Comprehensive · Source does not publish application deadline
DECISION SUMMARY
Key facts at a glance
Eligibility
International route mentioned
Funding
Funded by SICOT and local hosts: SICOT covers one economy return ticket up to EUR 1,000 where the host provides accommodation, or up to EUR 2,000 (travel included) where the host does not, up to EUR 2,500 with prior approval depending on length and accommodation cost; senior surgeons receive travel up to EUR 1,000. SICOT does not cover travel of national fellows. The hospital's own fellowship page states that SICOT offers surgeons a 4 to 8 week fellowship up to 3 months in the Department of Traumatology every year, with travel expenses reimbursed by SICOT and a preferred period of March and October.
Deadline
Not published
Duration
Up to 3 months (the hospital page says 4 to 8 week fellowships up to 3 months)
Hands-on
No hands-on role indicated
Clinical exposureFellow has access to, and the possibility to train in, the subspecialties of the department. Subspecialties listed by the host: trauma, spine, pelvis, general trauma and emergency medicine. The SICOT page does not state whether the fellow operates or observes.
Participation levelObservational pathway. No independent patient care or operative privileges are implied.
INTERNATIONAL APPLICANT CHECK
Can an international surgeon apply?
≈Partially published
International applicants
Preference is given to international fellows; open to SICOT members worldwide meeting the requirements.
?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.
—Not published
Medical registration
Registration and licensing requirements are not published by the cited source.
—Not published
Language
No formal language requirement is published by the cited source.
≈Partially published
Visa or work authorisation
Not published.
DATA QUALITY & AVAILABILITY79% 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 datePreferred March and October
Application route / cycleAnnual SICOT call. The most recent window (deadline 29 May 2025) has ended and the SICOT page lists the programme as closed; no later call is published on the page.
SICOT member with dues paid two years in a row (year of the deadline and the year before)
Junior Fellowship: 45 years or under at the start; Senior Fellowship (five places): over 45
Five or more years of specialised orthopaedic training
Health insurance coverage during the stay
Medical check-up before travel including blood tests
Priority to candidates who attended a SICOT Congress in the past 4 years; preference to international fellows
Application documents
Copy of birth certificate or passport
Up-to-date CV with date of birth, logbook, academic and other achievements, professional experience (month and year) and fields of interest
Two recommendation letters, one from the current Head of Department, not older than 6 months
Document proving English level
Motivation letter
Recent medical check-up with blood tests showing vaccinations (not older than 6 months)
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
What this program offers
Host centre of SICOT's 'SICOT meets SICOT' travelling fellowship at University Hospital Zurich, Department of Traumatology. Note: The hospital's fellowship page (https://www.usz.ch/fachbereich/traumatologie/ueber-uns/fellowship/) carries no application date or deadline and does not say the scheme is closed; SICOT's page lists the scheme as closed with the last window ending 29 May 2025. The catalogue holds separate rows from the same page for the AO Trauma fellowship (eu-ch-008) and a scientific fellowship (ch-usz-trauma-research-001); this row is the SICOT scheme only.
BENEFITS & SUPPORT
Published benefits and support
SICOT reimbursement as described under funding.
ACCOMMODATION & RELOCATION
Published housing information
✓ Official source mentions accommodation
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Accommodation is mentioned in the published funding or benefits information: Funded by SICOT and local hosts: SICOT covers one economy return ticket up to EUR 1,000 where the host provides accommodation, or up to EUR 2,000 (travel included) where the host does not, up to EUR 2,500 with prior approval depending on length and accommodation cost; senior surgeons receive travel up to EUR 1,000. SICOT does not cover travel of national fellows. The hospital's own fellowship page states that SICOT offers surgeons a 4 to 8 week fellowship up to 3 months in the Department of Traumatology every year, with travel expenses reimbursed by SICOT and a preferred period of March and October.
HOST INSTITUTION
About University Hospital Zurich, Department of Traumatology
The Klinik für Traumatologie at University Hospital Zurich (USZ), directed by Hans-Christoph Pape, hosts international AO Trauma and SICOT fellows and is a host centre of SICOT's 'SICOT meets SICOT' fellowship programme.
