With the opportunity to focus on areas like paediatric HIV and other niche fields of practise in Dar es Salaam, your clinical experience will be tailor made to suit you and your placement aims. With some of the best facilities in the whole of Tanzania, your clinical knowledge will grow exponentially. Once working hours are over, you’ll find Kilimanjaro is just a bus ride away. Past students have braved the five-day climb to the summit? Read what they think below!
University of Central Lancashire 2018
"It was surprising, culturally speaking, but simultaneously a great learning experience. It made me incredibly grateful for the NHS."
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University of the West of England (UWE) 2018
"The hospital was really under resourced. The patients had to bring in their own equipment — catheters, sterile gloves, cord clamps…."
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University of Hertfordshire 2018
"They were doing their best with what they had."
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University of Hertfordshire 2018
"Speaking openly, our time in the emergency department was emotionally challenging."
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University of East Anglia 2018
"If you’re thinking about going on a trip with Work the World — just do it!"
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Manchester Metropolitan University 2018
"This was truly one of the best experiences I’ve had, the atmosphere in the Work the World house was so welcoming!"
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Sheffield Hallam University 2018
"In the end the most important lessons I learnt were about who I was as a person and what I was capable of."
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Edinburgh Napier University 2018
"Nurses and doctors came up with ingenious solutions in situations where equipment wasn’t available."
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University of Worcester 2018
"Patients or their families were expected to pay for treatment unless they had health insurance, which most patients could not afford."
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