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 2 active filters + 01 Subspecialty Available in Netherlands
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03 Funding Only confirmed stipend or self-funded information is placed in these filters
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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
4 programs match · Netherlands · self-funded ✓ Official SECEC Education Centre network♡
Education Centre Visit Current availability unconfirmed Shoulder & Elbow
SECEC/ESSSE Education Centres
⌖ Recognised shoulder and elbow centres across Europe · Netherlands →
Program lead HF Host faculty at the selected centre
Duration 2–3 days at one selected centre
Funding Self-funded: travel and accommodation are the applicant’s responsibility
Visit format Short educational visit at one recognised SECEC shoulder and elbow centre; the schedule is agreed with the host and depends on…
Profile completeness 76%
Well sourced · Missing application deadline, commencement date, faculty profile APPLICANT PROFILE SECEC Junior and Full members; one application per member and acceptance is not guaranteed
✓ Current centre-submitted ISAKOS programme profile; recruitment availability unconfirmed♡
Observership Current availability unconfirmed Sports Medicine
VieCuri Medical Center
⌖ Venlo, Limburg · Netherlands →
Faculty & leadership FH Freek HollmanOL Okke Lambers Heerspink
Duration 3 months
Funding No salary is provided
Visit format Three months observing clinics and surgery including rotator-cuff repair, stabilisation, Latarjet, arthroscopic bone block, tendon…
Profile completeness 70%
Well sourced · Missing application deadline, commencement date, faculty profile APPLICANT PROFILE Orthopaedic surgeons seeking arthroscopy, knee surgery, joint preservation or sports-medicine training; host-specific prerequisites apply
✓ Historical official FESSH training-centre listing; current host-specific programme page not located♡
Education Centre Visit Current availability unconfirmed Hand & Microsurgery
Radboudumc — Nijmeegs Universitair Handen Team
⌖ Nijmegen · Netherlands →
Program lead BV Brigitte van der Heijden
Duration Not published
Funding Self-funded according to the historical FESSH listing
Visit format Historical FESSH listing: observer-only hand, wrist and peripheral-nerve exposure without practising rights
Profile completeness 68%
Well sourced · Missing original program page, duration, commencement date APPLICANT PROFILE Hand, plastic, trauma and orthopaedic surgeons seeking observation in a multidisciplinary university team
✓ Current FESSH centre-submitted training profile♡
Education Centre Visit Current availability unconfirmed Hand & Microsurgery
University Medical Center Utrecht
⌖ Utrecht · Netherlands →
Faculty & leadership AS Arnold SchuurmanHC Henk Coert+1 more
Duration Duration agreed directly with UMC Utrecht; no fixed period is…
Funding Self-funded observer/fellowship pathway
Visit format Tertiary wrist surgery, hand trauma, arthroscopy, revision arthroplasty, complex nerve problems, congenital hand differences and…
Profile completeness 68%
Well sourced · Missing original program page, application deadline, commencement date APPLICANT PROFILE Hand and plastic-surgery trainees seeking university-based observation and research
✓ Official SECEC Education Centre network
