Mongolia Medicine

Sample Itinerary
  • Who? Groups of 3 -10 students aged 18+
  • When? Projects have flexible dates and run all year round
  • Where? Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
Volunteers in a hospital room in Mongolia
Volunteers in a hospital room in Mongolia

Your group will be working in one of Ulaanbaatar's leading hospitals under expert supervision. On arrival in Ulaanbaatar, an introductory session will cover basic professional skills as well as Mongolian attitudes and ideas. The focus of the practical work will be at the Central University Hospital of Mongolia, the largest hospital in the country. Your placement will give you a chance to experience and work in a number of different departments and you have the unique opportunity to shadow doctors throughout the work day. You'll leave after experiencing medicine in the most remote city on earth and gaining valuable insight into rural community issues

Projects Abroad Mongolia is based right in the centre of Ulaanabaatar, with the majority of our host families and projects being concentrated around the centre of the city. Ulaanbaatar is an unusual kind of capital city with bars and restaurants but there's a lot of tradition, history and culture too. It's also easy to get a quick fix of the country life while you're based in Ulaanbaatar. The capital is flanked by the 'four holy peaks', with forests and grasslands full of animal and bird life.

 

Sample Itinerary

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  • Day1
    TimeLocationActivity
      Induction
      Dinner: Traditional Mongolian meal
  • Day2
    TimeLocationActivity
      Morning round with doctors
      Introduction to hospital
      Lunch
      Free conversation with doctors
      Dinner
  • Day3
    TimeLocationActivity
      Morning round
     SurgeryOperating theatre – surgery
      Lunch
     International Intellectual MuseumVisiting
  • Day4
    TimeLocationActivity
      Morning round
     Operating theatrePatient caring – operating theatre
     MuseumsVisit other museums
     Mongolian Historical MuseumVisit to Mongolian Historical Museum
  • Day5
    TimeLocationActivity
      Morning round
     HospitalIntroduction to Internal department
      Afternoon in intensive care
     ConcertTraditional folk concert
  • Day6
    TimeLocationActivity
     HospitalIntroduction to State Children’s Hospital
     Care UnitVisit to Paediatric Intensive Care Unit
     Care UnitVisiting other departments
     Clinical OrphanageSession in the State Clinical Orphanage
  • Day7
    TimeLocationActivity
     KharkhorumTrip to Kharkhorum
  • Day8
    TimeLocationActivity
      Return from Kharkhorum
  • Day9
    TimeLocationActivity
     Children’s HospitalIntroduction to State Children’s Hospital
     Care UnitVisit to Paediatric Intensive Care Unit
     Care UnitVisiting other departments
     UlaanbaatarShopping: Ulaanbaatar Narantuul Open Market; "Khuushuur" tasting
  • Day10
    TimeLocationActivity
     State Maternal House 
     State Maternal HousePatient caring & baby delivery
     GachuurtVisit to Hotel Mongolia in Gachuurt
  • Day11
    TimeLocationActivity
     State Maternal House 
      Patient caring & baby delivery
     State Trauma Hospital 
      Dinner with all volunteers
  • Day12
    TimeLocationActivity
      Morning round
     Surgery Operating TheatreBasic medical duties, wound dressing
     State Trauma Hospital 
    Afternoon free time
      Lecture on Mongolia traditional medicine
  • Day13
    TimeLocationActivity
      Morning round
     Surgery operating theatrePatient caring
     State Trauma Hospital 
      Lunch
     Terelj NPVisiting