At a glance
- This is a volunteer opportunity with Projects Abroad. Devxchange will assist you in choosing the right fit, raising funds with your own campaign page, issuing tax receipts to donors if project meets CRA criteria as a charitable activity. Devxchange will also assist you in onboarding with Projects Abroad.
- Shadow doctors and nurses in hospitals or clinics and learn how to diagnose and treat the conditions you’ll see.
- Wearing your scrubs, you’ll follow them on their rounds and rotate through departments like cardiology or neurology.
- You’ll also get practical work experience doing health checks during monthly outreaches in disadvantaged areas.
Details
- Shadow Mongolian doctors and observe daily routines
- Rotate through a variety of departments
- Help staff during community outreach activities
Includes/Excludes
Food and accommodation
- Food (three meals a day)
- Airport pick-up and drop-off
- Full induction and orientation by an experienced staff member on arrival
- Transport to and from your work placement
- In-country support and 24-hour back-up from our team of full-time local staff
- Emergency assistance from our international emergency response team
- Project equipment and materials, including access to our database with thousands of resources
- Training and workshops from our experienced local staff
- Regular social events and community activities with other volunteers and interns
- Access to our local office with internet connection
- Certification of project completion
- Access to our alumni services and discounts
- Visa support and advice
- Fundraising support, including your own personalized fundraising website with DevXchange
- Tax Receipts for your donors if activity meets CRA criteria for charitable activity.
- Pre-departure preparation by your own specialist Volunteer Advisor
- Personalized MyProjectsAbroad website, with all the information you need about your project, accommodation and destination
- A free cultural awareness course
- Membership to our volunteer social media groups, to share information and to get in touch
- Support to help you complete registration or internship documents, if applicable
Not Included
- Flights
- Visa Costs (where applicable)
- 10% Admin fee for donations involving tax receipts.
Itinerary
This internship is perfect for people who are applying to study medicine, or medical students trying to decide on a specialisation to pursue. It’s also a great option for those wanting to see the day-to-day functions of a hospital in a developing world. You should be hungry to learn, and willing to ask questions.
During your internship, you’ll be able to broaden your practical medical knowledge and strengthen skills like communication. You’ll also learn a great deal about the healthcare challenges that people face in Mongolia.
Our medical internship in Mongolia runs throughout the year and you can join at any time from two weeks.
Based in a hospital or clinic, you will have a lot to do for the duration of your medical internship in Mongolia. Here are some of the tasks you can expect to get involved with:
- Shadow doctors and observe daily routines
- Rotate through a variety of departments
- Help staff during community outreach activities
A typical day on the medical internship in Mongolia begins in your host family home with breakfast and morning chatter. With your scrubs and medical clogs packed, you will take public transport to your medical placement.
You will shadow doctors in clinics or hospitals, following them on their rounds and observing procedures. You work for around 8 hours a day, Monday to Friday. You also have the option of night-shift work. This can be discussed with your supervisor.
Once a month, you will gain hands-on medicine work experience in Mongolia at an outreach. You will take blood pressure readings, learn about different conditions, and ask the on-duty doctor questions about different patients.
After a busy week of interning, use your free time in the evenings and over weekends to explore Mongolia. Visit the nomads, plan a trip to Terelj National Park, and make sure to stop over in the Gobi Desert.
Ulaanbaatar
Depending on your interests, you will work at a kindergarten, daycare centre, or a centre for children with special needs.
Some of our kindergartens are understaffed, with about 30 children to one teacher. These placements always need extra hands to assist with daily tasks.
You may also work in a centre for young children with special needs. Many of the children here come from single-parent families. Your help means that single mothers can work during the day, knowing their children are in a safe environment.
You will do volunteer work with children in Mongolia’s largest city, Ulaanbaatar, and live with a local host family. The city is filled with Soviet-style high-rise blocks and traditional tents known as gers. Outside of the city, you’ll find nomadic families scattered across the vast Mongolian Steppe.
Food and accommodation
You’ll stay with a host family in Ulaanbaatar. They will welcome you into their home, eager to share their customs and have you teach them about your own culture. We believe that this is the best way to immerse yourself in the culture of Mongolia and have a truly unique experience.
We will always try to let you live alongside at least one other Projects Abroad volunteer or intern at the same host family. Your room will be modest, but comfortable, clean, and safe.
Your programme fee includes three meals a day.
Free Time and Leisure Activities
Mongolia is one of the most remote countries in the world. Volunteering here is a chance to experience a completely different way of life.
Our projects are based in Ulaanbaatar, the country’s capital. This city is an eclectic mix of modern and traditional. The Government Palace is a perfect example of this, with it’s old-world style architecture and glowing blue and gold lights.
Even when you’re in the city, you’re never far from the countryside. Just a quick trip can take you out to a nomad settlement, where you can meet travelling families who live in traditional gers. We recommend going on a horse ride or trek to take in the beauty of the endless countryside horizons.
The famous statue of Genghis Khan is a must-see. You can also learn about the country’s history at the National Museum of Mongolia.
We run a range of different projects in Mongolia so there will likely be other volunteers in the country with you. So you can travel alone or explore the country with a group of like-minded new friends.
