The Doctor’s Health Fund & AMSA Medical Student Bursary Scheme
This bursary scheme is offered to medical students in Australian universities. Bursaries are available to assist students with the costs of:
- Texts and medical equipment; and
- Professional development, including attendance, equipment and travel for activities such as attendance at seminars and conferences, work experience and other activities the applicant can demonstrate will contribute to their skills, knowledge or career development.
Visit www.doctorshealthfund.com.au/bursaries for further information.
Linking Hands Electives
Linking hands is an inter-denominational, Christian mission.
"Linking Global Partnerships in Medical Mission". Linking hands facilitate and connect Christian and non-Christian medical professionals to long/short term opportunities world-wide. The primary mission of Linking Hands is to mobilise professional Christian healthcare workers (on volunteer basis) all over the world and eventually connect them to different medical projects run by Christian Mission Organisations This includes Crisis Relief work in the acute or recovery phase.
The ministry is also very much involved in providing established Student Elective Opportunities to Christian hospitals or projects in different regions of the world. Linking Hands is based in Singapore, and is solely a volunteer group. The main focus is on networking of medical personnel to needs in the different countries. Linking Hands is a web-based virtual organisation run by a group of nine volunteer doctors, a team of three IT personnel and a full time administrator. In addition to being web-based, there is personalised contact and service that Linking Hands provides through phone calls, email and actual meeting up of all our contacts.
In summary the areas of networking include:
- linking Christian Medical Professionals to Short/Long Term opportunities worldwide
- Student Elective: Programmes with Mission Hospitals
- Medical Professionals/Resources for Crisis Relief
- Medical Mission Leaders and Agencies to facilitate partnership
Contact Dr Wei Leong Goh: +64 9619 6311 info@linkinghands.org