Well sourced · Missing funding, official contact, faculty profile
✓ 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
Historical 2025 cycle only; next deadline not published
Duration
5–6 weeks, usually October–November
Hands-on
No hands-on role indicated
Last checked
15 Aug 2026
Duration · published5–6 weeks, usually October–November
Clinical exposureVisits to four Japanese and four Korean shoulder and elbow education centres
Funding · not publishedFlights, trains, local transport, hotel rooms and Japanese Shoulder Society meeting attendance covered under host-society travel policy
DestinationJapan
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
SECEC Full members under 45 who are certified orthopaedic surgeons with documented clinical and research experience · Meet the age, membership and professional-experience criteria stated for the active fellowship cycle
✓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
This is an educational travelling fellowship; the published call does not grant independent clinical practice or substitute for local medical registration at host centres.
?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.
✓Published by official source
Funding availability
Flights, trains, local transport, hotel rooms and Japanese Shoulder Society meeting attendance covered under host-society travel policy
DATA QUALITY & AVAILABILITY
52% of core application fields verified
Checked 15 Aug 2026. Next scheduled editorial review: 2027-02-11. 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 deadlineHistorical 2025 cycle only; next deadline not published
Commencing dateHistorical cycle: autumn 2025
Application route / cycleThe official page still describes the 2025 odd-year cycle; the next application cycle is not confirmed
Official contactNo programme-specific contact 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
SECEC Full members under 45 who are certified orthopaedic surgeons with documented clinical and research experience
Meet the age, membership and professional-experience criteria stated for the active fellowship cycle
Registration, licence & examinations
This is an educational travelling fellowship; the published call does not grant independent clinical practice or substitute for local medical registration at host centres.
Visa / work authorisation
Visa sponsorship or work-authorisation requirements are not stated by the cited source.
Application documents
CV, personal statement, recommendation-letter, transcript and identity-document requirements are not published by the cited official source.
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.
ACCOMMODATION & RELOCATION
Published housing information
✓ Official source mentions accommodation
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Accommodation is mentioned in the published funding or benefits information: Flights, trains, local transport, hotel rooms and Japanese Shoulder Society meeting attendance covered under host-society travel policy
Housing availability, rent, deposits, utilities and relocation support can change by intake and appointment type. OrthoFellow does not estimate living costs unless an official source publishes them.
HOST INSTITUTION
About SECEC / Japan Shoulder Society / Korean Shoulder & Elbow Society
A detailed institutional profile has not yet been published by OrthoFellow for this listing. Use the official host or program link to review the hospital, university, training sites and facilities directly.
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.
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.
APPLICANT PROFILE
SECEC Full members under 45 who are certified orthopaedic surgeons with documented clinical and research experience
