Posts by Alexa Chandler

We asked Kevin Hurley from Medical Electives Net to write a blog explaining why he had chosen to set up MEN and what living and working using a foreign language is like: 

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This week we have chosen one of the smallest countries on the earth as our featured country. The Kingdom of Brunei, the last remnants of an empire that once included all of Borneo and the southwest (…)

If you are thinking that your future may lie in brain surgery or you just feel like you would like to gain some extraordinary experience in the field then why not apply to do your elective at this (…)

Well what’s not to like about Peru? If you like natural beauty then there can’t be much to beat the majestic beauty of the Andes in fact Lonely Planet say

’between the parched coastal desert an (…)

As part of their Elective report competition the MDU have recently added some Elective Reports to their You Tube channel. Why not have a look at them? They contain some really useful information ab (…)

Planning and organising your elective in the middle of your studies is never an easy task and many students often aim to find the least complicated method of sorting their elective. But is this alw (…)

Cuba is a paradox. It is a poor country with an excellent healthcare system. It’s a place where poor people die of rich people’s disease. Cuba achieves life expectancy and infant mortality rates as (…)

Closing Date: 3pm on Friday 4th March 2011

Wellbeing of Women and The National Birthday Trust Fund will award a minimum of ten bursaries of £1000 each towards the expenses of student electiv (…)