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International Careers: Training and Working Abroad

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One of the highlights of being a medical student is the opportunity to travel abroad on an elective. This is often an inspiration for future work abroad. In this chapter we will provide an overview of electives with a surgical focus, as well as discussing the most common English-speaking destinations for British graduates, including the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Republic of Ireland and developing countries.

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  1. Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, The Old Smith, Rivelin Glen Quarry, Sheffield, S6 5SE, UK

    Charlotte K. Gunner

  2. Derriford Hospital, Wychbury Fernleigh Road, Plymouth, PL3 5AN, UK

    David Bunting MBBS MSc MRCS

  3. Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, USA

    Syed Joharn Raza MD MRCS (Glas) FCPS (Urol)

  4. Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, OH, USA

    David W. Drevna

  5. Caloundra Hospital, Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service, Caloundra, QLD, Australia

    Rishi Patel MBChB BSc (Hons)

  6. Edinburgh Medical School, The University of Edinburgh, 49 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, EH16 4SB, UK

    Alisa Jiwani BSc (Hons) Medicine & Ruhith Ariyapala BMedSci

  7. St James’s University Hospital, Leeds, UK

    Fahd Khan MD, MRCS (Eng), MCh MIS(Hons)

  8. Sheffield University, Sheffield, UK

    Noman Saghir BSc (Hons)

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  1. University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    Rebecca A. Fisher

  2. MRC Centre for Transplantation, King’s College London , London, United Kingdom

    Kamran Ahmed

  3. MRC Centre for Transplantation, King’s College London , London, United Kingdom

    Prokar Dasgupta

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Gunner, C.K. et al. (2017). International Careers: Training and Working Abroad. In: Fisher, R., Ahmed, K., Dasgupta, P. (eds) Introduction to Surgery for Students. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43210-6_30

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