Entry requirements published; check international conditions
Funding
Self-funded observer attachment
Deadline
Not published
Duration
Duration agreed directly with the clinic; no fixed period is published
Hands-on
No hands-on role indicated
Clinical exposureTwenty-four-hour hand emergency care, fractures, revascularisation and replantation, tendon and nerve reconstruction, arthroscopy, endoscopy, rheumatoid and tumour surgery and joint replacement
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 clinic's official teaching page states that clinical training stays are offered to Swiss and foreign doctors ('Klinische Weiterbildungsaufenthalte für Schweizer und Ausländer'); no nationality restriction is published. The FESSH-listed route is observer-only without practising rights.
?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
Observer-only without practising rights under the published listing.
—Not published
Language
No formal language requirement is published by the cited source.
—Not published
Visa or work authorisation
Visa sponsorship and work-authorisation information are not published.
DATA QUALITY & AVAILABILITY79% of core application fields verifiedChecked 23 Sep 2026 · Next scheduled editorial review: 2027-04-02
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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 / cycleRolling admission by direct enquiry: the clinic advertises clinical training stays for Swiss and foreign doctors but publishes no intake dates, number of places or deadline.
Relevant hand, plastic or orthopaedic surgical training
Clinic acceptance for an observer placement
Application documents
Not published
Not published by the cited official source.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
What this program offers
A self-funded observer-only university hand-surgery attachment in Bern. The host publishes a broad emergency and reconstructive case mix; timing and accommodation are arranged directly.
Intended for: Hand, plastic or orthopaedic trainees seeking a university observer attachment
BENEFITS & SUPPORT
Published benefits and support
Accommodation has to be organised by the candidate with help from the clinic's study nurse (FESSH training-centre listing, entry dated 2019).
ACCOMMODATION & RELOCATION
Published housing information
✓ Official source mentions accommodation
⌂
The candidate arranges accommodation with assistance from the clinic's study staff.
HOST INSTITUTION
About Inselspital, University Hospital Bern
A university plastic-and-hand clinic with continuous emergency coverage and a broad elective, trauma, nerve and microsurgery spectrum.
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