Names in the programme record: Pr Weiguo Hu (responsable pédagogique)
Profile completeness78%
Well sourced · Missing funding, application deadline
DECISION SUMMARY
Key facts at a glance
Eligibility
International route mentioned
Funding
Not published
Deadline
Not published
Duration
120 hours over 2 years (8 seminars); each year November to April
Hands-on
No hands-on role indicated
Clinical exposureWestern-France hand surgery diploma: complex wounds (acute and secondary), hand/finger and wrist bone-joint trauma, congenital hand, neurological, inflammatory and degenerative pathology, anatomy and clinical/paraclinical semiology; oral case presentation and thesis.
Participation levelEducational course. Attendance does not itself confer clinical privileges.
INTERNATIONAL APPLICANT CHECK
Can an international surgeon apply?
≈Partially published
International applicants
No specific provision for foreign graduates published; admission on file; French-language seminars rotating between western French faculties.
?Confirm directly with host
Clinical role
Educational attendance; not a clinical fellowship or licence. Hands-on participation and operative restrictions are not explicitly published.
—Not published
Medical registration
Registration and licensing requirements are not published by the cited source.
✓Published by official source
Language
Not published (French-language programme).
—Not published
Visa or work authorisation
Visa sponsorship and work-authorisation information are not published.
DATA QUALITY & AVAILABILITY48% of core application fields verifiedChecked 9 Oct 2026 · Next scheduled editorial review: 2027-04-07
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APPLICATION TIMELINE & CONTACT
Plan the application
Application deadlineNo current deadline published in the cited evidence
Surgical residents in orthopaedic or plastic surgery (target audience)
Admission on application file
Application documents
Not published by the cited official source.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
What this program offers
Two-year inter-university hand surgery diploma shared by Angers, Brest, Caen, Nantes, Poitiers, Rennes, Rouen and Tours, registered at UBO Brest. It aims to complete the training of orthopaedic and plastic surgeons in hand pathology.
HOST INSTITUTION
About Université de Bretagne Occidentale (UBO), Faculté de Médecine et Sciences de la Santé de Brest
Université de Bretagne Occidentale (UBO), Faculté de Médecine et Sciences de la Santé de Brest in Brest, Brittany, France is the published host setting for this pathway. The cited programme record describes western-France hand surgery diploma: complex wounds (acute and secondary), hand/finger and wrist bone-joint trauma, congenital hand, neurological, inflammatory and degenerative pathology, anatomy and clinical/paraclinical semiology; oral case presentation and thesis..
