This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book examines the current state of
elective placements of medical undergraduate students in developing countries and their impact
on health care education at home. Drawing from a recent case study of volunteer deployment in
Uganda the authors provide an in-depth evaluation of the impacts on the students themselves
and the learning outcomes associated with placements in low resource settings as well as the
impacts that these forms of student mobility have on the host settings. In addition to
reviewing the existing literature on elective placements the authors outline a potential model
for the future development of ethical elective placements. As the book concurs with an
increasing international demand for elective placements it will be of immediate interest to
universities intermediary organizations students as consumers and hosting organisations in
low-resource settings.
