Medicine in Mexico

"I remember my first time helping during a solo operation with the resident, the fear and excitement I felt, and I remember seeing my first perforated appendix.there were times when the resident and I did solo operations while the intern and the head surgeon performed surgery in an adjacent operating room. We saved a lot of time by splitting into teams."
Allegra Lobell, medical student.

Volunteers work in a city hospital in Guadalajara. You will spend time working in departments such as gynaecology, haematology, obstetrics, paediatrics, pathology, anaesthesia and surgery, with the opportunity to specialise if you wish. Your supervisor can ensure that you work in a variety of areas during your placement, and learn as much as possible about medical practice in Mexico.

Doctors and nurses welcome volunteers with a range of experience, so long as they are enthusiastic and keen to participate. By showing initiative and building a good rapport with your colleagues, you can get very involved with the doctors and patients with whom you are working.

Volunteers need to speak some Spanish to join our Mexican medical programme. If you are unsure as to whether your Spanish is good enough for the programme please give us a call. Many volunteers who lack confidence in their Spanish language skills join a teaching or care project before joining their medical programme. This gives them the opportunity to brush up their language skills before the medical part of their placement.

To read a more detailed information about this project, you may visit our Volunteer Medicine & Physiotherapy in Mexico specialized website.