Healthcare Placement in Sri Lanka - Kandy Reviews

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Tom Russell

Brighton and Sussex Medical School 2012
Medical, Sri Lanka - Kandy

If I said my time in Sri Lanka was interesting that would be an understatement...

Emily Hetherington

University of Manchester 2012
Nursing, Sri Lanka - Kandy

I learnt skills during my time on all three wards that university could never teach me.

Sarah Farmer

University of Birmingham 2012
Nursing, Sri Lanka - Kandy

During the four weeks I tried surfing, white water rafting, safari in a national park

Isobel Watton

University of Birmingham 2012
Nursing, Sri Lanka - Kandy

Culture was also evident in the day to day running of the general hospital, as although there are similarities between UK nursing and Sri Lankan nursing there were also differences. For example, instead of just doing IV’s for your patients, you had one nurse doing all of the IV’s.