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Electives Stories

Obstetrics in the Arctic

Amber chose to go to Norway for her elective placement in her final year of ScotGEM, to the city of Tromsø, in the north of Norway. She got to experience medicine in the Arctic, from skiing to work, sweet treats to celebrate the return of the sun and refreshing dips in the arctic waters!

My South African Elective

I am a final year ScotGEM student and this year international electives are finally back up and running! For my first block I was lucky enough to be able to go back to South Africa…