Registration fee R$ 250.00 (paid to the INTO teaching-and-research friends' association, AACOENP). The edital states no scholarship or remuneration is ever provided, no housing, transport or meal allowance; INTO provides lunch during the working day.
Deadline
Not published
Duration
2 years
Hands-on
Unclear — confirm privileges
Clinical exposureIn-service training with INTO spine specialists; minimum 40 h/week, daytime only, no night, weekend or on-call duty; minimum 1,000 hours.
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
Open only to Brazilians or foreigners with permanent visa in Brazil who graduated from a MEC-recognised Brazilian medical school and are SBOT titular members (edital item 4.1); not open to surgeons trained abroad.
?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.
No formal language requirement is published by the cited source.
≈Partially published
Visa or work authorisation
Foreign applicants need a permanent visa (edital item 4.1)
DATA QUALITY & AVAILABILITY86% of core application fields verifiedChecked 3 Oct 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 date1 April or 1 October (semester intakes; 2026 intakes: 1 April and 1 October 2026)
Application route / cycleAnnual selection by edital. The most recent window (applications 1-30 November 2025 by e-mail, written exam 3 December 2025, oral exam 8-12 December 2025, final result 18 December 2025, enrolment 1-21 March 2026, start 1 April or 1 October 2026) has ended; the 2027 edital had not been posted on the INTO page when checked on 3 October 2026.
Completed (or in final year of) orthopaedics and traumatology residency accredited by CNRM, completed by enrolment date
Titular member of the Brazilian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (SBOT)
Medical degree from a Brazilian school recognised by MEC
CRM (regional medical council) registration card
May apply to one specialty only
Application documents
Completed and signed pre-registration form (Anexo 1)
Official photo ID (original and copy)
CPF
Two 3x4 photos
Proof of residence
CRM card
Residency completion certificate or declaration
Proof of SBOT titular membership
Proof of payment of the R$ 250.00 registration fee
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
What this program offers
INTO's Coluna (Spine) advanced orthopaedic course for post-residency orthopaedic surgeons in Rio de Janeiro.
BENEFITS & SUPPORT
Published benefits and support
Lunch provided on working days; certificate of the Curso de Aperfeiçoamento Médico (hours certificate if not completed).
ACCOMMODATION & RELOCATION
Published housing information
✓ Official source mentions accommodation
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Accommodation is mentioned in the published funding or benefits information: Registration fee R$ 250.00 (paid to the INTO teaching-and-research friends' association, AACOENP). The edital states no scholarship or remuneration is ever provided, no housing, transport or meal allowance; INTO provides lunch during the working day.
HOST INSTITUTION
About Instituto Nacional de Traumatologia e Ortopedia Jamil Haddad, Ministry of Heal
INTO is the Brazilian Ministry of Health's national reference institute for orthopaedic trauma and orthopaedics, in Rio de Janeiro. The INTO spine service is also listed as an AO Spine fellowship host (catalogue br-ao-into-rio-spine-001), which is a separate programme. Host: Instituto Nacional de Traumatologia e Ortopedia Jamil Haddad (INTO), Ministry of Health.
The cited evidence does not provide a programme-specific faculty roster that OrthoFellow can safely publish. Open the official source or submit an institutional correction; names and portraits are never inferred from department membership.
