Healthcare Internships In The Philippines

Iloilo has a number of exceptional opportunities that are unique to internships here. You’ll observe practices that differ considerably from what you’re used to. The Philippines has a national health insurance scheme, but it has its limitations. As such, doctors here prescribe treatments based on patients’ financial solvency instead of looking at what the patient needs. This is not entirely dissimilar to the situation in America, but when many patients are economically disadvantaged in the extreme, the health consequences are often more severe. This is the best medical internship in the Philippines.

Nurses run most of the wards in Iloilo, leaving patients’ families to attend to washing, feeding, and other aspects of personal care. This allows nurses to focus on more clinical aspects of the role. This clinical focus means you can get a breadth of real experience. The OPD here oversees everything from rabies treatments to paediatric care. A&E is also another popular department, where you'll see cases like dengue fever, and severe trauma sustained through construction accidents and RTAs. This is the best nursing internship in the Philippines bar none.

The experiences midwives can expect from an internship in Iloilo are wide-ranging. One of the government hospitals we’re partnered with sees a significant number of births each day. For you, that means getting up close to deliveries. You can also spend time in our partner hospital’s milk bank, the OBG ward, OBG emergency, the antenatal clinic and of course the delivery room. All of the above will allow you to get a strong understanding of the differences between practices at home and in the Philippines.

As a physical therapy student you’ll observe and help to treat a range of patients. Common conditions include Bell’s palsy, cerebral palsy, varying degrees of burns, and trauma. The department’s equipment is basic but functional and primarily handmade. But, you’ll also see techniques that you might not have seen before like TENS machines and paraffin therapy.

On a paramedicine internship in Iloilo, you’ll be in Panay Island’s most highly-regarded tertiary referral hospitals. The hospital has been awarded one of the government’s prestigious ‘Center of Excellence’ titles and is the best hospital for internships in the Philippines. The hospital’s emergency services are housed in a central complex. This complex has distinct areas for triage, orthopaedics, internal medicine, trauma, resuscitation, ENT ophthalmology, and pediatrics. It is a busy department, and you’ll see everything from stab wounds right the way through to tropical diseases.

The clinical experience aspiring radiologists get in Iloilo is eye-opening. Our partner hospital has a busy unit where you’ll spend time learning from local specialists. You may even see them using techniques that are entirely unfamiliar. The department has X-ray machines, but rather than the digital machines you’re used to, these use film. You can learn how to develop these images using the hospital’s darkroom, giving you insight into practices that have long been replaced in America. You’ll see orthopaedic patients, patients from internal medicine, patients with pulmonary diseases (resulting from the high number of smokers in the country). As far as radiology goes, there are two ECG machines, two-dimensional echo machines, and an array of other diagnostic imaging to explore.

On an occupational therapy internship in Iloilo, you’ll gain experience in the physical therapy department of our partner hospital. Engaging in a diverse range of conditions like Bell’s palsy, burns, trauma, cerebral palsy, and injuries sustained from traffic accidents, you’ll grow to understand the challenges delivering care in low-resource environments can bring. Gaining insight into the rehabilitation treatment plans of a wide range of patients and how they’re put together will create an experience that will broaden your understanding of healthcare in a global context.

Choose to undertake a pharmacy internship in Iloilo and you’ll get insight into a unique system. This is a specialized placement in that you can rotate through five separate departmental satellite pharmacies, gaining practical experience in each. You also have the rare opportunity to observe in theatre, and spend time in OBG and antenatal departments. Here you’ll come to understand exactly how medicines are distributed given that there are so few resources.

On your Work the World biomedical science internship in Iloilo, you’ll get to grips with a broad range of tropical communicable diseases, like dengue fever, and their diagnosis and treatment. You might also choose to spend time in the animal bites clinic, where you’ll see everything from dog to snake bites and the occasional resultant case of rabies. You can get broader experience in departments like ER, where you’ll see patients present with conditions like respiratory failure, acute gastroenteritis, burns, hernias, and hyperglycemia. And, in the realm of internal medicine, you'll have the opportunity to observe cases like acute pancreatitis and diabetic ketoacidosis, offering insight into how these conditions are managed within the constraints of an under-resourced clinical setting.