About Us
Gap Medics is a specialist company that is dedicated to arranging hospital work experience placements for students who are applying to medical or nursing school. Our Head Office is in Newcastle upon Tyne in England, but students join us from all over the world – in particular the UK, USA, Canada, Australia.
Our placements offer students from age 16 upwards a genuine insight into the work of doctors and nurses in Africa, India and the Caribbean. Our comprehensive support service is designed to make these opportunities as safe and secure as possible, calling on all our experience from placing thousands of students in healthcare settings around the world since 2005.
All of our overseas programmes are run by professional staff teams with expert local knowledge who are employed and trained directly by our highly-experienced UK team.
Our story
Our story began in 2005, when Directors Dave Brown and Omar Mohamed founded our sister company, Work the World, to help final-year medical students gain work experience in Africa and Asia…Read More
Ethical policy
We believe we have a strong social obligation to support the communities in which we work around the world. We are also passionately committed to minimizing the negative environmental impact our operations have…Read More
Gap Medics and ASDAN
Gap Medics placements are recognized by ASDAN (The Award Scheme Development and Accreditation Network.) Our healthcare placements have been checked and verified against all conditions for the Universities Award. Given the nature of our programmes and number of learning hours a student will experience, simply going on a Gap Medics placement means that you are entitled to receive a Universities Certificate after you have completed your placement with us. Many UK universities acknowledge its value and it features in the UCAS guidance for applicants to university as something noteworthy to mention on your UCAS form…Read More
Company Information
Gap Medics is a Limited company Registered in England and Wales, number 06949200. We are a member of the British Foreign and Commonwealth “Know Before You Go”Campaign which is designed to help students to stay safe and healthy abroad.
As a Mom, I really appreciated the fact that they were met at the airport on their flight into Tanzania and that you were so responsive to questions I had via email. Jenna and Jesse made great friends with other students and were able to travel to Zanzibar with a group and go on a safari with another Gap Medics student. All in all, it was a great experience. Your staff should be commended for a job well done!
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“I just wanted to thank you all for making Brad’s trip to Tanzania such an amazing experience. My initial thoughts on him going were typical of any mother unsure of the unknown that he would be embarking on. I was thankful to yourselves for offering me full reassurance throughout that he would have a brilliant time – you were right. He has come home with many stories of his time in Iringa and said it is this best thing he has done in his life so far.”
Work for us
We are always willing to receive carefully prepared speculative applications from high-calibre people with a genuine interest in joining our teams either in Newcastle upon Tyne or any of our overseas destinations
Ethical Policy
We believe we have a strong social obligation to support the communities in which we work around the world.
