Programs

New Doctor and Resident

We have programs specifically tailored for both newly graduated doctors and residency doctors.

The newly graduated doctor program is best suited for doctors who have finished medical school and would like to polish up on their clinical skills prior to commencing residency.

Additionally, it’s a good way to squeezing in some travel prior to starting the hectic life of being a doctor.

The residents program is geared towards doctors in residency looking to fulfill an away elective requirement or just to volunteer their skills to underserved communities while experiencing healthcare in a different setting.

Elective Africa Program Highlights

1. A supervised, structured and safe elective program abroad
2. Program is designed in an established network of teaching hospitals and monitored by consultant doctors and registered nurses
3. We evaluate our participants during and at the end of the program to ensure that program objectives are met
4. Opportunity for hands-on experience is unmatched; depending on level of clinical exposure, our participants get extensive hands-on experience in a supervised setting. Participants also get a chance to see both different types of diseases and cases at advanced stages, that they rarely see in the developed world
5. We have strong relationships with hospitals in which we place our participants and the doctors that they work with, ensuring a very productive experience
6. Participants acquire an invaluable opportunity to work in a low resource setting which supports character development and benefits the local community

Elective Africa Program Objectives:

Elective Africa’s new doctor and resident doctor program objectives are mainly designed to provide participants with opportunity for immense hands on experience. Our program objectives adopt the Accredited Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) competencies framework, which focus on:

1. patient care
2. medical knowledge
3. practice based learning
4. interpersonal and communication skills
5. professionalism
6. systems based practice

Program specialties include:

1. Medicine
2. General Surgery
3. Obstetrics & Gynecology
4. Pediatrics
5. Accident, Emergency, & Trauma
6. Psychiatry
7. ENT
8. Ophthalmology
9. Gender Violence & Recovery Centers 10) Orthopedics / Osteopathy
10. Physiotherapy
11. Radiology
12. Hematology
13. Tropical Medicine & Infectious Diseases
14. Immunology
15. Gross Pathology
16. HIV Medicine