Medical Internship In Sri Lanka
Take your medical internship or medical elective abroad and expand your horizons with immersive travel and training at the same time. Our medical volunteer program in Sri Lanka offers you a chance to gain international experience, where you can get invaluable training supervised under experienced medical experts, and you will have the rare opportunity to learn more about healthcare and medicine in a different country. Sri Lanka is known to have one of best preventative and curative health care system in South Asia. As a model for developing countries, you will learn a lot from the dedicated doctors in Sri Lanka about medical and healthcare in developing countries. This unique experience will open your eyes to the world of medicine in a developing country, and you will be amazed to see how well run and managed and sophisticated some of the hospitals in Sri Lanka are.
Your medical placement will allow you to get the work experience you need to give your CV an edge to help advance your career or boost your medical school application, and you will also benefit from an immersive cultural experience through living in Sri Lanka.
Our medical Internship programs in Sri Lanka are strictly observation based only. If you are doing an elective with us we will ask you to send your clinical area of interest. Being a very popular program we encourage you to apply in advance to guarantee your spot. A certificate will be given on completion and we would be glad to complete any paperwork related to your electives forms. Our medical elective or internship in Sri Lanka is ideally suited for medical students only.
Medical Interns In Sri Lanka
What is involved
Our Medical students will be based in Galle ( in Southern Sri Lanka). We have strategic partnerships with a well renowned public hospitals in Sri Lanka. This hospital is also a teaching hospital with a 5000 bed capacity.
This medical programs in Sri Lanka is ideal for students looking for an opportunity to train alongside medical specialists and to spend time in hospitals with access to various clinical areas of your choice. Our programs in Sri Lanka are also suitable for medical students who are also looking to gain some experience in a developing country.
On average medical student will work for 5 hours a day depending on hospital and clinical area allocations given. At the hospital a coordinator will be assigned to you who will give you your clinical allocations and hospital timings(depending on doctors availability and patient cases). On your first day at the hospital you will get a general introduction and tour of the different units.
What you do at the placement is dependent on a host of factors including patient cases at the time, medical staff availability, clinical area chosen, timings and so on. Being a real world setting things in hospitals change rapidly, and we expect you to be flexible and embrace every learning opportunity that this medical placement offers you.
Volunteering Abroad in Sri Lanka include Family Volunteer Holidays , Teaching English, Working with NGO’s, helping Special Needs individuals, and Medical & Nursing Internships.
Some details
1.Programs Dates
SUNDAY START DATES
Days
2025
- Jan 5, 12, 19, 26
- Feb 2, 9, 16, 23
- Mar 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
- Apr 6, 13, 20, 27
- May 4, 11, 18, 25
- Jun 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
- Jul 6, 13, 20, 27
- Aug 3, 10, 17, 24, 31
- Sep 7, 14, 21, 28
- Oct 5, 12, 19, 26
- Nov 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
- Dec 7,14
Days
2025
- Jan 4, 11, 18, 25
- Feb 1, 8, 15, 22
- Mar 8, 15, 22, 29
- Apr 5, 12, 19, 26
- May 3, 10, 17, 24, 31
- Jun 7, 14, 21, 28
- Jul 5, 12, 19, 26
- Aug 2, 20
- Sep 6, 13, 20, 27
- Oct 4, 11, 18, 25
- Nov 8, 15, 22, 29
- Dec 6, 13, 20, 27
Days
2027
- Jan 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
- Feb 6, 13, 20, 27
- Mar 6, 13, 20, 27
- Apr 3, 10, 17, 24
- May 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
- Jun 5, 12, 19, 26
- Jul 3, 10, 17, 24, 31
- Aug 21, 28
- Sep 4, 11, 18, 25
- Oct 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
- Nov 6, 13, 20, 27
- Dec 4
2.Programs Cost
Below you can find all the program fees in USD $ per person.
- 1 Week
- 2 Weeks
- 3 Weeks
- 4 Weeks
- 5 Weeks
- 6 Weeks
- 7 Weeks
- 8 Weeks
- 9 Weeks
- 10 Weeks
- 11 Weeks
- 12 Weeks
- N/A
- N/A
- N/A
- $2,045
- $2,295
- $2,645
- $2,995
- $3,345
- $3,695
- $4,045
- $4,395
- $4,745
3.Orientation
- What’s Included
- Not Included
- Pre-departure guide to Sri Lanka
- Airport Pick-up and drop from Colombo airport on arrival and departure dates
- Shared Room in volunteer house
- Home-cooked meals- Breakfast and Dinner
- Project training
- Hospital Placement in the largest Public hospital in South Sri Lanka
- 24/7 Daily ground support as required
- Not Included
- Flights to the program destination
- Medical and travel insurance
- Visa costs
- Transport costs to projects
- Lunch on project time
- Excursions in Sri Lanka post project
- Private or air-conditioned rooms
4. Location
This program is based in Galle, Southern Sri Lanka
Volunteering Journeys Sri Lanka programs are based in Southern Sri Lanka. We are based in Galle, which is one of Sri Lanka’s most enchanting destinations, home to the famous 17th century Dutch Fort which houses many beautiful pieces of colonial architecture behind its walls, as well as an absorbing collection of quirky shops and restaurants. Galle is an expansive area, encompassing not only the famed Fort, but it is also in close proximity to some world class beaches (that are great for surfing and swimming), including some gems such as the sleepy and relaxed Tangallebeach, the lively Mirissa beach, the turtle lagoons of Wijeya beach and the surfing havens of Ahangama and Weligama, as well as stunning rural inland villages surrounded by rice paddy fields and cinnamon plantations.
5.Nearest Airport
- The nearest airport for this program is Bandaranaike International Airport (airport code CMB)
- All foreign nationalities must apply for E-Tourist Visas prior to arrival
- Travel Insurance is compulsory on this program.
5.Hospitality
You will be living in our volunteer house in Galle, a gorgeous Coastal beach town in Southern Sri Lanka. You will be sharing your room with 2- 4 other volunteers. All rooms come with attached bathrooms. Your accommodation will have an area to relax in and you will also have a dining area where you can have meals. Access to a kitchen is available where you can make your own tea or coffee and keep basic snacks. Our team will be around from 8 am to 5 pm on weekdays. If you need a private room or air-conditioned rooms we can arrange this at an additional cost.
Tasty home-cooked meals will be provided at the accommodation. Breakfast and Dinner are Sri Lankan dishes like a curry for lunch /dinner. Western meals are at local restaurants and cafes in the neighbourhood.
Transport to the volunteer projects will be in tuk tuks which is a great way to get around locally. Medical project volunteers can use ubers or a local bus. Your airport pick up and drop from the airport will be by car.
What your first week looks like
Arrival day
Weekdays
Weekend
Weekend activities
Surfing in Sri Lanka
Weekend activities
Sigiriya
Weekend activities
Iconic Train Rides
Weekend activities
Yala National Park
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