Entry requirements published; check international conditions
Funding
AUD 75,000 annual stipend in the official AOA programme summary
Deadline
Not published
Duration
12 months
Hands-on
Unclear — confirm privileges
Clinical exposureEmergency and elective hand surgery across public and private practice, including outpatient clinics, emergency-department on-call, operating, teaching, journal club, audit and a research project suitable for presentation or publication
Participation levelClinical participation and hands-on restrictions must be confirmed directly with the host.
INTERNATIONAL APPLICANT CHECK
Can an international surgeon apply?
≈Partially published
International applicants
Specialist international medical graduates may be eligible for Australia's short-term training in a medical specialty pathway for up to 24 months. Eligibility requires recognised qualifications, completed internship, specialist or near-completion status, a confirmed host offer, college assessment and Medical Board/Ahpra registration; AOA accreditation alone does not guarantee host acceptance.
?Confirm directly with host
Clinical role
Clinical or combined training pathway; exact duties remain appointment-specific. Hands-on participation and operative restrictions are not explicitly published.
≈Partially published
Medical registration
An eligible specialist IMG undertaking up to 24 months of advanced training may use the Medical Board of Australia's short-term training pathway. This requires primary-source verification, a confirmed position, specialist-college assessment, supervised-practice documents and limited registration for postgraduate training or supervised practice.
✓Published by official source
Language
Australian medical registration applicants must meet the current Ahpra English-language skills standard through an accepted education or test pathway; the standard includes IELTS Academic, OET, PTE Academic, TOEFL iBT and Cambridge routes with current score and validity rules.
—Not published
Visa or work authorisation
Visa sponsorship and work-authorisation information are not published.
DATA QUALITY & AVAILABILITY83% of core application fields verifiedChecked 23 Sep 2026 · Next scheduled editorial review: 2027-04-01
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APPLICATION TIMELINE & CONTACT
Plan the application
Application deadlineNo current deadline published in the cited evidence
Commencing dateAugust 2027 (next position; applications for it are not currently open)
Application route / cycleThe host site (re-read 3 October 2026) states: applications for the next hand fellowship position beginning in August 2027 are not currently open, and applications for the 2028-29 fellowship 'will open in June 2026' (no later notice is posted). The Australian Hand Surgery Society (AHSS) fellowship listing gives an annual cycle for this fellowship: August commencement with applications closing at the end of February in the year before commencement. Conflicting official information: Contact email: the fellowship site and AOA profile give drjasonharvey@msn.com; the AHSS listing (https://ahss.org.au/fellowships-and-training/general-fellowship-positions/) gives j.harvey@osv.com.au for Mr Jason Harvey.
FRACS in Orthopaedic Surgery or an international qualification accepted as equivalent
Meet Australian hospital credentialing and medical-registration requirements
For the Medical Board short-term training pathway: a primary medical qualification recognised by the AMC and World Directory of Medical Schools
Completed medical internship or comparable overseas training
Qualified as a specialist in the country of training, or within two years of completing specialist training
A confirmed Australian training-position offer and specialist-college suitability assessment before limited-registration application
Application documents
Published by official source
Completed application form
Current CV
Three letters of reference from supervisors within the last 2 years (with contact details)
Cover letter
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
What this program offers
A 12-month AOA-accredited Melbourne hand fellowship combining emergency and elective public/private practice with structured teaching, audit and research.
Intended for: Surgeons who have completed specialist orthopaedic training and seek advanced hand-surgery experience
HOST INSTITUTION
About Melbourne Hand Fellowship / Dandenong Hospital and partner private hospitals
The official AOA summary lists Dandenong Hospital, St Vincent's Private Hospital, Epworth Richmond and Mulgrave Private Hospital as fellowship sites. Australian registration pathway: medicalboard.gov.au ↗. English standard: ahpra.gov.au ↗.
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