Our Story
Why Medical Electives Peru
In 2011, we began offering electives and medical Spanish programs for medical students only. We then felt, and still feel, that other organizations providing student electives in Latin America did not take language immersion seriously.
We decided to create programs with as much focus on medical Spanish language development as on the clinical rotations. We also saw the opportunity to make a social contribution to the local community through the programs we provide.
Today
Our programs are no longer only for medical students. We now receive both professionals and students from across healthcare, including medicine, PAs, NPs, PTs, nursing, and nutrition.
We now have a mixed team, including language teachers and health care professionals, working to ensure participants develop their medical Spanish skills as quickly as possible.
We believe it is essential that participants have a choice of hospitals and comfortable accommodation options.
Our medical Spanish program and clinical rotations have CME accreditation, reflecting the quality of the programs we offer.
Community participation
While on your elective, you will participate in community health fairs providing free medicine and consultations to low-income communities. We also run free surgical missions each year in partnership with visiting international surgical teams.
In addition to payments to our homestay families and drivers, we pay fees and donations to the hospitals and clinics with whom we work. This income goes back into the services that they provide. Our partner medical facilities are non-profit or state hospitals caring for those with limited resources.
We pride ourselves on being flexible. Each participant is different and seeks an experience that meets their personal and academic needs.
Please let us know your ideal elective to ensure the program that works for you. Please take a look at the testimonial page to see what program participants think of us and our work.
The Team
The team, includes both health care and education professionals. We are a small friendly team that have been working together since 2011. Beyond the full time staff the team includes drivers and home stay families.
Each year a growing number of people come to us via word of mouth, reflecting the quality of the experience provided by our team.
Do take a look at some of our testimonials to see what participants say about individual team members,
Kevin
Director
Kevin is the founder and Director of the Medical Electives Peru.
His daily responsibilities include dealing with inquiries and ensuring that all program participants have the best possible experience.
Rosa
General Manager
Rosa has worked in Trujillo in hospital administration in Peru for over 20 years with a wealth of contacts in the health care sector.
Her roles includes liaison with hospitals, home stay families and drivers ensuring the everything runs smoothly.
Dr Giovana
Doctor of Medicine
Dr. Giovana practices general medicine in Trujillo.
At The Medical Elective Network she provides the pure medical Spanish element of our language program and manages our community health fairs
Liliam
Teaching Coordinator
Liliam a professional language teacher with over 20 years teaching experience.
As well as teaching classes, she coordinates the general Spanish part of our language programs
Aida
Language Teacher
Aida has been teaching languages for 20 years.
As well as teaching classes, she coordinates the general Spanish part of our language programs
Dr Lorena
Doctor of Medicine
Dr Lorena teaches medical Spanish and helps manage our health care campaigns.
Luis
Language Teacher
Luis has been teaching languages for 9 years.
Patient and methodical, Luis is very popular with students beginning Spanish