INTERNSHIPS AT PUBLIC HOSPITAL IN QUITO, ECUADOR In collaboration with public teaching hospitals, EIL Ecuador offers 2 – 6 month internships for health workers, medical, and nursing students in Quito, Ecuador. Through this experience, interns are introduced to socioeconomic conditions and pathologies common to developing countries such as Ecuador. The Program: - 2-6 months internship-available all year round
- Room and Board with Ecuadorian host families associated with EIL Ecuador.
- Cross-cultural and homestay orientations
- Introduction to community health in Ecuador
- 80 hours of one-to-one Spanish instruction at EIL´s language center
- Follow-up and support throughout the program.
Teaching hospitals in Quito have many years of experience in successfully providing and supervising internships for health workers, medical, and nursing students from local universities and from overseas. Interns observe, shadow, and occasionally get some hands-on experience but should not expect to treat patients directly.
Interns may observe work within the hospital in the medical area that most interests them. Some basic hands-on practice may be possible if the intern´s medical tutor authorizes and supervises. In general, and depending on medical studies and background, interns are assigned to Emergency, Gynecology, Pediatrics or Surgery with Medical Tutors. During free time, participants can discover the old and new of Ecuador´s capital city, Quito, a World Heritage site with one of the best conserved colonial centers in S.A. and a lively modern section with excellent bars, restaurants, malls, craft shops, and discos. As Ecuador is a very small and ecologically diverse country, snow capped mountains, Amazon rain forest, Andean Cloud Forests, and great stretches of tropical beaches on the country´s Pacific Coast are within a few hours reach. Additionally, the unique flora and fauna of the Galapagos Islands are only a 90 minute flight away from Quito. For more information: Myriam Flor:  |