Selected catalogue fields; this score does not confirm eligibility or application readiness.Application information: 2/7 selected fields published
Deadline
Not applicable to this pathway
Funding
Published by official source
International eligibility
Published by official source
Registration
Awaiting source review
Language
Awaiting source review
Visa / work authorisation
Awaiting source review
Required documents
Awaiting source review
Faculty documentation: Awaiting programme-specific faculty evidence. Photos and roster sources are assessed separately.
Published information may still be partial. Confirm current intake, clinical privileges and your own eligibility with the host.
DECISION SUMMARY
Key facts at a glance
Eligibility
Entry requirements published; check international conditions
Funding / fees
Surgical and endoscopic departments are listed at RMB 1,000 per person per month; the page does not name orthopaedics under this rate, so confirm with the office. Housing is free only for aid-partner staff; out-of-province or out-of-city consortium staff pay for housing; local units receive none.Published by official source. Financial support may cover expenses; it does not establish employment or a salary.
Deadline
Year-round applications; no single annual closing date. Starts generally on the first working day of each month.
Duration
In principle at least 6 months
Hands-on
Unclear — confirm privileges
Clinical exposureClinical advanced training in the orthopaedic trauma and joint surgery unit; the page lists 3 or more places per intake and gives no further curriculum detail.
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
The page does not mention overseas applicants. It asks for a physician qualification certificate and practice certificate, so applicants outside mainland China should confirm eligibility, registration and visa requirements with the host.
?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.
—Awaiting source review
Medical registration
Registration and licensing requirements are not published by the cited source.
—Awaiting source review
Language
No formal language requirement is published by the cited source.
—Awaiting source review
Visa or work authorisation
Visa sponsorship and work-authorisation information are not published.
DATA QUALITY & AVAILABILITY62% of catalogue fields have published detailsChecked 29 Oct 2026 · Next scheduled editorial review: 2027-04-27
✓ programme title✓ institution / department✓ city and country✓ programme classification✓ subspecialty✓ current status evidence✓ duration✓ funding✓ accommodation / relocation✓ eligibility✓ international eligibility✓ application process✓ application portal✓ official contact✓ verified institution logo✓ official source✓ institutional source✓ verification date— positions · queued for source review— commencement / intake · queued for source review— benefits · queued for source review— Language requirement not published · queued for source review— Registration information not published · queued for source review— visa / work authorisation · queued for source review— Current deadline not yet published · not applicable to this pathway— required documents · queued for source review— Faculty information requires reverification · queued for source review— Verified faculty photograph not available · queued for source review— accreditation / organisation source · queued for source review
APPLICATION TIMELINE & CONTACT
Plan the application
Application deadlineYear-round applications; no single annual closing date. Starts generally on the first working day of each month.
Commencing dateIntake date not published
Application route / cycleRolling intake throughout the year; start dates are generally the first working day of each month. Page updated March 2026.
Official contactTeachers Lu and Xie (Continuing Education Section), tel. 0756-2528519
Under 45 years old, at least a college diploma and 2 or more years of experience in the specialty
Valid physician qualification certificate and practice certificate matching the training specialty; assistant doctors are not accepted
Politically qualified, good professional ethics and in good health; pregnant or breastfeeding women not accepted for now
Priority for government- or school-assigned trainees, medical consortium and aid-partner staff, and postgraduate degree holders
Application documents
Awaiting source review
Not published by the cited official source.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
What this program offers
The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University accepts visiting trainees in trauma and joint surgery within its orthopaedic department, selected on hospital grade, education, title and years of work.
ACCOMMODATION & RELOCATION
Published housing information
✓ Official source mentions accommodation
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Accommodation is mentioned in the published funding or benefits information: Surgical and endoscopic departments are listed at RMB 1,000 per person per month; the page does not name orthopaedics under this rate, so confirm with the office. Housing is free only for aid-partner staff; out-of-province or out-of-city consortium staff pay for housing; local units receive none.
HOST INSTITUTION
About Sun Yat-sen University Fifth Affiliated Hospital
Sun Yat-sen University's Fifth Affiliated Hospital is a university-affiliated tertiary hospital in Zhuhai, Guangdong. Its official training prospectus describes clinical care, medical education, research, preventive care and translational medicine, and records direct affiliation with Sun Yat-sen University from 2001. The prospectus lists trauma and joint surgery and spinal surgery among the departments accepting advanced clinical trainees. This is the hospital's published advanced-training framework, not evidence that the same conditions apply to a Western-style fellowship or to every international applicant.
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.
Names and roles come from the cited programme source; photographs have their own cited source and do not establish an individual profile. Rosters may change.
