Safe & STRUCTURED HEALTHCARE ELECTIVES Overseas

Choose your destination and the departments, and we'll build a healthcare placement tailored to you. And whether you're drawn to our electives in Asia or Africa, you’ll get the chance to explore some of the world's most stunning locations.

You’ll live in private, catered accommodation and receive full support before you travel and while you're overseas. On a Work the World healthcare placement abroad, you can travel whenever you want for as long as you like.

UNDERTAKE AN OVERSEAS ELECTIVE IF YOU WANT TO:

  • Get eye-opening clinical experience

  • Travel through stunning destinations

  • Boost your employability

  • Change your perspective on the NHS

  • Build your confidence

+ English-speaking hospital supervisors | Guaranteed department choices | Spread the cost of your placement

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EYE-OPENING ELECTIVES

Explore healthcare placements in diverse overseas clinical settings with English-speaking supervisors.

You’ll see unfamiliar cases, inventive practices and techniques, and unique cultural attitudes towards delivering care.

You choose where you want to go and which departments you want to get experience in. Our placements abroad are suitable for both students and professionals.

FIND MY ELECTIVE

Discover inspiring clinical and travel stories from past travellers:

Explore Stories

"It’s the best decision I made during medical school, and I couldn’t recommend it more highly."

Ethan Rayner, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry 2025 – Medical

"Be true to yourself and seize whatever opportunities come your way!"

Daniel Okoto, University of Staffordshire 2025 – Biomedical Science

"Having served with the Gurkhas in the army and worked with them in Afghanistan, I wanted to come and learn more about Nepali culture".

Kelly Cunningham, Abertay University 2025 – Nursing

"I love to experience new cultures, and I knew I would learn a lot wherever I went."

Arkadiusz Rogozinski, Manchester Metropolitan University 2025 – Physiotherapy

"On my ED placement, I had the opportunity to practice several clinical skills, including venepuncture, catheterisation, suturing, and ABGs".

Joanna Rawlings, University of East Anglia 2025 – Medical

AVAILABLE ELECTIVES ABROAD

We offer a wide range of healthcare electives and international placements for students and professionals. If you're looking for something not listed above, please get in touch via the enquiry form. 

Who we are

The Elective Experts

Founded in 2005, we have helped thousands of healthcare students travel with us every year.

GLOBAL Hospital Partnerships

Hospital partnerships with institutions all over the world, from university teaching hospitals to rural clinics.

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