You could come join us crazy people who work in Africa.
If you're interested, and willing to come to South Africa specifically, Africa Health Placements will hold your hand through the application process, but be warned, it can take months for an application to process:
http://www.ahp.org.za/
If you want to go hard-core and work in war zones, Medicin San Frontieres seems to be the big go-to organisation, but I've always disliked their blatant self-righteousness.
As for career options...
Emergency medicine is nice and portable. I was in it for a while and often you can choose your schedule, and basically drift from place to place. It's also a good skill to have if you want to volunteer in crazy places. It's also a good place from which to do a career change if you decide to switch medical fields away from emergency medicine at a later date. That said, it gets draining after a while and a lot of docs get burned out at the 2-3 year mark... the constant stress/excitement is draining.
Family practice/primary health care is good for people that want to be independent and work on their own away from hospitals and hierarchies. That said, while the work can be very rewarding, it's not as scarce and dramatic in terms of the skill set, and therefore does not pay well.
If you're interested, and willing to come to South Africa specifically, Africa Health Placements will hold your hand through the application process, but be warned, it can take months for an application to process:
http://www.ahp.org.za/
If you want to go hard-core and work in war zones, Medicin San Frontieres seems to be the big go-to organisation, but I've always disliked their blatant self-righteousness.
As for career options...
Emergency medicine is nice and portable. I was in it for a while and often you can choose your schedule, and basically drift from place to place. It's also a good skill to have if you want to volunteer in crazy places. It's also a good place from which to do a career change if you decide to switch medical fields away from emergency medicine at a later date. That said, it gets draining after a while and a lot of docs get burned out at the 2-3 year mark... the constant stress/excitement is draining.
Family practice/primary health care is good for people that want to be independent and work on their own away from hospitals and hierarchies. That said, while the work can be very rewarding, it's not as scarce and dramatic in terms of the skill set, and therefore does not pay well.