Cerca Abroad

I conducted my Medical internship in Athens, Greece, in a top private hospital with cutting-edge technology. It was one of the most impressive organizations I have ever seen in healthcare. My internship role as a medical trainee was to assist doctors during their clinical activities and to observe them during surgery and endoscopy. My favourite memory from my internship experience was the prostate biopsy that the urologist let me perform under his supervision. It was a challenging, important and new experience. I also had the chance to observe one of the best hematologists in Europe at work, they were an amazing supervisor, teaching me a lot! As a medical student, this internship supported my long term goals, as I gained a lot of new clinical and hands-on experience, while also further developing skills I already had. Everything I learned during the hospital internship placement will be useful in my future career as a clinician. It will also help me to complete my medical degree.

I learned what it is like to be a physician every day and I got to rotate in all the hospital's departments and gain a solid perspective of my medical career path. The coordinating team were very organised and they made us feel at home. Athens is a very safe city with so many things to see and do.

I joined the 4-week pre-med program in Greece in July 2019 and I had the opportunity to shadow of up to 40 hours a week with doctors, nurses, surgeons etc. We were placed in a private hospital with doctors trained in the US or UK and got to see them operating high-tech medical equipment. Our hospital supervisor rotated us through all departments and this gave us a sense of direction into what we want to follow in our medical career. It was overall an amazing experience and a unique opportunity to shadow medicine and learn about the healthcare system of another country. I definitely recommend everyone who wants to get medical experience to participate in this program. In my free time I was able to go and explore Athens and the nearby islands. It was so beautiful that I am planning to return back to Greece and explore more and certainly see again all the doctors that I shadowed with!