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DECISION SUMMARY
Key facts at a glance
Eligibility
International route mentioned
Funding
Not published
Deadline
Not published
Duration
Fellowships 3 months to 1 year; Visiting Fellows 1 day to under 1 week
Hands-on
Unclear — confirm privileges
Clinical exposureStructured postgraduate stays: partial rotations for orthopaedic or rheumatology residents (under 6 months), fellowships for orthopaedic specialists (3 months to 1 year), hosting of travelling fellows (EFORT, ESSKA, SECEC and others) and short visiting-fellow stays. The page does not describe the scope of patient care.
Participation levelClinical participation and hands-on restrictions must be confirmed directly with the host.
INTERNATIONAL APPLICANT CHECK
Can an international surgeon apply?
≈Partially published
International applicants
The centre receives residents from across the Portuguese national health service and occasionally from other countries, particularly Europe and Latin America.
?Confirm directly with host
Clinical role
Clinical or combined training pathway; exact duties remain appointment-specific. Hands-on participation and operative restrictions are not explicitly published.
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Medical registration
Registration and licensing requirements are not published by the cited source.
—Not published
Language
No formal language requirement is published by the cited source.
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Visa or work authorisation
Not published.
DATA QUALITY & AVAILABILITY52% of core application fields verifiedChecked 3 Oct 2026 · Next scheduled editorial review: 2027-04-01
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APPLICATION TIMELINE & CONTACT
Plan the application
Application deadlineNo current deadline published in the cited evidence
Rotations are for orthopaedic or rheumatology residents
Application documents
Not published by the cited official source.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
What this program offers
Three-month to one-year fellowships and short visiting-fellow stays for orthopaedic specialists at Hospital CUF Descobertas, Lisbon.
HOST INSTITUTION
About Hospital CUF Descobertas, Centro de Ortopedia e Traumatologia
Hospital CUF Descobertas hosts an orthopaedics and traumatology centre with eight pathology units, collaborating with NOVA Medical School and the Faculty of Medicine of Lisbon.
The cited evidence does not provide a programme-specific faculty roster that OrthoFellow can safely publish. Open the official source or submit an institutional correction; names and portraits are never inferred from department membership.
Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine
Seoul, Seoul, South Korea · Up to 1 year; the minimum is not published. Training longer than 1 month needs Education Committee approval, and visa assistance applies beyond 90 days, so stays of 3 months or less are accommodated.View program profile →
