Entry requirements published; check international conditions
Funding
Accommodation and travel expenses covered through the fellowship grant; all logistics handled by EFORT (supported by Stryker).
Deadline
Published 2024 recruitment is closed; next deadline not published.
Duration
3-week travelling fellowship; two consecutive days at each host site (EFORT 2024 programme format)
Hands-on
No hands-on role indicated
Clinical exposureMako robotic-assisted hip and knee arthroplasty under host-surgeon supervision, scrubbing in where the host centre's protocol allows. Linz (host surgeon Dr. Philipp Proier) is one of the listed EFORT Mako teaching hospitals; EFORT selects the host sites for each slot.
Participation levelObservational pathway. No independent patient care or operative privileges are implied.
INTERNATIONAL APPLICANT CHECK
Can an international surgeon apply?
≈Partially published
International applicants
Not open to Indonesian applicants under the published call: only surgeons practising in the 13 listed European countries were considered.
?Confirm directly with host
Clinical role
Observational pathway; no independent patient care is implied. Hands-on clinical activity is not described for this observational pathway.
?Historical information only — confirm current terms
Medical registration
Historical 2024 applications required medical-licence and European specialist-licence or residency-registration copies. Scrub-in depended on the host protocol.
✓Published by official source
Language
Fluent English mandatory
—Not published
Visa or work authorisation
Visa sponsorship is not published in the reviewed EFORT robotic-fellowship call.
DATA QUALITY & AVAILABILITY72% of core application fields verifiedChecked 2026-10-14 · Next scheduled editorial review: 2027-04-12
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APPLICATION TIMELINE & CONTACT
Plan the application
Application deadlinePublished 2024 recruitment is closed; next deadline not published.
Commencing dateHistorical 2024 slots: 3–23 March, 7–27 April, 6–26 October and 10–30 November. No later intake is announced on the reviewed page.
Application route / cycleThe reviewed EFORT call concerns 2024 travel slots and a selection outcome in November 2023. Ask the EFORT Fellowship Office about any future round.
Practising in Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland or the United Kingdom (2024 call)
One year pre- to three years post-national surgical qualification
Fluent English
Available during one of the proposed timeslots
Application documents
Published by official source
CV (country of practice, robotics experience, age and experience, exam grades, teaching centre of origin)
Medical doctor licence
European specialist licence or residency registration certificate
Motivation letter (max 500 words)
Minimum 2 reference letters
Publication history
List of EFORT activities
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
What this program offers
Kepler University Clinic Linz is a listed host centre of the EFORT Robotic Travelling Fellowship, a 3-week Stryker-supported tour of Mako robotic arthroplasty teaching hospitals with travel and accommodation covered. The last published call (2024 programme) is closed and no newer cycle is announced.
BENEFITS & SUPPORT
Published benefits and support
Historical 2024 terms: EFORT arranged the travel itinerary and logistics; the grant covered travel and accommodation.
ACCOMMODATION & RELOCATION
Published housing information
✓ Official source mentions accommodation
⌂
Accommodation was covered through the 2024 fellowship grant; no terms for a new cycle are published.
HOST INSTITUTION
About Kepler University Clinic Linz (Kepler Universitätsklinikum), Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Kepler Universitätsklinikum is the university hospital system in Linz, Austria, operating Med Campus III, Med Campus IV and Neuromed Campus. Official communications include patient education on hip and knee arthroplasty; department-level fellowship logistics belong on linked programme sources.
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