Comprehensive · Source does not publish funding, application deadline, commencement date
DECISION SUMMARY
Key facts at a glance
Eligibility
Entry requirements published; check international conditions
Funding
Historical published stipend: at least AUD 100,000 per year depending on experience
Deadline
Not published
Duration
12 months in the AOA summary updated 5 August 2013
Hands-on
Unclear — confirm privileges
Clinical exposureHand and upper-limb trauma, arthroplasty, arthroscopy and reconstruction with outpatient, operative and protected research activity; congenital deformity and brachial-plexus surgery are excluded in the dated summary
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
No visa-sponsorship or work-authorisation pathway is published in the reviewed programme summary or current hospital service page.
DATA QUALITY & AVAILABILITY72% of core application fields verifiedChecked 2026-10-08 · 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
FRACS in orthopaedic surgery or a locally equivalent specialist qualification
Eligibility for AHPRA registration in Queensland
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
Detailed CV
Names of three referees
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
What this program offers
A twelve-month Gold Coast hand-and-upper-limb pathway covering trauma, arthroplasty, arthroscopy, reconstruction and research. The current hospital service is confirmed, while duration, stipend, criteria, documents and programme scope remain tied to the 2013 AOA summary.
Intended for: Post-specialist orthopaedic surgeons seeking an AOA-accredited Level 3 fellowship; programme-specific qualification and registration criteria apply
BENEFITS & SUPPORT
Published benefits and support
Integrated clinical, trauma, operative and protected research experience at Gold Coast University Hospital
HOST INSTITUTION
About Gold Coast University Hospital Department of Orthopaedics
Gold Coast Health currently confirms a broad orthopaedic service at Gold Coast University Hospital; first-party research and education pages identify Ezekiel Tan in upper-limb work but do not publish a current fellowship intake. Australian registration pathway: medicalboard.gov.au ↗. English standard: ahpra.gov.au ↗.
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