Medical Internship in Cambodia

If you’re studying towards a career in medicine and looking for clinical work experience, this Medicine internship in Cambodia is for you.

The experience of shadowing doctors and doing outreach work will add a lot of value to your resume. It will also give you great points to talk about in interviews. You can talk about what you saw, the skills you learned, and how you overcame any challenges you faced. The outreach work you do will also show your commitment to helping others.

The project runs throughout the year, and you can join at any time. The longer you stay, the more you learn.

The aim of our medical internship in Cambodia is to expand your medical knowledge and promote cultural exchange. We want you to learn from practising doctors, get insight into a developing country, and share experiences with one another.

Cambodia is a country with a complex history, and it is still recovering from the devastating effects of the Khmer Rouge era. Although the war has long since ended, you will see the effects as you drive through the more rural areas. Poverty still affects many communities and the locals often cannot afford healthcare. This is why you’ll assist qualified medical staff in providing these communities with free basic health checks.

We are working towards the achievement of four goals that we have laid out in our Medical Management Plan:

• Improve access to basic healthcare for disadvantaged groups
• Improve the quality of specialized or alternative healthcare provided
• Encourage an understanding of medical practices and promote an exchange of medical knowledge
• Improve hygiene standards

Gain medical work experience and help us work towards these goals by joining our Medicine Internship in Cambodia.

You’ll wake up each morning in your shared apartment before tucking into egg fried rice, banana pancakes and fresh fruit with the other volunteers. You’ll hop onto the tuk tuk waiting at your door that will take you to your internship at one of the city hospitals.

A typical day will start around 8am and end at 12pm when the doctors head home. At this point, you can spend the afternoon producing educational campaigns or you can head back to the apartment.

You’ll begin each day by shadowing a doctor as they check on their patients during rounds. After rounds, you can sit in on consultations. Some days, you may assist the doctors on outreaches, where they treat patients who cannot afford basic healthcare. You can help them measure blood pressure, glucose levels, heart rates, and temperatures.

At the end of the day, you can go back to the apartment for dinner or head out to experience local cuisine at one of the many side street restaurants. The nightlife in Cambodia is something you cannot miss!

You can explore more of the stunning city of Phnom Penh during your free time. You should make time to visit the Royal Palace, the Killing Fields and S21 museum. Over the weekends, you can expand your exploration and visit ancient temples in Siem Reap, or soak up the sun at the beach.

You can shadow doctors and other medical staff in a variety of departments at the hospital. Use this opportunity to learn more about the different specializations available to you. Here are a few of the departments you can intern in:

• Emergency Department (can include night shifts)
• ICU Medicine
• Surgery/Traumatology (Abdomen, Pediatric, Urology, ICU)
• Pulmonology
• Gastrology
• Cardiology
• Ears Nose Throat (ENT)
• Dermatology
• Rheumatology/Diabetes
• Maternity
• Gynecology
• Pediatric
• Neurology
• Psychiatry
• Ophthalmology
• Stomatology / Dentistry
• Infectious Diseases
• Oncology

You’ll have the chance to work in different departments throughout your internship. However, you need to spend a minimum of four weeks in each one before you can switch. The longer you stay, the more departments you can work in.