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.
Host rules still apply Visa, registration, insurance and language requirements are shown only when the official host publishes them.
Directory reviewed 30 August 2026. Programme-level checked dates and official sources appear on every profile; missing information is labelled rather than inferred.
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4 programs match · funded / stipend · Rolling application ✓ 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 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 FESSH training-centre database + selected current host/faculty pages♡
Education Centre Visit Rolling application ↻ 33 centre profiles · direct confirmation required Hand & Microsurgery
Centre-submitted FESSH training-opportunity database
⌖ 33 centres across Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland · Western Europe (multi-country) →
Duration Centre-specific: observer visits, 6-week to 12-month…
Funding Centre-specific: self-funded, centre-funded and unpublished routes are clearly distinguished on…
Visit format Hand, wrist, elbow, microsurgery, trauma, arthroscopy, nerve, congenital and reconstructive training according to the selected…
Profile completeness 76%
Well sourced · Missing application deadline, commencement date, faculty profile APPLICANT PROFILE Hand, plastic, trauma and orthopaedic surgeons seeking a directly arranged Western European training placement
✓ Historical FESSH centre-submitted profile + current official RWTH Aachen clinic, section and team pages♡
Education Centre Visit Rolling application Hand & Microsurgery
University Hospital RWTH Aachen
⌖ Aachen · Germany →
Faculty & leadership BS Benedikt SchäferSS Soumaya Sghir+1 more
Duration Not published
Funding The historical FESSH record included self-funded and centre-funded pathways; current funding,…
Visit format Adult and paediatric brachial plexus, peripheral-nerve reconstruction and transfer, nerve decompression, tendon and muscle transfer,…
Profile completeness 74%
Well sourced · Missing duration, application deadline, commencement date APPLICANT PROFILE Hand, plastic, orthopaedic and neurosurgical trainees seeking focused plexus or peripheral-nerve exposure
✓ Current official Rizzoli page updated 12 August 2026 plus official voluntary-attendance rules
