Clinical exposureHospitation at the Klinik für Unfallchirurgie und Orthopädie, BG Klinik Ludwigshafen, or the Klinik und Poliklinik für Orthopädie, Unfallchirurgie und Plastische Chirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Leipzig (second host listed on the same call). Fellows are actively integrated into the intraoperative use of 3D imaging and computer navigation for complex joint injuries, with theoretical and practical content. The call does not say whether patient-care rights are granted.
Participation levelObservational pathway. No independent patient care or operative privileges are implied.
INTERNATIONAL APPLICANT CHECK
Can an international surgeon apply?
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International applicants
No nationality restriction is stated, but the call is issued in German by the German society DGOU for doctors in German O&U training or practice; eligibility of surgeons from abroad is not stated.
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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 deadline18 February 2027
Commencing dateIntake date not published
Application route / cycleAnnual call. The DGOU page currently gives the application deadline as 18 February 2027; the 2026 call PDF gave 18 February 2026 (that window has ended).
Doctors in specialty training for Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery (Facharzt O und U)
Clinically active specialists in training for Spezieller Orthopäde or Spezieller Unfallchirurg
Senior physicians (Oberärzte) in orthopaedics and trauma surgery
Application documents
Informal written application
Curriculum vitae
Signed data-protection form (download on the DGOU page)
One-page A4 motivation letter stating the preferred host/procedure
All documents as PDF files by e-mail
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
What this program offers
One- to two-week society fellowships (Hospitation) in intraoperative 3D imaging and navigation for complex joint injuries, announced yearly by the DGOU working group AGiTEC. Note: HTML page gives 18 February 2027 as deadline; the downloadable 2026 call PDF gives 18 February 2026 (different editions of the call; the page is the current one).
BENEFITS & SUPPORT
Published benefits and support
Reimbursement of travel and accommodation as above; fellows may later publish an experience report in the DGOU member journal OUMN (reports from earlier fellows are posted on the DGOU page).
ACCOMMODATION & RELOCATION
Published housing information
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Accommodation is mentioned in the published funding or benefits information: Reimbursement of travel and accommodation as above; fellows may later publish an experience report in the DGOU member journal OUMN (reports from earlier fellows are posted on the DGOU page).
HOST INSTITUTION
About DGOU AGiTEC – BG Klinik Ludwigshafen; Universitätsklinikum Leipzig
BG Klinik Ludwigshafen (trauma and orthopaedics) and Universitätsklinikum Leipzig (orthopaedics, trauma and plastic surgery) are the two named AGiTEC hospitation clinics.
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.
