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St. Lucia
Castries

Castries

Our students will enjoy this Caribbean jewel based in Castries when undertaking medical or nursing elective, working in the mornings and reveling in the surrounding areas during the afternoon or weekends.

You will excellently be situated in private accommodation here, just a short trip from where you will be on your placement each day. In case of emergency or if need anything, our team is on call 24 hours a day.

We have partnered with major hospitals and smaller clinics here, public and private, and we are certain that you will get the most of your medical or nursing elective with us.

Elective

Medical Elective

St Lucia is a great choice for your Mundo Verde medical elective. You will get a wide range of experience as we work with public and private sectors in large hospitals and small clinics. The local doctors are very friendly, and you will be accompanying them on their rounds and attending to patients to help you gain vital medical knowledge for your future career. You may also get to test out some of your new skills while with the doctors. You will get free time in the afternoons and at weekends to take in your new surroundings on this lovely Caribbean island. It has an interesting fusion cuisine and wonderful landscape.

Nursing Elective

When St Lucia is your choice for your nursing internship with Mundo Verde you will get the chance to work alongside nurses and doctors from the area and sometimes get to help them issuing medicines or with other hands on experience. You will work in large and small health institutions meaning for a diverse experience of their system and giving you great knowledge in your field of expertise. You may also see diseases you aren’t as used to seeing due to its warm climate. S Lucia is a beautiful Caribbean island filled with mountains making for a wonderful landscape to explore in your time off.

What’s in this elective

Accomodation and Team

Our apartments in St Lucia are spacious and warm with pleasant decor. They are situated in an excellent spot and nearby are eateries, supermarkets and banks, and anything else you may need. The hospitals and clinics are also very close, making for an easy commute each day. A member of Mundo Verde will be on call 24/7.

Tours

To make you get the most out of your time with us and in your new location, we have included some tours for your weekends and days off. These are all included in the price of the elective so you won’t face any extra charges after arriving. The following tours are included in our Castries elective. To find out which ones are included for your chosen amount of time please take a look at our what’s included page.

• Land & Sea Beach Adventure (1 day)
• Zipline Canopy Adventure (5 hours)
• Sunset cruise (4.5 hours)
• Jalousie Beach Break (5 hours)
• Rainforest Tram (4.5 hours)

2 weeks

$1800

• Accommodation in our fully furnished private apartments (private accommodation)
• Hospital rotation
• Terminal pick up on arrival
• 24/7 assistance
• Fully structured and supervised placement by our in country professionals
• Tailor made elective planner
• Pre-departure preparation
• Orientation Kit

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3 weeks

$2100

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4 weeks

$2400

• Accommodation in our fully furnished private apartments (private accommodation)
• Hospital rotation
• Terminal pick up on arrival
• Rainforest tram excursión
• Jalousie Beach Break
• Sunset Cruise
• Zipline Canopy Adventure
• 24/7 assistance
• Fully structured and supervised placement by our in country professionals
• Tailor made elective planner
• Pre-departure preparation
• Orientation kit

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5 weeks

$2600

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6 weeks

$2800

• Accommodation in our fully furnished private apartments (private accommodation)
• Hospital rotation
• Terminal pick up on arrival
• Rainforest tram excursión
• Jalousie Beach Break
• Sunset Cruise
• Zipline Canopy Adventure
• Land and Sea Beach Adventure
• 24/7 assistance
• Fully structured and supervised placement by our in country professionals
• Tailor made elective planner
• Pre-departure preparation
• Orientation kit

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7 weeks

$3000

• Accommodation in our fully furnished private apartments (private accommodation)
• Hospital rotation
• Terminal pick up on arrival
• Rainforest tram excursión
• Jalousie Beach Break
• Sunset Cruise
• Zipline Canopy Adventure
• Land and Sea Beach Adventure
• 24/7 assistance
• Fully structured and supervised placement by our in country professionals
• Tailor made elective planner
• Pre-departure preparation
• Orientation kit

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8 weeks

$3100

• Accommodation in our fully furnished private apartments (private accommodation)
• Hospital rotation
• Terminal pick up on arrival
• Rainforest tram excursión
• Jalousie Beach Break
• Sunset Cruise
• Zipline Canopy Adventure
• Land and Sea Beach Adventure
• 24/7 assistance
• Fully structured and supervised placement by our in country professionals
• Tailor made elective planner
• Pre-departure preparation
• Orientation kit

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Not included in price

• Flight tickets of any kind
• Meals except the ones offered with some of our trips and excursions, you will find details of this in our information kit
• Travel insurance
• Health insurance
• HIV Post exposure prophylaxis kit

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Most relevant questions

We do not have complicated application process and remember that you are not applying for a remunerated work, this means that anyone can apply as long as they fulfill the required criteria.
Mundo Verde Elective Placements DO NOT ASK for any type of fee upon registration in any of our programmes, in order to secure your placement we ask for a deposit once your placement has been confirmed at any of our partner hospitals or clinics. This deposit will be used as a prepayment for one of your trips or excursions; this will guarantee your placement. The requested deposit once your placement has been confirmed is US$50 in all of our destinations.
If by any chance, we cannot place you at the requested programme we will locate you in a different destination if desired. This situation does not really happen, however, due to force majeure causes we would relocate you or cancel your placement, if this event would happen, your deposit would be totally refunded.
You must remember that in case you cancel due to any personal reasons then the deposit of US$50 will not be refunded.
Once you fill our enrollment online form, we will be in contact with you to start arranging your placement.

You are welcome to join our electives any time since we run our electives all year round and we tailor our electives according to your needs.

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