Comprehensive · Missing application deadline, commencement date
✓ Primary programme source linked✓ Dated source review current— Current cycle evidenced✓ Faculty identity sourced✓ Institution mark verified
DECISION SUMMARY
What matters before you keep reading.
Eligibility
International route mentioned
Funding
Paid fellowship salary
Deadline
Not published
Duration
12 months
Hands-on
Unclear — confirm privileges
Last checked
15 Aug 2026
Duration · published12 months
Clinical exposureClinical work, surgery and research
Funding · publishedPaid fellowship salary
DestinationSwitzerland
Participation levelClinical participation and hands-on restrictions must be confirmed directly with the host.
INTERNATIONAL APPLICANT CHECK
What the official evidence currently supports
Decision-critical fields are separated into confirmed facts, partial information and points requiring direct confirmation.
≈Partially published
International applicant eligibility
FMH or EU-equivalent board certification is required and fluent German is essential
✓Published by official source
Required training level
FMH specialist certification or an accepted European equivalent · Fluent German for clinical work · Background appropriate to a one-year clinical spine fellowship
✓Published by official source
Programme classification
Clinical or combined training pathway; exact duties remain appointment-specific.
?Confirm directly with host
Hands-on restrictions
Hands-on participation and operative restrictions are not explicitly published.
≈Partially published
Medical registration
The host requires the professional credentials needed for clinical work in Switzerland; applicants should confirm Swiss recognition and cantonal authorisation directly with the centre.
?Confirm directly with host
Licensing examinations
Any examination requirement must be confirmed with the relevant regulator and host.
—Not published
Language requirements
No formal language requirement is published by the cited source.
≈Partially published
Visa or work authorisation
Applicants without an existing Swiss/EU right to work must confirm work-permit eligibility with the host before applying.
✓Published by official source
Funding availability
Paid fellowship salary
DATA QUALITY & AVAILABILITY
62% of core application fields verified
Checked 15 Aug 2026. Next scheduled editorial review: 2027-02-11. Every unresolved field keeps its exact evidence state—unpublished, not yet researched, historical, conflicting, inaccessible or not applicable—so an absence is never converted into a fact.
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APPLICATION TIMELINE & CONTACT
Plan the application
Application deadlineNo current deadline published in the cited evidence
Commencing dateIntake date not published
Application route / cycleContact the Swiss Scoliosis Centre; no application form, fixed deadline or intake date is published
Deadlines and intake dates can change between cycles. The data-quality ledger above explicitly labels application fields that the cited official source does not publish.
ELIGIBILITY & REQUIREMENTS
Published entry requirements
Clinical / academic eligibility
FMH specialist certification or an accepted European equivalent
Fluent German for clinical work
Background appropriate to a one-year clinical spine fellowship
Registration, licence & examinations
The host requires the professional credentials needed for clinical work in Switzerland; applicants should confirm Swiss recognition and cantonal authorisation directly with the centre.
Visa / work authorisation
Applicants without an existing Swiss/EU right to work must confirm work-permit eligibility with the host before applying.
Application documents
CV, personal statement, recommendation-letter, transcript and identity-document requirements are not published by the cited official source.
Licensing, visa and document rules depend on the individual programme and application cycle. OrthoFellow does not infer USMLE, AHPRA, ECFMG, recommendation-letter or visa requirements from the country alone.
HOST INSTITUTION
About Swiss Scoliosis Centre, Klinik Im Park
The Swiss Scoliosis Centre is a specialist spine and scoliosis service based at Klinik Im Park in Zurich. The clinical fellowship covers congenital, developmental, degenerative, neoplastic, traumatic and inflammatory pathology across the cervical, thoracic and lumbosacral spine.
Fellowship Lead · Professor of Spine and Scoliosis SurgeryOfficial profile & photo verified
Current position
Fellowship supervisor / program leadership
Affiliation
Swiss Scoliosis Centre, Klinik Im Park
Clinical focus
Spine training and clinical practice
Qualifications
Not published on the cited profile
Kan Min is listed in the cited programme evidence as fellowship lead · professor of spine and scoliosis surgery for Swiss Scoliosis Clinical Spine Fellowship. The verified individual profile describes a focus in Spine training and clinical practice. This association does not by itself confirm personal supervision, operative privileges or availability for a future intake.
Leads the Swiss Scoliosis Centre and the clinical and visiting spine fellowship pathways at Klinik Im Park.
Names and fellowship roles come from the cited programme source. A green “individual profile verified” label means the position, qualifications and biography were also checked against an official personal or institutional profile. OrthoFellow displays a portrait only when it can be tied to an official profile or faculty source; otherwise the host institution brandmark is shown, with initials retained only when neither image is available. Faculty rosters may change.
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INTERNATIONAL APPLICANTS
Published international eligibility information
FMH or EU-equivalent board certification is required and fluent German is essential
This note is shown only when the official source publishes information relevant to overseas applicants. Applicants should confirm licensing and visa eligibility directly with the host.
