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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06 Upcoming deadline Only future dates with a parseable published day and month are included
15 programs match · 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
✓ 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 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
✓ Current official Inselspital programme page with a named direct-application contact♡
Education Centre Visit Rolling application Paediatric Orthopaedics
Bern University Hospital, Paediatric Orthopaedics
⌖ Bern · Switzerland →
Duration Not published
Funding Not published
Visit format The official host page invites international enquiries for a paediatric-orthopaedic fellowship or observership; duration, case mix…
Profile completeness 68%
Well sourced · Missing duration, funding, application deadline APPLICANT PROFILE Paediatric-orthopaedic fellows and visiting clinicians from Switzerland or abroad seeking a host-arranged attachment
✓ 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
✓ Official AP-HP international pathway + original Necker department page♡
Education Centre Visit Rolling application Paediatric Orthopaedics
Hôpital Necker–Enfants Malades / AP-HP
⌖ Paris · France →
Program lead PW Philippe Wicart
Duration Individually arranged; no Necker-specific duration is…
Funding Not published
Visit format Request-based observation in a tertiary paediatric orthopaedic and trauma service covering scoliosis, constitutional bone disease,…
Profile completeness 72%
Well sourced · Missing funding, application deadline, commencement date APPLICANT PROFILE Foreign healthcare professionals seeking an AP-HP observation internship or other approved international training arrangement
✓ 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
✓ Current official UAB observership process♡
Education Centre Visit Rolling application General Orthopaedics
University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
⌖ Birmingham, Alabama · United States →
Program lead AU Approved UAB Orthopaedic Surgery provider
Duration Up to 4 business days; longer visits require specific provider…
Funding Unpaid, self-funded observership; the official page does not publish a programme fee
Visit format Structured observation of patient encounters, surgery and multidisciplinary care in clinic, the operating room or both, subject to…
Profile completeness 76%
Well sourced · Missing application deadline, commencement date, faculty profile APPLICANT PROFILE External learners and professionals seeking short structured observation in orthopaedic care
✓ 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 SORI observership and application page♡
Education Centre Visit Rolling application Hip & Knee
Sydney Orthopaedic Research Institute
⌖ Sydney · Australia →
Duration 4 weeks
Funding Fee-paying observership; SORI links to payment but does not publish the fee amount on the…
Visit format Structured observation of the full knee-patient pathway from presentation and consultation through surgery and outpatient follow-up,…
Profile completeness 72%
Well sourced · Missing funding, application deadline, commencement date APPLICANT PROFILE Orthopaedic surgeons and trainees seeking structured observational knee exposure
✓ Current original host fellowship page plus centre-submitted ISAKOS supporting profile♡
Clinical Fellowship Rolling application Foot & Ankle
Foot & Ankle Surgery Lisbon / three private teaching hospitals
⌖ Lisbon · Portugal →
Faculty & leadership MR Manuel Resende SousaJV João Vide+5 more
Duration Recommended 1–4 weeks
Funding Financial support may be possible by direct enquiry; amount, criteria and covered expenses are…
Visit format Approximately 12–18 hours of clinic and 15–20 cases per week across adult foot-and-ankle trauma, arthroscopy, arthroplasty, joint…
Profile completeness 72%
Well sourced · Missing funding, application deadline, commencement date ✓ Official HKU Joint Replacement Surgery fellowship page♡
Clinical Fellowship Rolling application Hip & Knee
The University of Hong Kong / Queen Mary Hospital
⌖ Hong Kong · Hong Kong →
Duration 3 months
Funding HKD 20,000 monthly honorarium; travel, accommodation and insurance not included
Visit format Arthroplasty patient care, supervised surgery, research project and at least one English scientific article
Profile completeness 64%
Well sourced · Missing funding, application deadline, commencement date APPLICANT PROFILE Overseas orthopaedic surgeons who have completed specialist training
✓ Original hospital training page♡
Education Centre Visit Rolling application Paediatric Orthopaedics
Hospital Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona
⌖ Barcelona · Spain →
Faculty & leadership CG César Galo García FontechaDM David Moreno Romo+1 more
Duration Not published
Funding A fee, stipend and accommodation support are not published on the current listing
Visit format Custom paediatric orthopaedic and trauma rotation with high-complexity scoliosis surgery, limb reconstruction and nerve and vascular…
Profile completeness 62%
Well sourced · Missing duration, funding, application deadline APPLICANT PROFILE Healthcare professionals seeking a tailored paediatric orthopaedic training stay
✓ Current official Rizzoli page updated 12 August 2026 plus official voluntary-attendance rules
