Well sourced · Missing funding, application deadline, commencement date
✓ Primary programme source linked✓ Dated source review current— Current cycle evidenced— Faculty identity sourced✓ Institution mark verified
DECISION SUMMARY
What matters before you keep reading.
Eligibility
Requirements published
Funding
Not published
Deadline
Not published
Duration
3 months
Hands-on
No hands-on role indicated
Last checked
13 Aug 2026
Duration · published3 months
Clinical exposureObservational participation in ambulatory and surgical knee-sports care, clinical and scientific research, symposiums and publication
Funding · not publishedNot published by the official programme profile
DestinationSwitzerland
Participation levelObservational pathway. No independent patient care or operative privileges are implied.
INTERNATIONAL APPLICANT CHECK
What the official evidence currently supports
Decision-critical fields are separated into confirmed facts, partial information and points requiring direct confirmation.
—Not published
International applicant eligibility
The cited source does not explicitly confirm international-applicant eligibility.
✓Published by official source
Required training level
Medical degree · Orthopaedic board certification or completion of orthopaedic training
✓Published by official source
Programme classification
Observational pathway; no independent patient care is implied.
?Confirm directly with host
Hands-on restrictions
Hands-on clinical activity is not described for this observational pathway.
≈Partially published
Medical registration
The official profile describes an observership and does not publish independent patient-care or operating privileges.
?Confirm directly with host
Licensing examinations
Any examination requirement must be confirmed with the relevant regulator and host.
—Not published
Language requirements
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.
—Not published
Funding availability
Not published by the official programme profile
DATA QUALITY & AVAILABILITY
62% of core application fields verified
Checked 13 Aug 2026. Next scheduled editorial review: 2027-02-09. Every unresolved field keeps its exact evidence state—unpublished, not yet researched, historical, conflicting, inaccessible or not applicable—so an absence is never converted into a fact.
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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 / cycleDirect application; no fixed deadline is published
Deadlines and intake dates can change between cycles. The data-quality ledger above explicitly labels application fields that the cited official source does not publish.
ELIGIBILITY & REQUIREMENTS
Published entry requirements
Clinical / academic eligibility
Medical degree
Orthopaedic board certification or completion of orthopaedic training
Registration, licence & examinations
The official profile describes an observership and does not publish independent patient-care or operating privileges.
Visa / work authorisation
Visa sponsorship or work-authorisation requirements are not stated by the cited source.
Application documents
Application letter
Recommendation letter
Current curriculum vitae
Licensing, visa and document rules depend on the individual programme and application cycle. OrthoFellow does not infer USMLE, AHPRA, ECFMG, recommendation-letter or visa requirements from the country alone.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
What this program offers
A three-month Lausanne knee-arthroscopy and sports-trauma observership. The centre-verified profile publishes the eligibility and document checklist and describes participation in clinical care, research, symposiums and publication; funding and intake dates remain unlisted.
HOST INSTITUTION
About Hirslanden Clinique Bois-Cerf
The programme is based at Hirslanden Clinique Bois-Cerf, Avenue d’Ouchy 31 in Lausanne, and combines knee-sports observation with academic participation.
Eric Choudja Ouabo is listed in the cited programme evidence as programme chair for Knee Arthroscopy and Sport Trauma. The verified individual profile describes a focus in Knee arthroscopy and sports trauma. This association does not by itself confirm personal supervision, operative privileges or availability for a future intake.
Eric Choudja Ouabo is listed by the official programme source as programme chair. A separate individual short CV has not yet been verified by OrthoFellow.
Names and fellowship roles come from the cited programme source. A green “individual profile verified” label means the position, qualifications and biography were also checked against an official personal or institutional profile. OrthoFellow displays a portrait only when it can be tied to an official profile or faculty source; otherwise the host institution brandmark is shown, with initials retained only when neither image is available. Faculty rosters may change.
PROGRAM HISTORY
Published fellowship history
ISAKOS public-directory identity, duration, capacity and programme chair checked 2026-08-25.
APPLICANT PROFILE
Orthopaedic surgeons at the end of training or already board certified
