Paula Charnley
- University of Brighton 2011
- Midwifery, Tanzania - Dar es Salaam
I quickly learnt that I could be of use just by holding someone's hand or offering a few comforting words in Swahili
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Linzie Long
- St George's, University of London 2011
- Medical, Sri Lanka - Kandy
The highlight of my placement was going to an outreach clinic, then having king coconuts with the registrars on the side of the road on the way back.
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Tariq Shafi
- University of Nottingham 2011
- Medical, Sri Lanka - Kandy
Many patients presented late, so I saw fairly advanced and destructive tumours
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Rachel Rowland
- University of Oxford 2011
- Medical, Tanzania - Dar es Salaam
There was one paediatrics ward, which was split in two - contagious (diarrhoea) and non-contagious, mainly malaria and pneumonia.
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Alison Mann
- University of Southampton 2011
- Nursing, Sri Lanka - Kandy
It was an incredible experience both as an elective placement and as a life experience
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