Names in the programme record: Julien Berhouet (enseignant responsable)
Profile completeness62%
Well sourced · Missing funding, application deadline, commencement date
DECISION SUMMARY
Key facts at a glance
Eligibility
International route mentioned
Funding
Not published
Deadline
Not published
Duration
1 year: four 2-day seminars plus two compulsory 2-day visits (28 hours professional practice) to SOFEC Tour reference centres
Hands-on
No hands-on role indicated
Clinical exposureComplete teaching of shoulder and elbow pathology (trauma, primary and revision arthroplasty, tendon pathology, instability, basic arthroscopy) using national anatomy labs and surgical simulation platforms, plus two 2-day visits to SOFEC-validated centres; MCQ and thesis.
Participation levelEducational course. Attendance does not itself confer clinical privileges.
INTERNATIONAL APPLICANT CHECK
Can an international surgeon apply?
≈Partially published
International applicants
Programme file explicitly lists orthopaedic surgeons from outside the EU as a target audience; registration requires authorisation from the course lead; French-language teaching.
?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
Orthopaedic surgery DES residents, PM&R DES residents
Orthopaedic surgeons and PM&R specialists (EU and non-EU)
General practitioners (EU and non-EU)
Application documents
Motivation letter
CV (sent to the local university coordinator and secretariat)
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
What this program offers
Tours registration site of the national DIU in shoulder and elbow surgery, coordinated nationally by Montpellier and linked to SOFEC. Four seminars are combined with two 2-day visits to SOFEC Tour centres.
HOST INSTITUTION
About Université de Tours, UFR Médecine
Université de Tours, UFR Médecine in Tours, Centre-Val de Loire, France is the published host setting for this pathway. The cited programme record describes complete teaching of shoulder and elbow pathology (trauma, primary and revision arthroplasty, tendon pathology, instability, basic arthroscopy) using national anatomy labs and surgical simulation platforms, plus two 2-day visits to SOFEC-validated centres; MCQ and thesis..
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