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SMWEF Ghana offers meaningful and exceptional premedical and pre-health internship program is designed for undergraduates, premedical students, and medical students who are looking to enhance their curriculum vitae by firsthand gaining exposure to global healthcare in hospitals, clinics, and private healthcare facilities in Ghana where they shadow doctors and nurses during ward rounds, outpatient consultation, and emergency care observations.
30 hours of help per week
Child Care: Caring for, playing with, and spending time with children.
Social Work: Help with volunteer work in local projects and communities.
Elderly Care: Assisting and spending time with the elderly.
Amount: € 850 Per week
Fee pays for: Benefits for travelers, Materials for volunteer activities, and Donation to project
Description: Volunteers contribute €850 per week to cover food (authentic 3 meals per day), visa support document, pre-departure information pack, accommodation, utilities included, airport pickup, administrative support, in-country & program orientation, 24/7 in-country supervision & support from staff during your stay in the program, sim card, t-shirt, maintenance, donation to the project, certificate & reference letter upon request.
2 days off per week
Private Room: You will have a bed in a private room. In other words, a room just for you.
Shared Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other travelers.
Team Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other people.
Breakfast: You are entitled to a free breakfast, every day of your stay.
Lunch: You are entitled to a free lunch, every day of your stay.
Dinner: You are entitled to a free dinner, every day of your stay.
Discounts on Parties: Get discounts at nearby parties and clubs.
Discounts on Tours: Get discounts for tours and excursions around town.
Discounts on Accommodation: Get discounts for your stay in other hostels.
Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.
Free Tours: We’ll take you on tours and rides around town. For free!
Free Hiking Tours: We’ll take you on excursions and hikes around town. For free!
Free Parties: Get free entrance for the best parties in town.
Free Events: Get free entrance for the best events in town.
Pick Up: We will pick you up when you arrive, and take you to our property.
Dance classes: Take free dance classes at our place.
Language lessons: Take free language classes at our place.
Use our equipped kitchen: Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.
Certificate: Get a certificate of completion after you finish your experience.
Fast Internet Access: High-speed internet for you to work remotely
Dedicated Workspace: Specific space for you to work remotely
Beginner English
Between 18 and 80 years old
Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers
Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa
SMWEF Ghana offers meaningful and exceptional premedical and pre-health internship program is designed for undergraduates, premedical students, and medical students who are looking to enhance their curriculum vitae by firsthand gaining exposure to global healthcare in hospitals, clinics, and private healthcare facilities in Ghana where they shadow doctors and nurses during ward rounds, outpatient consultation, and emergency care observations.
SMWEF Ghana internship offers exceptional clinical, cultural, and professional advantages for aspiring healthcare workers. It is ideal for undergraduate premed, gap year student, and high school student who want to gain early medical exposure before applying to medical school, strengthen their personal statements and CV’s, gain confidence in public hospitals, private healthcare facilities, and clinic setting, and learn about global health in a developing country.
SMWEF Ghana provides structured and supervised access for premed and high school students without clinical interference, ensuring a responsible, ethical, and educational experience and hands-on exposure in global health. This medical internship in Ghana offers supervised hospital observation, community health exposure, and cultural immersion in a safe and ethical setting. Interns also observe maternal and child health services such as ante-natal care, vaccination clinics, counseling, support community health outreach programs including screenings and health education campaigns based on the facilities arrangements.
Pre-Med Internship Program Duration
The pre-med internship program duration is flexible from a minimum of 2 weeks to a maximum of 24 weeks. Interns can choose the start date and end dates that suit your schedule and align with your schools requirement.
Interns participating in this program will engage in a very impactful and meaningful work experience focused shadowing doctors and nurses in a hospital or clinic setting. Interns begin the day with a wonderful sense of purpose arriving at the hospital or clinic facility, getting ready to contribute to the essential services provided by the facility.
You will immerse yourself within the facilities activities working alongside qualified and experienced supervisors/doctors committed to addressing vital health issues. Each intern role is important whether you are directly involved in assisting in therapy sessions, patients support, contributing to awareness, each step is important towards improving healthier.
Interns will have the opportunity make an impact as the day progresses, attending and participating in meetings within the hospital facility, learning about the wonderful aspect of mental healthcare in underserved communities in developing country.
Shifts & Schedule
Participants participate approximately 5-6 hours per day, 5 days per week depending on the workload available at the hospital or clinic. This volunteer schedule is flexible and may change depending on the activities by the hospital and the community needs such as weather conditions, outreach programs etc.
Weekends are free to explore whether participating in community health outreach programs or engaging in preventive health education while immersing yourself in local communities and their culture. You can also choose to explore the tour attraction sites in Ghana such as a visit to the Cape Coast Castle, Elmina Castle, Kakum National Park, Canopy walkway, Museums, Art Centre, Markola Market, and Independence Square in Accra etc.
• Participants applying for this program must have medical backgrounds or professionals in this field or alternatively student currently under study.
• Participants encouraged to be flexible, patient, open-minded, respect, abide by the rules of the placement activity, and willing to learn the culture of Ghana.
• Volunteers should communicate openly and respectfully with volunteer coordinators, supervisors etc regarding any challenges, schedule changes, or concerns.
• Safety instructions provided by the host organization should always be followed during activities and travel.
