OF OrthoFellow Home Orthopaedic Observership Programs Check clinical privileges Short duration does not define the clinical role. Treat a visit as observational unless the official host explicitly publishes supervised patient care or operating.
86 canonical visiting pathways SECEC, FESSH and other centre networks are counted once while every host remains accessible inside its consolidated profile.
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Directory reviewed 30 August 2026. Programme-level checked dates and official sources appear on every profile; missing information is labelled rather than inferred.
Filter programs 86 programs available + 01 Subspecialty Choose your clinical interest first, or select a country below
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04 Accreditation / organization Labels preserve the official distinction between accredited, recognized, approved and society-sponsored pathways
05 Programme status Open status is shown only when current official evidence supports it
06 Upcoming deadline Only future dates with a parseable published day and month are included
✓ Current official WA Health 2027 observership vacancy and general IMG observership page♡
Education Centre Visit Active application ↻ 2027 Royal Perth Hospital opportunity published General Orthopaedics
Royal Perth Hospital / Royal Perth Bentley Group / Mount Lawley Hospital
⌖ Perth, Western Australia · Australia →
Program lead AW Allocated WA Health host service
Duration Typically 3 months for the 2027 Royal Perth opportunity; WA…
Funding Unpaid voluntary position
Visit format General clinical observation for international medical graduates; specialty placement depends on host-service availability and…
Profile completeness 92%
Comprehensive · Missing faculty profile APPLICANT PROFILE International medical graduates currently living in Australia who are not registered as medical practitioners
✓ Official host programme brochure; active intake not yet reconfirmed♡
Clinical Fellowship Current availability unconfirmed Sports Medicine
Rehasport Clinic
⌖ Poznań, Warsaw and Gdańsk · Poland →
Duration 12 weeks / 3 months, with possible extension
Funding The official 2021 brochure says programme costs for up to three participants are covered by…
Visit format Lower- and upper-limb orthopaedics and rehabilitation, shoulder and knee dry labs, live surgery, supervised surgical assisting,…
Profile completeness 90%
Comprehensive · Missing application deadline APPLICANT PROFILE Qualified orthopaedic surgeons and advanced orthopaedic residents
✓ Official facilitator programme page; host-hospital programme page not published in the listing♡
Education Centre Visit Current availability unconfirmed Shoulder & Elbow
Quexst Healthcare facilitator-listed placement
⌖ Pune · India →
Duration 2 weeks mandatory
Funding Self-funded and fee-paying; price supplied by quotation, full payment is required before the…
Visit format Pure observation of arthroscopy with a published emphasis on shoulder cases; the wider listing also mentions elbow, wrist, hip,…
Profile completeness 90%
Comprehensive · Missing application deadline APPLICANT PROFILE Doctors with a postgraduate orthopaedic surgery qualification and current medical-council registration
PK ✓ Current official POSI directory identity; current availability requires host confirmation♡
Travelling Fellowship Current availability unconfirmed Paediatric Orthopaedics
POSI-approved paediatric orthopaedic centres in India
⌖ Multiple centres · India →
Program lead HP Host-centre POSI faculty
Duration 4 weeks at one or two centres
Funding INR 25,000 paid after successful completion and submission of the report and logbook
Visit format Mentored exposure at one or two POSI-approved paediatric orthopaedic centres, with a required logbook and completion report
Profile completeness 80%
Comprehensive · Missing commencement date, faculty profile, host profile APPLICANT PROFILE Orthopaedic surgeons seeking advanced paediatric-orthopaedic training; programme-specific prerequisites apply
✓ Official facilitator programme page; host-hospital page not published in the listing♡
Education Centre Visit Current availability unconfirmed Spine
Good Moonwha Hospital / Quexst Healthcare
⌖ Busan · South Korea →
Program lead SS Son Sankyu
Duration 1 week, Monday–Friday; the page also advertises 1- or 2-week…
Funding Self-funded: USD 2,350 plus INR 50,000 in published academic, administration and operation fees;…
Visit format Observation of unilateral biportal endoscopic spine surgery, including patient selection, preoperative planning, theatre setup,…
Profile completeness 90%
Comprehensive · Missing application deadline APPLICANT PROFILE Postgraduate orthopaedic surgeons; relevant surgical experience is considered according to the applicant's learning objectives
✓ Official hospital international training pathway + department profile♡
Clinical Fellowship Rolling application Shoulder & Elbow
Seoul National University Hospital
⌖ Seoul · South Korea →
Program lead SO SNUH Orthopaedic Shoulder Joint Special Clinic
Duration 1–12 months
Funding No financial support from SNUH
Visit format Request-based observational training with the orthopaedic department and shoulder joint special clinic, subject to departmental…
Profile completeness 86%
Comprehensive · Missing commencement date, faculty profile APPLICANT PROFILE Medical doctors seeking department-approved observational orthopaedic training
✓ Current centre-supplied ISAKOS programme profile; next recruitment cycle unconfirmed♡
Observership Current availability unconfirmed Sports Medicine
Severance Hospital / Yonsei University College of Medicine
⌖ Seoul · South Korea →
Faculty & leadership SK Sung-Hwan KimMJ Min Jung+3 more
Duration Minimum 6 months
Funding No institutional funding; fellows must cover their own expenses
Visit format Observer-only knee and shoulder sports-medicine pathway covering ligament reconstruction, meniscal and cartilage restoration,…
Profile completeness 84%
Comprehensive · Missing application deadline, commencement date ✓ Official DVSE scholarship page♡
Travelling Fellowship Current availability unconfirmed Shoulder & Elbow
German Shoulder and Elbow Society (DVSE) training centres
⌖ Selected host centre · Germany →
Program lead DS DVSE-certified surgeon at the selected host centre
Duration At least 4 weeks
Funding EUR 2,500 restricted grant, normally paid in cash at the first host centre
Visit format Shoulder and elbow observership at a DVSE training centre or department directed by a DVSE-certified shoulder and elbow surgeon
Profile completeness 86%
Comprehensive · Missing commencement date, faculty profile APPLICANT PROFILE International physicians, with priority for applicants from emerging and developing countries
✓ Current official Rizzoli page updated 12 August 2026 plus official voluntary-attendance rules♡
Education Centre Visit Rolling application General Orthopaedics
IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli
⌖ Bologna · Italy →
Program lead DO Director of the selected Rizzoli Operating Unit
Duration 7 days–12 months
Funding Unpaid voluntary attendance; no salary or stipend is published
Visit format Observation-based learning in the selected Rizzoli operating unit; voluntary attenders may not provide medical assistance
Profile completeness 86%
Comprehensive · Missing commencement date, faculty profile APPLICANT PROFILE Italian and foreign healthcare, welfare, scientific-research or administrative professionals; doctors generally require specialist qualification in the requested discipline
✓ Current official AOFAS 2026 programme page♡
Travelling Fellowship Intermittently offered Foot & Ankle
American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society
⌖ Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles and Chicago · United States →
Program lead AT AOFAS Traveling Fellowship Program
Duration 14 days · 16–29 September 2026
Funding 2026 programme funding is provided by the Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Foundation with an Enovis…
Visit format AOFAS Annual Meeting and IFFAS Biennial Meeting attendance, operating-room observation, exchange of surgical techniques and research…
Profile completeness 86%
Comprehensive · Missing faculty profile, host profile APPLICANT PROFILE AOFAS Active, Candidate and International members aged 49 or younger at application
ET ✓ Current official EFAS 2026 call plus FORTE programme profile♡
Travelling Fellowship Intermittently offered Foot & Ankle
European Foot and Ankle Society
⌖ Two routes across Europe · Europe (multi-country) →
Program lead NC Nuno Corte Real · EFAS Fellowship Coordinator
Duration 3 weeks · 14 September–3 October 2026
Funding EFAS covers travel expenses and housing; the supporting FORTE profile states that basic economy…
Visit format Observational two-day visits at five leading foot-and-ankle centres on either the northern or southern European route, followed by…
Profile completeness 86%
Comprehensive · Missing faculty profile, host profile APPLICANT PROFILE Medically qualified orthopaedic trainees working in Europe, with EFAS membership, a foot-and-ankle interest and age 38 or younger under the published FORTE criteria
✓ Current official SGH department, observer-type, application and cost pages♡
Observership Rolling application Hand & Microsurgery
Singapore General Hospital
⌖ Singapore · Singapore →
Faculty & leadership SH SGH HandRM Reconstructive Microsurgery faculty
Duration Up to 4 weeks
Funding Self-funded. SGH publishes a SGD 150 administrative fee per application and a department…
Visit format Hands-off observation of SGH's multidisciplinary hand and reconstructive microsurgery service, including trauma reconstruction,…
Profile completeness 86%
Comprehensive · Missing commencement date, faculty profile APPLICANT PROFILE International surgeons seeking a short hands-off hand and reconstructive microsurgery attachment
✓ Current centre-supplied ISAKOS profile; next recruitment cycle unconfirmed♡
Clinical Fellowship Current availability unconfirmed Sports Medicine
Assiut University Hospital
⌖ Assiut · Egypt →
Faculty & leadership AF Ayman FarouqIK Islam Karamallah+2 more
Duration 3 months
Funding Private, public and government support categories are listed; no salary, amount, payment…
Visit format Ankle, knee, hip and shoulder arthroscopy with hip-and-knee and shoulder faculty, plus centre-listed clinical research and…
Profile completeness 84%
Comprehensive · Missing application deadline, commencement date APPLICANT PROFILE Applicants seeking three months of multi-joint arthroscopy and sports-medicine training; formal entry criteria are not published
✓ Current centre-supplied ISAKOS profile plus official BTCH department; next recruitment cycle unconfirmed♡
Clinical Fellowship Current availability unconfirmed Sports Medicine
Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital / Tsinghua University School of Clinical Medicine
⌖ Beijing · China →
Duration 3 months
Funding Private support is listed; no salary, stipend amount, payment frequency or covered-expense…
Visit format Customisable arthroscopy, knee surgery and sports-medicine training including digital joint surgery, personalised 3D-printed knee…
Profile completeness 84%
Comprehensive · Missing application deadline, commencement date APPLICANT PROFILE Applicants seeking customisable arthroscopy, joint reconstruction and sports-medicine education; formal entry criteria are not published
✓ Current official Swiss Scoliosis visiting-fellowship and contact page♡
Clinical Fellowship Rolling application Spine
Swiss Scoliosis Centre / Klinik Im Park
⌖ Zurich · Switzerland →
Duration 3 months
Funding Self-funded; the fellow is not a paid clinic employee and must cover travel and the stay in…
Visit format Observational exposure without direct patient contact across complex adult and paediatric spinal pathology, daily radiological…
Profile completeness 84%
Comprehensive · Missing application deadline, commencement date APPLICANT PROFILE Young spine surgeons outside Europe who are not eligible for board certification in Switzerland or the European Union
✓ FESSH centre-submitted profile + current official Swiss Medical Network surgeon and training pages♡
Education Centre Visit Rolling application Hand & Microsurgery
Centro manoegomito, Clinica Ars Medica
⌖ Gravesano–Lugano · Switzerland →
Duration Duration agreed directly with the centre; no fixed period or…
Funding The centre-submitted record lists a self-funded research or observer route; no current stipend…
Visit format Hand, wrist and elbow surgery, trauma, microsurgery, arthroscopy, joint replacement, peripheral nerves, research and structured…
Profile completeness 84%
Comprehensive · Missing application deadline, commencement date APPLICANT PROFILE Hand, orthopaedic and plastic-surgery trainees seeking research or an observer attachment without practising rights
✓ Official Santy fellowship, visitor register and practitioner pages + French public visa guidance♡
Education Centre Visit Rolling application Shoulder & Elbow
Centre Orthopédique Santy / Hôpital Privé Jean Mermoz
⌖ Lyon · France →
Duration A few days to 1 year; non-EU short-stay pathway up to 3 months…
Funding Self-funded; no institutional salary or financial assistance is published
Visit format Observer immersion in shoulder clinics and operating lists, with possible clinical-research, database and scientific-meeting…
Profile completeness 84%
Comprehensive · Missing application deadline, commencement date APPLICANT PROFILE International orthopaedic surgeons and trainees seeking a flexible shoulder observership or short educational visit
✓ Current official EUROSPINE Observership Grant page; 2023 guideline treated as historical where it conflicts with the live page♡
Education Centre Visit Active application Spine
EUROSPINE member centre selected by the applicant
⌖ EUROSPINE member centre · Europe →
Duration Up to 14 days
Funding EUR 1,500 stipend for travel and accommodation, paid within two weeks of acceptance
Visit format Observation of spine practice, surgical techniques and pre-, intra- and postoperative management at a EUROSPINE member centre, with…
Profile completeness 82%
Comprehensive · Missing official contact, faculty profile APPLICANT PROFILE Current EUROSPINE Premium or Standard members seeking a short observership at another EUROSPINE member centre
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✓ Current official WA Health 2027 observership vacancy and general IMG observership page
