Internships in India
Intern in India with Volunteering Solutions and gain valuable work experience in the areas of Medicine/Healthcare , Dentistry and Physiotherapy. The internship and elective placements are based in the town of Palampur, located in the state of Himachal Pradesh in northern India. Under the Medical Internship Program in India , interns work in private and public hospitals in Palampur. Depending on the level of experience as well as skills of the students you may be asked to shadow as well as assist the medical staff in their work. The Medical Internship placements are highly recommended for both medical as well as nursing students.Under the Dentistry Elective Internship Program, students are placed in dental clinics as well as hospital placements where they work under the observation of qualified dentists.
We also have Physiotherapy Internship opportunities available where physiotherapy students are placed in physical therapy clinics or hospital placements. Students are also occasionally placed in rehabilitation centers for disabled students.
India Facts
- Location New Delhi & Palampur
- Arrival airport New Delhi (DEL)
- Currency Indian Rupees (INR)
- Population 1.237 Billion
- Language Hindi and English
- Time Zone UTC + 05:30
What our Volunteers say
We liked the placement very much. The things that was not okay was modified by Amit and it's better now. The home patients visits are what I liked the most. We feel close to the people and we can dig in our knowledg ...Read more
Hugo Brisson
I appreciate the fact that we worked at different placements. I appreciate both clinic and school. According to me patient home visits were the most interesting experience.
Frederique Caron
The pre-departure booklet had all the information we need to be prepare for the trip. I really enjoyed working at my placement. The highlight of my volunteering trip were visiting home patients and the trekking tri ...Read more
Steve Vallerand
The pre departure packet was very helpful in helping me prepare and gave me a brief idea of what I am going to do and what the country is like. I enjoyed working with my project and the people that I worked with wer ...Read more
Thinh Ha
Internship Programs in India
Medical and healthcare internship programs are the highlight of India ensuite. Volunteering Solutions has well balanced internship programs that allow volunteers to practice under thorough professionals and gain valuable industry insights.
Medical & Nursing Internship Palampur
Interns are placed in hospitals and clinics in the region where they work alongside the medical staff and attending to the needs of the patients. Students mainly shadow and assist the medical staff depending on their level of experience and the skills they possess.
While first, second and third year medical students mainly observe and shadow in the medical procedures, senior medical students are able to perform hands on tasks depending on their skill level.
Our placements include general medicine, surgery, gynecology, pediatrics as well as in Ayurveda and Naturopathy clinic and hospitals. At the medical internship placements, the students get an opportunity to observe and check patients from varied backgrounds and with different diseases.
For groups of medical students we also arrange medical check up camps in schools and visit to local communities as well as different medical colleges in and around Palampur area where they get to know more about the medical and healthcare system.
Dental Elective Palampur
This program is designed for dental students who have good knowledge of dentistry and are confident enough to work in a rural set up.
The 2 Week program is designed to give comprehensive dental hands on opportunities as well as shadowing/ assisting experience to the students. The idea of program is to set a rural dental clinic in village or the village school and provide dental checkups and dental treatments to people of community free of cost.
Basic itinerary for the program is as follows :-
First week: Observation / Shadowing Week
Day 1 - Monday: Orientation and visit to the town and knowing the area.
Day 2 - Tuesday: Visit to the placement and observation in various private and government clinics begins.
Day 3 - Wednesday: Again visit to various clinics and observing the local dentist work and interacting with them.
Day 4 - Thursday: Visiting the clinics on rotational basis and making notes on the different ways of practice in India which are different to those back home.
Day 5 - Friday: Same as other days.
Day 6th and 7th - Weekend Off
Week 2
Day 1 - Monday: Visit to the village where the camp will be set up and meeting the people and organizers.
Day 2 - Tuesday: Setting up a clinic and doing examinations and scanning of patients and giving treatments on the same day if possible.
Day 3 - Wednesday: Starting treatment for the scanned patients and doing more examinations for new patients.
Day 4 - Thursday: Follow up for the treated patients; continue the treatments started on prior days and new patients.
Day 5 - Friday: Final treatments, follow ups and advises on dental health and hygiene.
Physiotherapy Internship
Our Physiotheraphy program based in Palampur is a great way for volunteers to get hands on experience working under proper medical professionals while being able to closely work with the rural community. You can get cases that can include anything related to a minor sprain to cases with cerebral injuries, paralysis etc.
As an advantage you would be working in the beautiful setting of Palampur, Dharmashala. Your weekends would be at your liberty to indulge in small excursions or take add on tours.
**Volunteers participating in this program must have physiotherapy background (degree, pre-med, practicing) or practice.
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Reviews
The pre-departure booklet had all the information we need to be prepare for the trip. I really enjoyed working at my placement. The highlight of my volunteering trip were visiting home patients and the trekking trip.
Steve Vallerand (Canada)
I really enjoyed working at the childcare center. The teachers were nice and the kids were so lovely. We had the chance to play any game we wanted to play or teach them songs. We just had to be creative and it was awesome.
Neele Tetenborg (Germany)
I enjoyed working at my program placement. I was able to see a lot of things and the doctors were always ready to explain everything. I learned a lot.
Marta Rodriguez Castells (Spain)
We liked the placement very much. The things that was not okay was modified by Amit and it's better now. The home patients visits are what I liked the most. We feel close to the people and we can dig in our knowledge to give the best treatment.
Hugo Brisson (Canada)
I appreciate the fact that we worked at different placements. I appreciate both clinic and school. According to me patient home visits were the most interesting experience.
Frederique Caron (Canada)
I absolutely enjoyed my program placement. It was an amazing experience and once the staff gets to know you they will call you to see more things and let you do more things.
Evy Vervecken (Belgium)
I enjoyed my program placement. I was very new and enjoyable experience. The highlight of my volunteering experience was the bond I had developed with kids at the child care center. I was like an elder brother to them and they were like my siblings.
Dhruv Subramaniam (Singapore)
Accommodation was really comfortable homely and the meals were really good. The highlight was Trekking trip, amazing views were really enjoyable.
Susie Hart (United Kingdom)
The highlight was definitely meeting so many people at home and at the school. The relationships that I have made are worth holding to and the people have made a difference to me.
Sophia Brelvi (USA)
Volunteering Solutions has impressed me with the level of organization and professionalism. All queries were answered promptly while I was preparing for the trip and once I was here, I was kept well informed about any trips planned.
Rohan Raval (United Kingdom)
