Bron: Ceese Bulletin nr. 19 5 september 2023
Special CRICKET CIC team guides UK students in application process.
Good news from the UK: CRICKET CIC recently restarted Cuba Medical Electives (CME). CME-initiator Dr. Judith Harvey created the initiative in 2021 to promote links between the UK and Cuban medical communities. CME is led by a small team which accompanies students throughout the entire application process and are a point of contact once students arrive in Havana. Five students recently finished their rotations across Paediatrics, OBGYN, Intensive Care, Emergency Medicine, and General Family Medicine in the Universidad de Ciencias Medicas de La Habana. http://www.cubamedicalelectives.net/
Initiator Natalie Howard: “Despite many challenges facing the island – all students agreed – Cuba was the right choice! Educationally rewarding, transformational and inspiring Cuba’s example of human-centered healthcare continues to benefit people from around the world.
Students comments underline this: “The best bits were probably the one-on-one discussions I had with doctors and medical students. There was so much to learn about healthcare in Cuba and the overall situation from them. I met up with a lot of inspiring people. M.B University of Sheffield.-We definitely learned so much from our experience there and we are so glad that we picked Cuba for our elective! J.L – Brighton and Sussex Medical School- We really enjoyed the obstetric part and we felt that that was the most different from the UK…We appreciated how flexible the doctors were…so we got to see a good variety of things. A.P – Brighton and Sussex Medical School “
