MAKE YOUR MEDICAL & NURSING INTERNSHIPS A STRESS FREE AND UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCE 
Taking your medical elective or Nursing internship to Sri Lanka will give you a unique chance to experience a brand new health care system. Professionally, you will discover new perspectives and cultural attitudes towards medicine. Working with a local team and fully immersing yourself in local culture.
As an integral part of the local team, you will work closely with other medical staff, learning how to collaborate with people from a different culture and develop a range of new skills. These skills can then be added to your CV and can be applied during your professional career.
SRI LANKA MEDICAL ELECTIVE & NURSING INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
The 'VSL' offers a wide range of medical Elective & Nursing internship oppertunities such as, 
⦁    General Medicine
⦁    Emergency (ETU) & Internal Medicine  
⦁    Cath Labs
⦁    General Surgery
⦁    Pediatrics Cardilogy  
⦁    Neurology &  Neurosurgery 
⦁    Oncology & Oncosurgery 
⦁    Obstetrics & Gynaecology 
⦁    Pediatrics
⦁    Maternity & Midwifery 
⦁    Psychiatry
⦁    Rheumatology and rehabilitation/physiotherapy
⦁    Podiatry
⦁    Physiotherapy  
⦁    Dentistry 
⦁    Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
⦁    Otolaryngology
⦁    Dermatology
⦁    Gastroenterology 
⦁    Radiology,

 As a medical Elective OR Nursing intern in Sri Lanka you can gain valuable medical experience in a new culture, an opportunity not to be missed in this gorgeous part of the world! If you are looking for a learning experience or would like to pursue a career in the medical field, then this program is the ideal way to give you an insight into the Sri Lankan healthcare system.

Doing your medical intersnhip in a hospital with the 'Volunteer Sri Lanka' program is a great opportunity to get close up clinical exposure and learn about health care systems in developing countries. You will witness a variety of cases, which offers a fantastic contrast to what you might find in your local hospital! 
The 'VSL' medical elective & Nursing internship program is a learning experience available for both medical & nursing students looking to pursue a career in medicine & nuring. 
You ability to join as a medical elective / nursing intern in Sri Lanka would support you for the perfect way to gain invaluable hospital work experience whilst exploring the wonders that this amazing island has to offer. 
You have the option to either spend your elective rotating around different departments, or focus your time in one particular area. Hospital work is varied and provides an interesting setting to learn about various ailments and chronic diseases in Sri Lanka.

The Teaching Hospital, Karapitiya located in Galle city is the largest Tertiary care centre in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka. It was established in 1982 and is the main training facility for the Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna. The hospital consists of 1,824 beds, 58 wards and several other units. It is the third largest tertiary care hospital in the country. Karapitiya Hospital meets the health needs of people in Southern Province and also provides services to the people of the surrounding areas.