✓ Verified 19 Oct 2026♡
Research Fellowship Active application Research Fellowship → FESSH Research Committee; host research centres in the Czech Republic (to be announced)
⌖ Czech Republic (host centres to be announced); FESSH Congress in Prague
Duration One-week stay in a research department during the week before…
Funding 2027 call: FESSH Council supports 2 fellows; the programme page states a maximum of EUR 1,500…
Research focus One week in a hand-surgery research department in the Czech Republic before the FESSH Congress, followed by Congress attendance and…
✓ Verified 3 Oct 2026♡
Clinical Fellowship Upcoming cycle Hand & Microsurgery → Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
⌖ Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Duration 12 months from August; a 6-month appointment may be considered…
Funding Salary paid by Cardiff and Vale UHB
Exposure Broad orthopaedic hand surgery apart from congenital, replantation and microvascular work, with busy hand trauma,…
✓ Verified 3 Oct 2026♡
Clinical Fellowship Upcoming cycle Hand & Microsurgery → Institut de la Main Nantes Atlantique / CHU de Nantes
⌖ Nantes / Saint-Herblain, France
Duration At least 6 months for the published resident or intern…
Funding EUR 2,400 including registration fees
Exposure High-volume hand, wrist, elbow and shoulder surgery, emergency hand trauma, operating-room assistance, clinics, teaching staff…
✓ Verified 11 Oct 2026♡
Short Course Active application Hand & Microsurgery → IRCAD France (Research Institute against Digestive Cancer — surgical training centre) with the International Wrist Center (IWC); supported by IWAS and APWA
⌖ Strasbourg, Grand Est, France
Duration 2 days (advanced/master edition 27–28 November 2026; next…
Funding Self-funded: advanced and master options from EUR 2,640; auditor option from EUR 640 (includes…
Exposure Theoretical sessions plus hands-on wrist arthroscopy on anatomical specimens. Basic course for surgeons interested in hand/wrist…
✓ Verified 3 Oct 2026♡
Clinical Fellowship Upcoming cycle Hand & Microsurgery → Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
⌖ East Grinstead, England, United Kingdom
Duration 12 months
Funding Doctor - other, fixed term 12 months: £63,152 a year per annum plus rota enhancements, as…
Exposure Elective and trauma hand surgery at Queen Victoria Hospital
✓ Verified 3 Oct 2026♡
Clinical Fellowship Upcoming cycle Hand & Microsurgery → Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
⌖ Wirral, England, United Kingdom
Duration 12 months
Funding The host form states sponsor N/A and does not publish salary, stipend or employment benefits
Exposure Comprehensive elective and trauma hand surgery with elbow work, selected shoulder and elbow arthroscopy, research and leadership;…
✓ Verified 3 Oct 2026♡
Clinical Fellowship Rolling application Hand & Microsurgery → Department of Hand, Wrist and Peripheral Nerve Surgery / Hand Emergency
⌖ Clermont-Ferrand, France
Duration Duration agreed directly with the centre; no fixed period is…
Funding The FESSH directory lists the centre with "Fellowship funded by centre" (and a "Fellowship…
Exposure Hand trauma, wrist arthroscopy, congenital differences, microsurgery, brachial plexus, rheumatoid and tetraplegia surgery,…
✓ Verified 15 Oct 2026♡
Clinical Fellowship Rolling application Hand & Microsurgery → Institut Français de Chirurgie de la Main (IFCM), Clinique Victor Hugo
⌖ Paris, Île-de-France, France
Duration Usually 6 months including leave; may be shortened to fit the…
Funding The page states that the resident receives a monthly allowance during the placement; the amount…
Exposure Full-time (Monday to Friday) clinical placement: the fellow is treated as a specialist in training, attends consultations and the…
✓ Verified 14 Oct 2026♡
Clinical Fellowship Upcoming cycle Hand & Microsurgery → Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, SODC Hand Surgery and Reconstructive Microsurgery (Chirurgia della Mano e Microchirurgia Ricostruttiva)
⌖ Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Duration 12 months in total, split into two consecutive 6-month…
Funding SICM funds 2 fellows per year with a lump-sum expense reimbursement of EUR 15,000 gross each,…
Exposure Semester at one of the 16 SICM-accredited hand centres: full-time clinical and surgical activity documented in a log-book (minimum…
✓ Verified 14 Oct 2026♡
Clinical Fellowship Upcoming cycle Hand & Microsurgery → AOU Ancona Ospedali Riuniti (Umberto I–G.M. Lancisi–G. Salesi), SOC Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery (Chirurgia Ricostruttiva e Chirurgia della Mano)
⌖ Ancona, Marche, Italy
Duration 12 months in total, split into two consecutive 6-month…
Funding SICM funds 2 fellows per year with a lump-sum expense reimbursement of EUR 15,000 each, paid…
Exposure Semester at an SICM-accredited hand centre: full-time clinical and surgical activity recorded in a log-book (at least 100…
✓ Verified 14 Oct 2026♡
Clinical Fellowship Upcoming cycle Hand & Microsurgery → Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Policlinico di Modena, UOC Hand Surgery (Chirurgia della Mano)
⌖ Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Duration 12 months in total, split into two consecutive 6-month…
Funding SICM funds 2 fellows per year with a lump-sum expense reimbursement of EUR 15,000 each, paid…
Exposure Semester at an SICM-accredited hand centre: full-time clinical and surgical activity recorded in a log-book (at least 100…
✓ Verified 14 Oct 2026♡
Clinical Fellowship Upcoming cycle Hand & Microsurgery → AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, CTO — UOC Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2 (Hand Surgery)
⌖ Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Duration 12 months in total, split into two consecutive 6-month…
Funding SICM funds 2 fellows per year with a lump-sum expense reimbursement of EUR 15,000 gross each,…
Exposure Semester at an SICM-accredited hand centre with log-book-documented surgery (minimum 100 hand/microsurgery procedures across the…
✓ Verified 14 Oct 2026♡
Clinical Fellowship Upcoming cycle Hand & Microsurgery → Istituto Clinico Città di Brescia, UO Microsurgery and Hand Surgery (Microchirurgia e Chirurgia della Mano)
⌖ Brescia, Lombardy, Italy
Duration 12 months in total, split into two consecutive 6-month…
Funding SICM funds 2 fellows per year with a lump-sum expense reimbursement of EUR 15,000 each, paid…
Exposure Semester at an SICM-accredited hand centre: full-time clinical and surgical activity recorded in a log-book (at least 100…
✓ Verified 14 Oct 2026♡
Clinical Fellowship Upcoming cycle Hand & Microsurgery → Azienda Ospedale-Università Padova, UOS Hand Surgery and Microsurgery (Chirurgia della Mano e Microchirurgia)
⌖ Padova, Veneto, Italy
Duration 12 months in total, split into two consecutive 6-month…
Funding SICM funds 2 fellows per year with a lump-sum expense reimbursement of EUR 15,000 gross each,…
Exposure Semester at an SICM-accredited hand and microsurgery unit: full-time clinical and operative activity recorded in a log-book (minimum…
✓ Verified 14 Oct 2026♡
Clinical Fellowship Upcoming cycle Hand & Microsurgery → Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona, Ospedale Borgo Roma — UOC Hand Surgery (European Hand Trauma and Replantation Centre)
⌖ Verona, Veneto, Italy
Duration 12 months in total, split into two consecutive 6-month…
Funding SICM funds 2 fellows per year with a lump-sum expense reimbursement of EUR 15,000 gross each,…
Exposure Semester at an SICM-accredited hand centre with log-book-documented surgery (minimum 100 hand/microsurgery procedures across the…
✓ Verified 4 Oct 2026♡
Education Centre Visit Rolling application Hand & Microsurgery → Centre-submitted FESSH training-opportunity database
⌖ 33 centres across Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland
Duration Centre-specific: observer visits, 6-week to 12-month…
Funding Centre-specific: self-funded, centre-funded and unpublished routes are clearly distinguished on…
Exposure Hand, wrist, elbow, microsurgery, trauma, arthroscopy, nerve, congenital and reconstructive training according to the selected…
✓ Verified 3 Oct 2026♡
Clinical Fellowship Upcoming cycle Hand & Microsurgery → Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
⌖ London, England, United Kingdom
Duration Not published
Funding Doctor - other, fixed term 6 months: £42,321 to £57,570 a year basic salary pro rata, as…
Exposure Complex congenital hand and upper-limb surgery, distal-foot reconstruction and selected exposure to craniofacial, cleft and…
✓ Verified 3 Oct 2026♡
Clinical Fellowship Rolling application Hand & Microsurgery → Institut de la Main et de l’Épaule / Clinique Bizet
⌖ Paris, France
Duration 6 months
Funding The current application materials do not publish a stipend, fee or funding commitment.
Exposure Participation in theatre, consultations and emergency activity as an assistant, with tutorials, case discussion and supervised…
✓ Verified 3 Oct 2026♡
Observership Rolling application Hand & Microsurgery → Institut de la Main et de l’Épaule / Clinique Bizet
⌖ Paris, France
Duration 1–3 months
Funding The current application materials do not publish a stipend, fee or funding commitment.
Exposure A hand-unit observation visit without patient-care activity. Caroline Leclercq's documented clinical fields include peripheral nerve…
✓ Verified 3 Oct 2026♡
Clinical Fellowship Rolling application Hand & Microsurgery → University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
⌖ Southampton, England, United Kingdom
Duration Not published
Funding Salary, stipend and benefits are not published in the current BSSH host form
Exposure Dupuytren surgery, DRUJ, joint replacement, complex elbow, wrist trauma and instability, WALANT, and non-technical development in…
✓ Verified 4 Oct 2026♡
Education Centre Visit Rolling application Hand & Microsurgery → Centro manoegomito, Clinica Ars Medica
⌖ Gravesano (Lugano), Ticino, Switzerland
Duration Duration agreed directly with the centre; no fixed period or…
Funding The centre-submitted record lists a self-funded research or observer route; no current stipend…
Exposure Hand, wrist and elbow surgery, trauma, microsurgery, arthroscopy, joint replacement, peripheral nerves, research and structured…
✓ Verified 4 Oct 2026♡
Clinical Fellowship Rolling application Hand & Microsurgery → Clinique de la Main Genève
⌖ Geneva, Switzerland
Duration Up to 3 years, consecutive or non-consecutive, as an ISFM…
Funding Paid postgraduate appointment under an employment contract issued through the regional training…
Exposure Private-sector hand and wrist surgery, Dupuytren disease, instability, arthroscopy, fracture surgery, joint replacement, peripheral…
✓ Verified 15 Oct 2026♡
Short Course Active application Hand & Microsurgery → Université de Lille, Faculty of Medicine (UFR3S Médecine), with the French national federation of hand-surgery DU/DIU
⌖ Lille, Hauts-de-France, France
Duration 2 years (111 hours; 6–8 sessions of 6 hours of theory per…
Funding Self-funded tuition: EUR 1,000 per year (EUR 300 per year for interns)
Exposure Structured national hand-surgery curriculum set by the French College of Hand Surgery Teachers. Year A: fundamentals,…
✓ Verified 15 Oct 2026♡
Observership Rolling application Hand & Microsurgery → IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini
⌖ Genoa, Liguria, Italy
Duration Flexible, 'just a few days' (EPOS general text); host-specific…
Funding Free of charge: EPOS states no participation fees; the observer covers travel, accommodation and…
Exposure Observer joins surgery, clinics and consultations for children 0–18 years with congenital hand and upper limb malformations,…
✓ Verified 19 Oct 2026
