Medical Internship in Thailand - Chiang Mai

As a medical intern, the main roles & responsibilities would be:

• Shadow and observe the professional doctors and learn how to handle the patients and treat them with utmost care
• Being involved in the daily procedures of the hospital
• Conducting hospital rounds with the doctors and medical staff

The hospitals have a wide variety of departments and services.  Interns may be able to pick different centers and clinical areas of the hospital to focus their work on or to spend supplemental time in.  
 
The hospital in Chiang Mai offers the following healthcare departments and services:

• General Medicine
• Family Medicine
• Emergency Room 
• Operating Room
• Hemodialysis
• Dental
• Physical Therapy
• Health Promotion
• Ward Rounds

Day 1 – Friday
Pick up from airport, train station, bus station
Getting settled into accommodation

Day 2 - Saturday
9:00 – 9:30 Welcome to Thailand. Orientation - Getting to know about your program (Staff, different volunteer and intern projects and history)
9:30– 10:15 Thai Language Lesson
10:15 – 10:30 Break.
10:30 – 11:45 Specifics about your project and preparation
11:45 – 12:00 Places to go and see!
12:00 – 13:0  Lunch.
13:00 – 16:30 City tour of Chiang Mai
16:30 – 19:45 Relax
19:45 Cultural Activity and Dinner

Day 3 – Sunday
9:00 – 9:15 Breakfast and unwind
9:15 – 10:00 Thai Language Lesson
10:00 -10:10 Recess
10:10 – 10:15 Staying Healthy and Safe in Chiang Mai
10:30 – 11:00 Do’s and Don’ts about Thailand and the Program
11:00 – 11:30 Visa Stuff
11:30 – 12:00 The Role of the Volunteer/Intern
12:00 – 14:00 Lunch and Relax
14:00 – 15:00 Tour of Chiang Mai’s Largest Market
15:00 – 19:00 Prepare, Relax, Try to get over Jetlag

Day 4 to Day 8 - Monday - Friday 
After having a self-made breakfast at the accommodation, depart for the hospital. Interns are usually at the hospital from 8 am to 4 pm. The daily schedule and workload can vary as well. You will have your lunch at the hospital or at any restaurant nearby and will be back to the accommodation by the evening when you are free to go out with other participants for dinner or just exploring the city.

The same routine will be repeated for the following workdays. Changes, if any, will be notified.

Volunteering Solutions provides end to end services as far as living arrangements of the volunteers are concerned. VolSol volunteers just have to land at the placement destination and the rest is on us to arrange it for you.

Airport Transfer

Volunteers are picked up from the Chiang Mai International Airport in Chiang Mai by the coordinator or representative. Volunteers who’d be present already in Chiang Mai will be met by the staff at a designated meeting point decided beforehand. Please note that volunteers are provided pickup from the airport between 8am and 8pm only.

Orientation

All volunteers are provided with a two day orientation before starting their project work. The Orientation session covers areas like, local Thai culture, greetings, locations, transportation etc. Volunteers are also given a half day city tour of Chiang Mai and are given a cultural welcome dinner to make them feel immersed in the local culture.

Accommodation

Volunteers are provided accommodation in a volunteer’s home in Chiang Mai. Accommodation is shared with other volunteers. The volunteer house accommodations are located in safe and secure neighborhoods within the Chiang Mai city. We have two volunteer homes in Chiang Mai which are very centrally located. The volunteer home accommodation has air-conditioned bedrooms that provide respite from the hot, sunny days of northern Thailand. The accommodation has a large comfortable living room in which you can relax,watch movies or just surf the internet in your free time.

Meals

All ingredients for breakfast are provided and volunteers can cook their own breakfast at the volunteer home. Lunch is usually taken at the project site and for dinner you can choose to head out to numerous restaurants and cafe’s in Chiang Mai city. 

During your Free Time

Volunteers can take part in the Thai Cookery classes or Thai Massage course which are available all around Chiang Mai. Chiang Mai also boasts of restaurants of every international cuisine. During the weekends, you can travel to the cities of Pai , Chiang Rai or fly down to the capital city of Bangkok.