Blog Categories: Ethical Electives
From Malawi to the UK: learnings from an elective in a different healthcare system
Date: 8 October 2024
Meet Adham Tarek Beshir, a final year medical student from Malawi who completed a six-week elective at Addenbrooke’s Hospital.
A period of incredible personal and professional growth: reflections on an ethical elective in Malawi
Date: 11 September 2024
Aly Shaaban is a medical student who undertook his ethical elective in Malawi, working as part of the Malawi Hearing Project. Here he describes the hands-on learning and research experience he gained.
Audit of C-section antibiotic use a step towards driving down resistance
Date: 4 September 2024
Medical student Emma Guenther helped audit antibiotic use in C-section patients in Kampala, which could improve prescribing practices that will help drive down antimicrobial resistance.
Developing an HIV medicine education programme between Harare and Cambridge
Date: 31 August 2024
Medical student Anna Cook travelled to Zimbabwe for her ethical elective where she surveyed general medicine registrars to better understand their knowledge and expertise in the management of HIV.
An ethical elective focused on improving paediatric cancer care
Date: 29 August 2024
In this blog, medical student Maria Izmirlieva describes her ethical elective working with the Paediatric Cancer Partnership in Kampala.
Bi-directional learning on elective in India
Date: 22 August 2024
Medical student Ella Clyne describes the challenges and rewards of her ethical elective in India focusing on women’s health and palliative care.
Understanding the barriers to accessing cancer care
Date: 13 August 2024
In this blog, medical student Tadeusz Ciecierski-Holmes describes his ethical elective at the Uganda Cancer Institute, supporting the team to make the most efficient use of time and resources.
Making small, positive impacts: an ethical elective in India
Date: 9 August 2024
Libby Bryant describes her ethical elective in Uttarakhand, northern India, providing education about women’s health and taking steps towards setting up a professional bereavement service for palliative care staff.
Problem solving and practical thinking: building skills on elective in Malawi
Date: 5 August 2024
Medical student Emma Johnson describes her four-week ethical elective in Blantyre, Malawi and the huge value she got from the hands-on teaching and learning environment.
The one-month elective that will make me a better doctor
Date: 1 August 2024
Mithylan Ganeshwaran describes his four-week ethical elective in Kampala, a transformative experience that provided a huge amount of hands-on learning and ignited a passion for emergency medicine.
Giving refugees with facial injuries a fresh start: FaceForward scoping visit
Date: 13 September 2023
Kindness in the face of challenges: reflections on an ethical elective in Uganda
Date: 4 September 2023
From Uganda to Cambridge: Lifelong learnings from a global ethical elective
Date: 15 August 2023
Ethical Electives – A review of student experiences in Uganda and Botswana
Date: 19 October 2022