founded in 2007. The first project was based in Xisondwe, Mozambique and has now grown to support many families, provide education, health information and primary healthcare for a whole village. The Xisondwe community have further been instructed to develop various business initiatives with the help of micro loans, which enable the project to remain sustainable. We will soon be opening a second Mozambique project in the Ponta D’Oura area.

We have since expanded our horizons and have started working with various NGOs, community organisations and clinics in the KwaLesha and Khula regions of South Africa. This new collaboration project consists of elements such as community assistance and support, micro-loans, support for crèches and the provision of skilled medical personnel at understaffed rural clinics.

A major element of our South African initiative is the provision of a medical elective program, open only to medical students. Students are invited to submit applications to participate in this program. Places are limited and extremely popular, so we suggest that any interested students submit their applications early to avoid disappointment.

Students are given the opportunity to participate in an organised program of community participation where they provide assistance whilst furthering their medical knowledge and training, particularly regarding prevalent diseases, such as TB and HIV/AIDS. The majority of the students’ time will be spent at their allocated clinic. All the clinics we work with are rural, understaffed and over-subscribed. They are all in receipt of some form of government funding and aim to provide diverse services, ranging from cancer diagnosis, to mental health, ante-natal care and infectious disease care and treatment. Students are allocated a supervisor and work alongside them, providing health care assistance and learning from observation and participation in the workplace. In addition, Wednesdays are set aside to provide an opportunity for participation in local culture: activities are provided such as craft making, dancing, cultural tours and isiZulu ritual. Wednesday afternoon is a tutorial session, which is an opportunity for reflection on the preceding week and the generation of goals and aims for the proceeding week.

All students are given an isiZulu lesson daily, and at weekends they are free to experience the many tourist amenities in the local area. Monzi is a ten minute drive from the stunning Isimangaliso Wetland Park and buzzing coastal village of St Lucia. Other nearby attractions are the Hluhluwe Imfolozi park (Big 5 safaris); Swaziland, Durban, Jozini, Sodwana and Kosi Bays.
Students are provided with airport transfer on arrival (Richard’s Bay), accommodation, three meals a day, 24 hour support, academic assistance (where necessary) and various opportunities to experience isiZulu culture and entertainment in the picturesque Monzi village.

All medical elective students in 2011 and 2012 are invited to participate in a complementary full day safari.

For more information and to apply for this opportunity please visit http://www.mozvolunteers.com or to apply email


Sponsorship
Christian Blind Mission, the largest non-government blindness agency in the world with programs in over one hundred countries is offering to sponsor a medical student elective. Funds will be provided to cover travel and Limited accommodation costs for a period of 6 weeks. The purpose of the elective is to give a medical student exposure to a blindness project anywhere in the world. There are two requirements:

a) That the student take some skills to the project and be able to commence work on arrival.
b) That data is collected, analysed and published in the form of a letter or manuscript in a recognised ophthalmic journal.

All enquiries regarding this elective and how to satisfy the above criteria can be directed to:

Dr Henry Newland
Director
Department of Ophthalmology
Royal Adelaide Hospital
Tel: (08) 8222 5222
Fax: (08) 8222 5221
Email:


St Stephen's Hospital, Delhi, India
Students wishing to observe and learn aspects of the Indian Health System may undertake specialties supervised by a Head of Department. Students will conduct histories and examine patients or scrub for surgery and observe certain procedures. There is no remuneration. However, students will be offered local accommodation. This is a Christian institution and it is expected that students will uphold the ideals of the Hospital. A letter of good standing must be supplied. Once students are selected they need to deposit £225 (Sterling) in person on arrival in India towards accommodation and food in the hospital up to three weeks and for every additional week £75. Successful applicants should send a cheque to “Friends of St Stephen’s Hospital” C/o Dr Brian P Betts, 68, Halkingcroft Langeley, Slough SL3 7AY, UK or pay on arrival at the hospital, whatever is easier.

For further details and application procedure you can browse the Website at http://ststephenshospital.org


Publications with further information
"The Medic's Guide to Work and Electives Around the World" by Mark Wilson
Second Edition, published by Hodder Arnold in 2004 under the auspices of Avant.

"Beyond Borders" by Hamish Graham
Published by McGraw-Hill in 2005.

These publications are available for perusal at the Office of The Dean. We hold one copy of each so we regret that we are unable to loan the books.

Both titles may be available through the Medsoc Bookshop, Barker Street, Randwick 2031 telephone 9382 2121, www.medsoc.org.au/bookshop or e mail bookshop@medsoc.org.au


The Electives Network
http://www.electives.net/


Work The World
http://www.worktheworld.com/