Elective Africa

Clinical Placements & Prehealth Shadowing to Kenya & Tanzania
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Elective Africa is a leading organizer of educational travel. Our programs include electives placements, pre-health hospital shadowing placements; gap year, volunteer and school teams expeditions and business school students global consulting projects and treks. Unique opportunity for experiential learning and global exposure that meet four key needs:

- Offer a rare, insightful hands-on experience and exposure in areas of interest
- Facilitate cultural exchange
- Provide some time and space for reflection, inspiration and fun!
- Helping under-served communities through community development

02/04/2026

Scrubs by day, summit dreams by weekend 🏔️

For students with an adventurous spirit, taking on a Mount Kilimanjaro climb offers a chance to explore, challenge yourself and create memories that last just as long as the lessons learned during your placement.

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02/02/2026

As a pre-health student, shadowing is one of the best ways to discover where you truly belong in healthcare.

It gives you a real sense of what different specialties look like, the environments you thrive in and whether the path you’ve chosen feels right for you.

Applications for our 2026 pre-health programs are ongoing. Apply today and join other students in gaining early, meaningful clinical exposure.

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01/26/2026

Working with children teaches you a different kind of care, both in and beyond the hospital walls.

Through our volunteer initiatives, students spend time with children in many ways from playing games in the wards, teaching simple lessons to sharing moments of joy outside the clinical setting.

In these moments, students learn that care isn’t always about procedures or plans, sometimes it’s about patience, presence, and the small interactions that can mean everything to a child.

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01/24/2026

On this International Education Day, we at Elective Africa salute all our educators, mentors, and institutions committed to shaping the next generation of professionals. 🌍📚

We celebrate education as a powerful tool for growth, connection and global understanding. Through our programs, students gain meaningful learning experiences that go beyond the classroom building skills, perspective and confidence for their future careers.

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Happy International Education Day

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01/23/2026

Hands-on learning. Global perspective. Real impact. 🩺🌍

Our medical electives in Kenya offer more than clinical exposure, they immerse you in diverse healthcare settings, meaningful patient care and a global health experience that shapes you as a future doctor.

With placements now open for 2026, this is your chance to learn alongside experienced clinicians while gaining insight into medicine beyond the classroom.

Reach out to learn more or secure your placement.

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01/22/2026

Our Intern of the week is Alicia from Rey Juan Carlos University in Spain in the surgery elective program.

Not only is she growing her clinical skills and excelling in her rotations, she is also actively involved in community outreach programs and sharing her knowledge with other students.

Inspired by Alicia’s journey? Reach out today to secure your spot and join medical students from around the world in our Surgery Elective Program. 🩺🌍

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01/21/2026

New friends. New skills. Same goal.

From clinical rotations to laughter filled breaks, one of the best parts of a healthcare internship abroad experience is the friendships you build along the way.

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01/16/2026

Four weeks. A new healthcare system. A lasting perspective.

For Hanna from the Queensland University of Technology, our Nursing & Midwifery Elective Program was unlike anything she had experienced before. Coming from Australia, she witnessed firsthand how healthcare can differ across countries, while still being rooted in shared compassion and care.

With consistent support throughout her placement, the experience became one she hopes to return to again.

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01/15/2026

Global health is about more than medicine, it’s about understanding people, systems and the realities of care across different settings.

Elective Africa’s medical electives place students in real healthcare settings, from fast-paced urban hospitals to community and rural facilities, where they see how culture, resources and collaboration influence care.

If you’re ready to turn global health from a concept into a lived experience, applications for our 2026 medical electives are ongoing. Reach out today to start planning your journey.

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01/14/2026

Through Elective Africa’s internship programs, learning doesn’t stop at the hospital.

Take guided tours, meet locals, and dive into the culture that shapes healthcare here. Hear their stories, see how clinics run day-to-day, and discover medicine from a whole new angle.

Reach out today to speak to an advisor and start planning your healthcare internship program.
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01/13/2026

For Alisa, a medical student from SUNY Upstate Medical University, her elective in Mombasa, Kenya was more than just a placement, it was a global learning experience.

“Elective Africa has been a great opportunity to learn about another health system, advance my clinical skills and immerse myself in local culture. The program is well-organised, safe and established. I would highly recommend participation to anyone, especially those with some medical knowledge.”

Her journey highlights what medical electives abroad with Elective Africa are truly about: meaningful clinical exposure, mentorship and cultural immersion all within a supportive and well-structured program.

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01/12/2026

Thinking about a future in healthcare? It starts with early clinical exposure.

Our pre-med internships in Kenya give students the opportunity to shadow healthcare professionals, explore real hospital environments and gain clarity on your path to medicine all while experiencing a new culture.

With 2026 placements ongoing, now is the perfect time to start planning your journey.

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Elective Africa student’s placements began in 2001, in Mombasa Kenya with a visiting doctor on holiday, interested in his medical student’s getting an elective experience in a developing country. Through this, we got to place our first medical students at Coast Provincial General Hospital. This ended up becoming our first base of elective placements. We have since then placed a large number of students all across our other placement centers for them to undertake their healthcare internships.

Through this they get the opportunity to engage in activities such as working with caregivers in children's homes, teaching and education projects including immersion into the vibrant African culture.

With the experience accumulated over the last 16 years offered to over 5000 students internships abroad, our mission has been set to provide unique customized and tailor-made medical electives and healthcare internships abroad.

Overall our healthcare programs are hustle free placements in a developing country. Medical studies are guaranteed the opportunity to build their skills, gain an understanding to global health and shadow physicians in their clinical work abroad.