Names in the programme record: Olga Savvidou (programme director)
Profile completeness74%
Well sourced · Missing application deadline, commencement date, official contact
DECISION SUMMARY
Key facts at a glance
Eligibility
International route mentioned
Funding
No stipend published. For SECEC educational visits, travel and accommodation are the applicant's responsibility.
Deadline
Not published
Duration
2–3 day SECEC educational visit (SECEC members); length of the department's own shoulder and elbow fellowships/observerships is not published
Hands-on
No hands-on role indicated
Clinical exposureUniversity tertiary referral department (9 consultants, 5 specialised in shoulder and elbow; 19 residents). Arthroscopic and open rotator-cuff surgery, shoulder instability and complex reconstruction, shoulder arthroplasty and post-traumatic reconstruction, elbow reconstruction, elbow instability and elbow trauma (about 10 shoulder and 2 elbow operations per month). Visitors join outpatient clinics; the unit has a Bioskills surgical/simulation lab, upper-extremity 3D motion analysis in the gait lab and a basic-science laboratory.
Participation levelObservational pathway. No independent patient care or operative privileges are implied.
INTERNATIONAL APPLICANT CHECK
Can an international surgeon apply?
≈Partially published
International applicants
SECEC visits are open to selected SECEC Junior/Full members of any nationality (SECEC is European but has corresponding membership); self-funded. Operative role and Greek licensing for longer fellowships are not published — confirm with the department.
?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.
—Not published
Medical registration
Registration and licensing requirements are not published by the cited source.
✓Published by official source
Language
Not published (clinical language Greek)
—Not published
Visa or work authorisation
Visa sponsorship and work-authorisation information are not published.
DATA QUALITY & AVAILABILITY62% of core application fields verifiedChecked 8 Oct 2026 · Next scheduled editorial review: 2027-04-06
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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 — apply through SECEC's 'Apply for a visit' route; the Membership Committee forwards eligible applications and the centre contacts applicants if a visit can be arranged. No deadline published.
Official contactNo programme-specific contact published
SECEC Junior or Full member (for the SECEC-brokered educational visit)
One application per member; submission does not guarantee acceptance
Application documents
Not published by the cited official source.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
What this program offers
Attikon University General Hospital's 1st Department of Orthopaedic Surgery (NKUA) is a SECEC Education Centre for 2026–2030. SECEC members can request a 2–3 day educational visit, and the centre profile states the department also offers shoulder and elbow fellowships and observerships, plus the annual Athens Elbow Course.
HOST INSTITUTION
About First Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Attikon University General Hospital
First Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Attikon University General Hospital in Athens, Attica, Greece is the published host setting for this pathway. The cited programme record describes university tertiary referral department (9 consultants, 5 specialised in shoulder and elbow; 19 residents). Arthroscopic and open rotator-cuff surgery, shoulder instability and complex reconstruction, shoulder arthroplasty and post-traumatic reconstruction, elbow reconstruction, elbow instability and elbow trauma (about 10 shoulder and 2 elbow operations per month). Visitors join outpatient clinics; the unit has a Bioskills surgical/simulation lab, upper-extremity 3D motion analysis in the gait lab and a basic-science laboratory..
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