Faculty / program leadership: Jörg van Schoonhoven
Profile completeness95%
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.
Deadline
Not published
Duration
4 to 12 weeks
Hands-on
No hands-on role indicated
Clinical exposureFellow has access to, and the possibility to train in, hand surgery at the centre. The host page describes a large hand surgery clinic (over 6,000 operations a year, all conditions of the hand up to the elbow, congenital differences) accredited as a European Hand Trauma Centre by FESSH. 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.
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Medical registration
Registration and licensing requirements are not published by the cited source.
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Language
No formal language requirement is published by the cited source.
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Visa or work authorisation
Not published.
DATA QUALITY & AVAILABILITY72% 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 dateAll year
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 Klinik für Handchirurgie, RHÖN-KLINIKUM Campus Bad Neustadt. Note: SICOT lists Jörg van Schoonhoven as supervisor, but the clinic's own welcome page (https://www.campus-nes.de/medizin-pflege/unsere-kliniken/handchirurgie/willkommen.html) names PD Dr. med. Thomas Pillukat as acting head ('Kommissarische Leitung') and no page found names van Schoonhoven. The SICOT supervisor is kept as published by SICOT; the current contact at the clinic should be confirmed with SICOT. The catalogue holds a separate SECEC row for the Bad Neustadt orthopaedic department (secec-centre-germany-rhon-klinikum-ouse); this row is the hand surgery clinic in the SICOT scheme.
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.
HOST INSTITUTION
About Klinik für Handchirurgie, RHÖN-KLINIKUM Campus Bad Neustadt
The Klinik für Handchirurgie at RHÖN-KLINIKUM Campus Bad Neustadt is a large hand surgery specialist clinic accredited as a European Hand Trauma Centre by FESSH and a host centre of SICOT's 'SICOT meets SICOT' fellowship programme.
