Entry requirements published; check international conditions
Funding
AO Trauma pays a small stipend as a contribution to travel, accommodation and meals; it may not cover all costs. Benchmark: USD 550 for one week's fellowship in the United States; stipends for other countries are adjusted by the World Bank PPP price-level ratio and paid in Swiss francs equivalents. AO Trauma does not arrange accommodation; travel and insurance costs are borne by the fellow. AO Trauma stipend applies to fellows placed through the AO Trauma short-term fellowship programme.
Deadline
Not published
Duration
Not published
Hands-on
No hands-on role indicated
Clinical exposureAO Trauma hosted placement route at Inselspital Bern, Kinderchirurgie: the host reports an opportunity for AO fellows to scrub in. Host volumes (self-reported): more than 1,000 orthopaedic trauma cases per year and more than 150 polytrauma cases with ISS above 15 per year; subspecialty areas listed: General trauma, Pediatric, Hand and wrist, Foot and ankle, Pelvis/acetabulum.
Participation levelObservational pathway. No independent patient care or operative privileges are implied.
INTERNATIONAL APPLICANT CHECK
Can an international surgeon apply?
≈Partially published
International applicants
The official page explicitly welcomes fellows from around the world; Indonesian applicants may enquire directly, subject to the agreed observer or clinical role and Swiss 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.
≈Partially published
Medical registration
The host page does not publish practising rights. Applicants should confirm whether the agreed format is observational or clinical and obtain any required Swiss authorisation before attendance.
—Not published
Language
No programme-specific language requirement is published
—Not published
Visa or work authorisation
Visa or work-authorisation terms are not published and depend on the agreed observer or clinical role
DATA QUALITY & AVAILABILITY76% of core application fields verifiedChecked 23 Sep 2026 · Next scheduled editorial review: 2027-04-02
✓ programme title✓ institution / department✓ city and country✓ programme classification✓ subspecialty✓ current status evidence✓ funding✓ benefits✓ eligibility✓ international eligibility✓ registration✓ deadline✓ application process✓ required documents✓ application portal✓ official contact✓ faculty✓ verified faculty photograph✓ verified institution logo✓ official source✓ institutional source✓ verification date— duration · not published by the cited official source— positions · not published by the cited official source— commencement / intake · not published by the cited official source— accommodation / relocation · not published by the cited official source— Language requirement not published · not published by the cited official source— visa / work authorisation · not published by the cited official source— accreditation / organisation source · not published by the cited official source
APPLICATION TIMELINE & CONTACT
Plan the application
Application deadlineNo current deadline published in the cited evidence
Commencing dateIndividually arranged; no fixed intake date is published
Application route / cycleRolling admission by direct enquiry: the official page (checked 4 October 2026) invites fellows worldwide to apply for a fellowship/observership via Ms Sandra Furrer; no intake dates or deadline are published.
Paediatric-orthopaedic fellows and visiting clinicians from Switzerland or abroad seeking a host-arranged attachment
Application documents
Published by official source
Curriculum vitae (CV)
Copy of AO Trauma Basic Principles and AO Trauma Advanced Principles course/activity certificate(s)
Copy of medical school diploma
Copy of passport
Optional: photograph, evidence of vaccinations and English language proficiency
Host requirement: CV,Recommendation bei supervisor of home hospital
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
What this program offers
A rolling direct-enquiry pathway for a paediatric-orthopaedic fellowship or observership in Bern. Inselspital welcomes fellows from around the world and names Sandra Furrer-Repond as contact, while duration, capacity, funding, documents and the clinical role remain host-confirmed.
Intended for: Paediatric-orthopaedic fellows and visiting clinicians from Switzerland or abroad seeking a host-arranged attachment
BENEFITS & SUPPORT
Published benefits and support
Host-arranged paediatric-orthopaedic fellowship or observership at Inselspital; curriculum and clinical role are agreed individually
ACCOMMODATION & RELOCATION
Published housing information
✓ Official source mentions accommodation
⌂
Accommodation is mentioned in the published funding or benefits information: AO Trauma pays a small stipend as a contribution to travel, accommodation and meals; it may not cover all costs. Benchmark: USD 550 for one week's fellowship in the United States; stipends for other countries are adjusted by the World Bank PPP price-level ratio and paid in Swiss francs equivalents. AO Trauma does not arrange accommodation; travel and insurance costs are borne by the fellow. AO Trauma stipend applies to fellows placed through the AO Trauma short-term fellowship programme.
HOST INSTITUTION
About Bern University Hospital, Paediatric Orthopaedics
The Paediatric Orthopaedics service at Inselspital provides a university-hospital setting for subspecialty fellowship or observership enquiries and publishes a named institutional contact.
Inselspital Bern Paediatric Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Clinical focus
Paediatric orthopaedics and traumatology
Inselspital lists PD Dr Ziebarth as the senior physician in its current paediatric-orthopaedics team. The service describes internationally recognised hip-preservation work and invites fellows worldwide to enquire about fellowship or observership attachments.
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