Welcome to the Royal Triangle Healthcare Electives and Internship Project. Outlined here are general information you need to know while considering an attachment with our health institutions.
The Royal Triangle healthcare elective and internship programme provides placements designed specifically to meet the needs of students/applicant who wish to gain working experience in a developing country such as Ghana in West Africa. We focus on helping students to acquire lots of hands-on experience they definitely need for their career as medical doctors, Dentists, Nurses, Medical labouratory technologists/technicians, Pharmacists etc..
We also welcome all categories of qualified healthcare persons interested in internships or acquiring practical experience in a developing country. Our placements are flexible, very affordable and are designed specifically to meet the needs of the participants.
We are currently affiliated to the following hospitals in the Eastern Region of Ghana:
Kwahu Government Hospital on the Kwahu Ranges in the Kwahu South District
Begoro Government Hospital in the Fanteakwa District
Nsawam Government Hospital within the Nsawam-Adoagyire Municipality.
Thanks to our collaboration with the CEO of MALLORG International Dr. Wilfred Labi Addo, we are also affiliated to the
Eastern Regional Hospital in Koforidua within the New Juaben Municipality
St. Joseph's Hospital in Koforidua within the New Juaben Municipality
The Tetteh Quashie Memorial Hospital at Mampong in Akuapem North District and
St. Dominics Hospital at Akwatia in the Denkyembour District.
We are also affiliated to the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital in the Central Region of Ghana, the Tamale Teaching Hospital in the Northern Region of Ghana and St. Theresa's Hospital in the Lawra District of the Upper West Regional.
Placements are available all-year-round and for all healthcare students at any stage of their studies.
Visiting persons get the opportunity to experience healthcare and medical practice in rural as well as semi-urban and urban Ghana.
The recommended program duration for elective and volunteering is four weeks. For such a four-week period, participants in a District (Rural) Hospital spends 3 weeks at the Hospital and one week at a rural clinic (called health centre).
Depending on the duration chosen by a participant, this schedule is re-adjusted appropriately to ensure that the participant benefits maximally from his or her visit.
Students who opt for specialist attachment are attached to the appropriate specialist units of the hospital to work under the specialist in-charge.
Participants are not obliged to report to their units of attachment on weekends even though they are free to do so.
Students would be expected to actively participate in on-going activities in their departments. Medical students and Doctor interns would be expected to take part in the management of a wide range of health conditions using pure clinical skills.
At the hospitals, students and interns depending on their areas of interest, are attached to specific wards (Medical, Surgical, Maternity, Gynaecology, and Paediatric wards).
Medical Students and Doctor Interns attached to theatres get the opportunity to to join Surgeons at the operating theatres where they are allowed to observe surgeries and in some cases allowed to act as second assistants.
Depending on areas of interest, other healthcare students would be asgigned to specific units.
A Medical student assigned to a ward is expected to review as many cases as he or she can and to discuss his or her clinical findings with the medical doctor in charge of the ward. Students are not permitted to prescribe treatments for patients without authorisation.
At the emergency unit, medical students in their terminal years of training are encourage to attend to new cases under strict supervision of the doctor in charge. The essence of this is to encourage students to exercise their clinical prowess in arriving at diagnoses.
At the Health Centres, students under the supervision of the medical assistants in-charge are encouraged to take part in the general care offered to patients visiting such facilities.
Please note that the language used for teaching and learning in Ghana is English. Nurses and nurse assistants are always available to help with interpretation should you come across a patient who can not speak English. Go Back
ACCOMMODATION
Participants are expected to pay for their own accommodation for the chosen period of elective. Royal Triangle has pre-arranged affordable shared accommodation for students. The houses used for this purpose are modestly equipped and provided with the necessary furnishing and other domestic household fittings to make life comfortable for students.
With this arrangement students are expected to share a bungalow and facilities therein with other elective students.
A maximum of two students share a room in our shared accommodation. This offer is however subject to availability.
On the day of arrival in Ghana, there may be the need for students to be accommodated at a hotel or guest house depending on the distance from the airport to the chosen health facility. Please note that this is optional and the cost involved here would be borne by the participant.
All interested participants are expected to clearly declare their purpose
and intentions as detailed in the on-line application form.
Applicants are required to send an up-to-date resume or curriculum vitae. In addition, they would be required to provide at least one reference or contact person. Please note that confirmation of status would be sought from your institutions of training.
Health care student applicants are expected to come along with a proof of status (School I.D., Letter of introduction etc).
Royal Triangle Health Care program is essentially a non-profit making initiative. Total contribution per student for a 4-week elective attachment plus accommodation could be as low as $450.
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Numerous restaurants available offer both local and continental dishes. At the request of students, special arrangement could be made towards preparation of food for students. The cost involved would be borne solely by the requesting student or students. Cost per meal for such arranged food is $ 5.00
Public Buses and private Mini buses (popularly called Trotro) as well as Taxis are available to cater for all your transport needs.
PRIVATE OR OFF-PROGRAM TRAVELS
Irrespective of the laudable hospitality of Ghanaians, we still advice that participants on private (unofficial) travels take good care of themselves and their belongings wherever they find themselves. Royal Triangle assumes no liability for items lost or other misfortunes encountered during such tours although we would offer every available support within our means in the event of a problem.
As part of the Royal Triangle elective program, students are encouraged to take a tour of tourist attractions in the various Regions of Ghana. Among the various tourist sites at the Eastern Region of Ghana are the Aburi Botanical Gardens, the Boti, Akaah and Begoro Waterfalls, the Beads Market at Koforidua, the Volta Lake, The Akuapem and Kwahu Ridges and the Art and Craft Shops at Aburi.
Irrespective of the laudable hospitality of Ghanaians, we still advice that participants on private (unofficial) travels take good care of themselves and their belongings wherever they find themselves. Royal Triangle assumes no liability for items lost or other misfortunes encountered during such tours although we would offer every available support within our means in the event of a problem.
As part of the Royal Triangle elective program, students are encouraged to take a tour of tourist attractions in the various Regions of Ghana. Among the various tourist sites at the Eastern Region of Ghana are the Aburi Botanical Gardens, the Boti, Akaah and Begoro Waterfalls, the Beads Market at Koforidua, the Volta Lake, The Akuapem and Kwahu Ridges and the Art and Craft Shops at Aburi.
