Electives & other placements

Why study with us?

Experience

We have over a decade’s experience of providing offender healthcare electives - even during the pandemic.

Safe

We take our duty of care seriously. We have never had an elective student come to physical or psychological harm. We induct you thoroughly. We equip you properly - including FFP3 masks to filter not just COVID-19 but also tuberculosis. We deploy you in line with our specialist policies. And we supervise you carefully.

Difference

Unlike lots of other placements, by doing your placement with us you will be making a real difference. You aren’t a ‘spare wheel’. We actually need your help. Every week you see many sick detainees every week who otherwise would go without medical assistance. And you contribute to our service development by:

• making a patient information leaflet (PIL)

• recording a teaching aid to complement the PIL

• doing a quality improvement project (QIP)

Hands-on

You will work hand-in-glove with our Philippines healthcare team. We have a daily morning meeting, followed by activities both scheduled and adhoc. No one week is exactly the same: both Philippine culture and offender healthcare are highly unpredictable, and time-off requests vary from student to student. A flexible attitude is absolutely essential. But here’s a typical week:

• Monday: AM police station clinic & PM interview patients for case studies

• Tuesday: AM teach local student HCPs & PM visit jail to see particular patients

• Wednesday: AM help with feeding program & PM vist a partner NGO

• Thursday: AM drug enforcement unit clinic & PM QIP work or logistical support

• Friday: AM team building & lunch on local beach & PM clinical administration

We keep a log of team outputs. And we also maintain a Google calendar what actually happened each week, in case a medical school requires retrospective proof of activity.

Supportive

We give you optimal support:

• daily senior medical supervision

• weekly teaching about relevant health conditions

• and weekly clinical supervision for your psychological support

Value

We represent tremendous value for money. Learn more…

Fun

An offender healthcare placcement really is enormous fun in itself. And there are many more ways to further enhance the fun. Learn more…

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