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"I learnt so many skills and had experiences I wouldn’t have had if I had stayed in the UK"

"We taught some of the dads how to do back massages to help with pain. You could sense that they were terrified to even be near the women, because it’s not a cultural norm."

"After my overseas placement, I was more clued up on the conditions I was studying because I had seen the conditions first hand with my own eyes in Vietnam."

"The hospitals were incredibly busy, packed with patients and relatives. It was not uncommon to see a bed with up to four patients."

Are you going to miss out on doing your overseas placement as part of your degree? Don't worry, you can - and should - still travel outside of term time. Here's why...