Medical Internships Abroad
Medical and healthcare internships abroad combine the opportunity to gain professional experience with valuable insight into cultural diversity and developmental challenges. Whether you’re an aspiring dentist, doctor, nurse, midwife, physiotherapist, or social worker, we have a broad range of meaningful medical internships that will enable you to give back and enhance your compassion as a healthcare worker. Completing a medical internship abroad is an exciting milestone for every student to consider. Intern to boost your resume, but gain a lifelong passion for improving access to care and wellbeing around the world.
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Intern Abroad HQ offers a diverse range of intern abroad programs, as well as remote internships that you can complete from anywhere in the world. You can choose from the following Medical internship opportunities:
Argentina:
Australia:
Bali:
Belize:
- Medical & Nursing Internships: Intern abroad in Belize
- Mental Health Support Internships: Intern abroad in Belize
Costa Rica:
- Healthcare Internships: Intern abroad in San Ramon, Costa Rica
- Physical Therapy Internships: Intern abroad in San Ramon, Costa Rica
- Special Education Internships: Intern abroad in San Ramon, Costa Rica
Greece:
- Dentistry Internships: Intern abroad in Athens, Greece
- Medical Internships: Intern abroad in Athens, Greece
- Physical Therapy Internships: Intern abroad in Athens, Greece
- Physician Associate Internships: Intern abroad in Athens, Greece
- Psychology Internships: Intern abroad in Athens, Greece
- Medical Internships: Intern abroad in Thessaloniki, Greece
- Physical Therapy Internships: Intern abroad in Thessaloniki, Greece
Guatemala:
- Medical Internships: Intern abroad in Guatemala
- Physical Therapy Internships: Intern abroad in Guatemala
Jordan:
Morocco:
- Human Biology & Med Lab Internships: Intern abroad in Morocco
- Medical Internships: Intern abroad in Morocco
New Zealand:
India:
- Remote Clinical Psychology Internships: Hosted out of India remote internships
- Remote Developmental Psychology Internships: Hosted out of India remote internships
- Remote Introduction to Counseling Skills Internships: Hosted out of India remote internships
- Remote Social Work & NGO Support Internships: Hosted out of India remote internships
- Remote Organizational Psychology with HR & Career Counseling Internships: Hosted out of India remote internships
Jamaica:
- Remote Child & Youth Mental Health Internships: Hosted out of Jamaica remote internships
- Remote Social Work Internships: Hosted out of Jamaica remote internships
- Remote Women's Empowerment & Psychology Internships: Hosted out of Jamaica remote internships
Spain:
- Remote Psychology Internships: Hosted out of Spain remote internships
- Biomedical & Biotechnology Internships: Intern abroad in Valencia, Spain
- Medical Internships: Intern abroad in Barcelona, Spain
- Medical Internships: Intern abroad in Madrid, Spain
- Medical Internships: Intern abroad in Seville, Spain
- Medical Internships: Intern abroad in Valencia, Spain
- Nursing Internships: Intern abroad in Seville, Spain
- Orthopedic Medicine Internships: Intern abroad in Valencia, Spain
- Physician Associate Internships: Intern abroad in Valencia, Spain
- Physical Therapy Internships: Intern abroad in Valencia, Spain
- Psychology Internships: Intern abroad in Barcelona, Spain
- Psychology Internships: Intern abroad in Madrid, Spain
- Psychology Internships: Intern abroad in Valencia, Spain
Tanzania:
- Remote Social Work & NGO Support Internships: Hosted out of Tanzania remote internships
- Community Sports & Physical Education Internships: Intern abroad in Arusha, Tanzania
- Dental Internships: Intern abroad in Arusha, Tanzania
- Emergency Medicine Internships: Intern abroad in Arusha, Tanzania
- Maasai Women's Empowerment & FGM Awareness Internships: Intern abroad in Arusha, Tanzania
- Medical Internships: Intern abroad in Arusha, Tanzania
- Midwifery Internships: Intern abroad in Arusha, Tanzania
- Neonatal Care & Children's Health Internships: Intern abroad in Arusha, Tanzania
- Nursing Internships: Intern abroad in Arusha, Tanzania
- Nutrition Internships: Intern abroad in Arusha, Tanzania
- Obstetric Medicine & Gynecology Internships: Intern abroad in Arusha, Tanzania
- Ophthalmology Internships: Intern abroad in Arusha, Tanzania
- Orthopedic Surgery Internships: Intern abroad in Arusha, Tanzania
- Pharmacy Internships: Intern abroad in Arusha, Tanzania
- Physician Associate Internships: Intern abroad in Arusha, Tanzania
- Physical Therapy Internships: Intern abroad in Arusha, Tanzania
- Pre-School Children's Education Internships: Intern abroad in Arusha, Tanzania
- Psychology & Community Mental Health Internships: Intern abroad in Arusha, Tanzania
- Radiology Internships: Intern abroad in Arusha, Tanzania
- Social Work & Community Outreach Internships: Intern abroad in Arusha, Tanzania
- Youth Development & Education Internships: Intern abroad in Arusha, Tanzania
Peru:
- Dental Internships: Intern abroad in Cusco, Peru
- Midwifery Internships: Intern abroad in Cusco, Peru
- Physician Associate Internships: Intern abroad in Cusco, Peru
- Physical Therapy Internships: Intern abroad in Cusco, Peru
- Psychology Internships: Intern abroad in Cusco, Peru
- Special Education Internships: Intern abroad in Cusco, Peru
South Africa:
- Occupational Therapy Internships: Intern abroad in Cape Town, South Africa
- Physical Therapy Internships: Intern abroad in Cape Town, South Africa
- Psychology Internships: Intern abroad in Cape Town, South Africa
- Public Health Internships: Intern abroad in Cape Town, South Africa
- Social Work Internships: Intern abroad in Cape Town, South Africa
Zanzibar:
- Dental Internships: Intern abroad in Zanzibar
- Emergency Services Internships: Intern abroad in Zanzibar
- Internal Medicine & Surgery Internships: Intern abroad in Zanzibar
- Occupational Therapy Internships: Intern abroad in Zanzibar
- Pediatrics Internships: Intern abroad in Zanzibar
- Pharmacy Internships: Intern abroad in Zanzibar
- Physical Therapy Internships: Intern abroad in Zanzibar
- Psychology Internships: Intern abroad in Zanzibar
- Social Work & Education Internships: Intern abroad in Zanzibar
Depending on your area of study and expertise, each Medical internship offers its own unique placement work within your desired medical or healthcare field.
Who Can Take A Medical Internship Abroad?
Our internships are super flexible and we only have a few basic requirements:
- Proficient in the English language
- Have graduated high school by your internship program start date
- Be at least 18 years old by your internship program start date
- Capable of presenting a clean criminal background check
Learn more about how our internships work.
If you’re a college or university student, the ideal fields of study for our Medical internships include:
- Medicine
- Dentistry
- Podiatry
- Nursing
- Midwifery
- Public Health
- Physiotherapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Disability Care / Special Needs Care
- Biological / Health Sciences
Even those at pre-med level can take a Medical internship Abroad!
When Can I Take An Internship?
Our internship abroad programs are available year-round with minimum durations starting at 2 weeks. We offer flexible start dates to work in with your schedule. Whether you’re looking for a summer internship abroad or if you’re in between opportunities and would like to grow your global experience, we can customize an internship to match your unique motivations.
Our remote internships programs are also available year-round with customizable scheduling. You can choose from a range of online program options, ranging from 100 hours up to 250 hours. These internships are completed 100% online so you can work from home or anywhere in the world. See how it works.
What Type Of Work Can I Take Part In?
Depending on the internship you select, the type of medical work varies. If you’re at pre-med or undergraduate level, medical internships in Costa Rica and Peru are a great option, allowing you the opportunity to shadow local doctors and gain hands-on experience. If you’re towards the end of your studies or recently graduate, medical internships in South Africa or Spain allow you to work alongside healthcare professionals in a community sitting with daily patient work.
How Much Does It Cost?
Whether you want to intern abroad or intern remotely, we offer the most affordable internship program fees. In addition to connecting you with real organizations and experienced professionals around the world, we provide comprehensive support services and an exclusive experiential learning curriculum to foster the transferable skills favored by employers. You can learn more about what’s included and see how much it costs here.
Feel free to get in contact with us if you have any questions regarding our Healthcare and Medical internships abroad.