Preparing for your Nursing/Midwifery Elective Overseas
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Gifts
If you are going to be staying with a local family it is a good idea take a small gift with you to express your thanks – something expressive of your home culture is generally much appreciated. Similarly if you are going to a poor country where you will have contact with some of the local children either through the hospital, orphanage, church etc. remember to take lots of small gifts for them – balloons pack lightly and give hours of fun!!
It is also a good idea to contact the health centre you are going to in order to see if there is any equipment that you can take that would be useful. Then speak with your college and other colleagues or charities to see what you can scrounge. TALC is a charitable organisation that produces teaching aids at a low cost:
TALC - Teaching Aids at Low Cost
PO Box 49, St Albans, Herts, AL1 5TX, United Kingdom
Tel:01727 853869
Email: talc@talcuk.org
Wwebsite: http://www.talcuk.org
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© First Edition with appendices – August 2004
Christian Medical Fellowship, London.
Christian Student Nurses & Midwives, Leicester
Credits:
This booklet was originally written by Sally Foster, CSNM’s former Staff Worker, and has been updated and expanded by Steven Fouch, CMF’s Allied Professions Secretary.
Any corrections, suggestions or comments please forward to healthserve@cmf.org.uk
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DISCLAIMER
CMF cannot be held responsible for the information contained in this booklet. Students will have to confirm the information with the individual institutions and missions agencies including the conditions for undertaking electives and the precautions advised to reduce health and transport risks.
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