Photo: Richard Turner
Siem Reap is a provincial town in the north of Cambodia, the gateway to the famous Angkorian temples. The Siem Reap Provincial Hospital is the second-biggest public general hospital in Cambodia with departments in Medicine, Surgery, Trauma, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Infections, Psychiatry. It is a teaching hospital for the International University based in Phnom Penh. The patients usually speak the local language Khmer and staff mostly speak French.
Pulse oximeter donated by the Royal Hobart Hospital
Photo: Jenny Plummer
Prof Richard Turner is establishing a relationship with the surgical department of this hospital. He is willing to take a limited number of students with an interest in surgery on his humanitarian visits to this hospital. This could form part of a 4th-year elective but students from other years may be able to also participate in this opportunity.
Learn more about an elective experience at the Siem Reap Provincial Hospital from an Adelaide University medical student.
Read about the experience of an anaesthetist, Dr Jenny Plummer. (PDF 96 KB)
For further information about electives in Cambodia contact Prof Richard Turner (Richard.Turner@utas.edu.au).
Old Market Area, Siem Reap
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