damienNZ has written 2 posts

NZ med student in Cali

Hi there- I posted about a year ago re sorting out a medical elective in Colombia, I managed to do it mainly by contacting random doctors and medical students from websites like couchsurfing.com, this worked out surprisingly well. I thought some people may be interested in hearing my experiences thus far. I arrived in Cali about 10 days ago after spending a few days in Bogota with local friends (a former exchange student to NZ and her family) getting my bearings, this being my first trip t ...

By damienNZ on 2007-09-28 15:30:24. 11 comments.

Medical elective in Colombia

hola-

just wondering if there are any medical students or doctors out there who would have ideas about doing a medical elective in colombia.

i'm a 5th year student in a 6 year degree and in about a year i will have 3 months to do a medical elective anywhere in the world, assuming i can organise it myself. a friend of mine who i've lost touch with told me a bit about doctoring in bogota, also my favourite author is gabriel garcia marquez, and my spanish is conversat ...

By damienNZ on 2006-06-11 23:51:40. 2 comments.