This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book investigates what international
placements of healthcare employees in low resource settings add to the UK workforce and the
efficacy of its national health system. The authors present empirical data collected from a
volunteer deployment project in Uganda focused on reducing maternal and new-born mortality and
discuss the learning and experiential outcomes for UK health care professionals acting as long
term volunteers in low resource settings. They also develop a model for structured placement
that offers optimal learning and experiential outcomes and minimizes risk while shedding new
light on the role that international placements play as part of continuing professional
development both in the UK and in other sending countries.
