Healthcare Internship in Jaipur

Overview

Healthcare internship program is for pre-medical, pre-nursing, medical and nursing students who want to expand their understanding about Indian healthcare system and learn about the practices here. Interns are allocated to intern at a hospital placement in Jaipur which would be within 5-8 km proximity from theaccommodation. These are mid-range private hospitals with 50-100 bed capacity and a full-time staff of doctors and nurses is available.Hospitals have the following departments: general wards (female and male), ICU, Labor room, CAT, emergency are parts of the hospital facilities which are equipped to serve the patients and are also the departments for the internships. 

The internship is mostly observation based and each intern shall shadow, observe and do basic assistance work in the hospital during the period of the internship. Interns work at a full-service hospital placement which offers very good facilities and infrastructure for patient care and treatment.The observership program helps the students to develop skills and knowledge by observing the work of the medical and nursing team.

Program Requirements

Interns must be 18 years or older at the time of joining the internship. As an intern, you should have an open mind and flexible attitude for working in a new and different environment. Medical interns must provide a clean criminal background check report, CV, Passport Copy as well as other documents and credentials pertaining to their qualifications prior to joining the program. Pre Med, Medical, Nursing students and CNA’s can join the program. All students must adhere to professional attire while at the hospitals.

Intern Roles & Responsibilities

The interns are allowed to support the local staff, do shadowing and observe the working process. Under supervision of the doctors the interns can also perform basic actions such as getting vitals, doing bandages, feeding, preparing the injection liquids, etc.

Under no circumstance can the interns perform any invasive treatments.

As per the interns’ preference, a visit to a government hospital, a day in a slum clinic and a health check-up day for underprivileged kids can be included in the program.

Intern Work Schedule

Medical and Nursing students joining the Healthcare internship program in Jaipur are required to follow a basic routine on a daily basis. It must be noted that every placement functions at a different pace and on separate timelines making the schedule slightly differ at times. A generic daily schedule for interns is as follows;

Sunday: Arrival in Jaipur
Monday: Orientation + neighborhood familiarization tour. The orientation session will
be conducted by the local coordinator, covering topic areas; such as safety, culture, language, places to visit, behavior, food, and other suggestion over things to do in Jaipur. 
Tue to Fri: Internship work
Working hours: (subject to hospital choice)- 9:00am-2pm or 10:00am to 4pm
Shifts: per the capacity or rotation of the student/ intern.
Depending upon the working schedule of the paired doctor and area of the hospital an intern is placed, the times and days of work may fluctuate. Your patience and flexibility with these schedule and time shifts are greatly appreciated.
The same work schedule continues from the second week onwards

Weekends: Free to explore the city of Jaipur or travel to other locations such as Agra, Pushkar, Udaipur or Delhi.

Note: Please note, the schedule may vary depending on the particular project the intern is participating on.