Continuing Medical Education Course: Shoulder and Knee Arthroscopic Surgery (Phẫu thuật nội soi khớp vai và khớp gối) — Hospital for Traumatology and Orthopaedics, Ho Chi Minh City
Well sourced · Missing application deadline, commencement date, faculty profile
DECISION SUMMARY
Key facts at a glance
Eligibility
International route mentioned
Funding
Self-funded. Tuition VND 20,000,000 per trainee for the whole course (2024); trainees pay their own food, accommodation and travel.
Deadline
Not published
Duration
About 2 months full-time (2024 cohort: 15 October to 12 December 2024)
Hands-on
No hands-on role indicated
Clinical exposureFull-time continuing-education class at the southern Vietnam orthopaedic referral hospital: theory in the hospital lecture hall, practical training in the Upper Limb and Lower Limb departments and operating theatres, plus assigned on-call duty. Objectives cover diagnosis of anterior-inferior shoulder instability, SLAP tears, rotator cuff tears, ACL/PCL and meniscal tears, imaging (X-ray, CT, MRI), arthroscopic surgery of the shoulder and knee, theatre-team organisation and post-operative rehabilitation.
Participation levelEducational course. Attendance does not itself confer clinical privileges.
INTERNATIONAL APPLICANT CHECK
Can an international surgeon apply?
≈Partially published
International applicants
Not realistic for Indonesian applicants: Vietnamese-language course requiring a Vietnamese citizen ID card, employer dispatch letter and Vietnamese orthopaedic practising credentials; listed for completeness of Ho Chi Minh City training options.
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Clinical role
Educational attendance; not a clinical fellowship or licence. Hands-on participation and operative restrictions are not explicitly published.
≈Partially published
Medical registration
Course is designed for doctors working in Vietnam (citizen ID card and employer dispatch letter required); a certificate of continuing medical education is issued on completion.
✓Published by official source
Language
Taught in Vietnamese
—Not published
Visa or work authorisation
Visa sponsorship and work-authorisation information are not published.
DATA QUALITY & AVAILABILITY72% 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 / cycleAnnounced by notice on the hospital website (2024 second notice dated 24 September 2024; registration by QR code before 9 October 2024). Check the hospital training page for the next cohort.
General medical doctor (Bác sĩ Y đa khoa) meeting one of: an orthopaedic-trauma specialty practising certificate; graduated from or currently in postgraduate orthopaedic-trauma training; or currently working in orthopaedic trauma at their institution
Application documents
Four 3x4 cm colour photos (taken within 6 months)
Certified copy of Vietnamese citizen ID card (CCCD)
Certified copy of professional degree
Official letter from employer sending the trainee (a dispatch decision is not accepted)
Certified copy of orthopaedic practising certificate, or proof of postgraduate orthopaedic study, or employer confirmation of orthopaedic work
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
What this program offers
Two-month Vietnamese-language continuing-education class in shoulder and knee arthroscopy run by Ho Chi Minh City's Hospital for Traumatology and Orthopaedics, with practical training in its upper- and lower-limb departments and theatres. The last published cohort ran 15 October to 12 December 2024 for VND 20 million; a newer cohort has not been announced.
ACCOMMODATION & RELOCATION
Published housing information
✓ Official source mentions accommodation
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Accommodation is mentioned in the published funding or benefits information: Self-funded. Tuition VND 20,000,000 per trainee for the whole course (2024); trainees pay their own food, accommodation and travel.
HOST INSTITUTION
About Hospital for Traumatology and Orthopaedics, Ho Chi Minh City (Bệnh viện Chấn thương Chỉnh hình TP.HCM)
Use the official host or programme link to review the hospital, training sites and facilities.
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