OF OrthoFellow Home MSK ultrasound & pain intervention courses Not a fellowship A course or certificate does not create a clinical appointment, medical licence or hospital procedure privileges.
Check your specialty Some courses are limited to rheumatology, PM&R, anaesthesia or pain physicians. Orthopaedic eligibility is stated only when the official provider publishes it.
Recurring, but dates move Only current, upcoming or availability-unconfirmed course pathways remain public. Expired editions return after a new official cycle is verified.
Global directory and linked-source health reviewed 7 September 2026. Programme-level checked dates and official sources appear on every profile; missing information is labelled rather than inferred.
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✓ Verified 15 Oct 2026♡
Short Course Current availability unconfirmed Spine
Université de Bordeaux, Collège Sciences de la Santé (with CHU de Bordeaux neurosurgery and the DETERCA surgical school)
⌖ Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine · France →
Faculty & leadership PJ Pr Jean-Rodolphe Vignes (CHU de BordeauxN neurosurgery)
Duration 1 year: 60 hours (20 h theory, 40 h practical) in one 8-day…
Funding Self-funded: EUR 700/year (initial training), EUR 1,000 (continuing education, self-funded) or…
Course format Minimally invasive spine techniques for orthopaedic surgeons and neurosurgeons: visual magnification and indirect vision,…
✓ Verified 11 Oct 2026♡
Short Course Current availability unconfirmed ↻ Next intake unconfirmed Sports Medicine
Université Marie et Louis Pasteur (formerly Université de Franche-Comté), UFR Sciences de la Santé, Besançon
⌖ Besançon, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté · France →
Duration 1 academic year: three 2–3-day seminars (knee, shoulder, other…
Funding Historical 2025/26 catalogue fees: EUR 178 university fee plus EUR 1,200 funded continuing…
Course format SFA-organised national arthroscopy diploma: simple and complex arthroscopic procedures of shoulder, knee, hip, ankle and wrist under…
✓ Verified 11 Oct 2026♡
Short Course Current availability unconfirmed ↻ Next intake unconfirmed Hand & Microsurgery
Université de Rouen Normandie, UFR Santé (with CHU de Rouen)
⌖ Rouen, Normandy · France →
Duration 2 academic years, October to June: 8 two-day seminars (136…
Funding A course-specific fee amount, salary and stipend are not published in the reviewed programme…
Course format Grand-Ouest national hand-surgery curriculum with seminars rotating between Poitiers (fundamentals), Caen and Brest (complex…
✓ Verified 11 Oct 2026♡
Short Course Current availability unconfirmed Shoulder & Elbow
Université de Tours, UFR Médecine
⌖ Tours, Centre-Val de Loire · France →
Duration 1 academic year; 60 seminar hours (four 2-day sessions) plus…
Funding Current tuition and any funding award are not published in the reviewed course page or…
Course format Complete teaching of shoulder and elbow pathology (trauma, primary and revision arthroplasty, tendon pathology, instability, basic…
✓ Verified 11 Oct 2026♡
Short Course Current availability unconfirmed ↻ Next intake unconfirmed Shoulder & Elbow
Université Marie et Louis Pasteur (formerly Université de Franche-Comté), UFR Sciences de la Santé, Besançon
⌖ Besançon, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté · France →
Duration 1 academic year (November–June): four 2-day seminars (60…
Funding Historical 2025/26 catalogue fees: EUR 178 university fee plus EUR 800 funded continuing…
Course format National SOFEC-linked diploma covering shoulder/elbow trauma, primary and revision arthroplasty, tendon pathology and instability,…
✓ Verified 15 Oct 2026♡
Short Course Current availability unconfirmed Hand & Microsurgery
Université de Lorraine, Faculté de Médecine, Maïeutique et métiers de la Santé à Nancy
⌖ Nancy, Grand Est · France →
Duration 2 academic years; 128 teaching hours (DIU, no placement…
Funding Fee-paying DIU: published course fee €400 and university charges €255; CVEC additionally applies…
Course format Academic hand-surgery diploma: traumatic and degenerative hand/wrist/peripheral-nerve conditions in year one; congenital upper-limb…
✓ Verified 11 Oct 2026♡
Short Course Active application Sports Medicine
CHU Nîmes / University of Montpellier Faculty of Medicine (Montpellier–Nîmes)
⌖ Nîmes · France →
Duration 1 academic year; 45 hours of teaching (three 2-day seminars:…
Funding Current tuition is not stated in the retrieved public course page; a quotation depends on the…
Course format Theory and practical training enabling surgeons to perform arthroscopy: seminars on knee, shoulder and other joints, a supervised…
✓ Verified 11 Oct 2026♡
Short Course Current availability unconfirmed ↻ Next intake unconfirmed Sports Medicine
Université de Caen Normandie, UFR Santé
⌖ Caen, Normandy · France →
Duration 1 year (Caen)
Funding Tuition, funding and salary/stipend amounts are not published in the reviewed Caen course sheet;…
Course format Theoretical and practical training in osteo-articular arthroscopy within the national multi-faculty DIU: seminars on knee…
✓ Verified 11 Oct 2026♡
Short Course Current availability unconfirmed ↻ Next intake unconfirmed Hand & Microsurgery
Université de Franche-Comté, UFR des Sciences de la Santé (with CHU de Besançon)
⌖ Besançon, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté · France →
Duration 2 years, ten seminars and a 60-day approved placement.…
Funding Historical 2025/26 catalogue: EUR 178 annual university fee plus EUR 1,020/year…
Course format Theory, e-learning, practical work and clinical cases on surgical pathology of the hand and peripheral nerves, with a 60-day…
✓ Verified 3 Oct 2026♡
Short Course Upcoming cycle Pain Intervention
European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology (EULAR)
⌖ Berlin · Germany →
Program lead EM EULAR MSUS course faculty
Duration Three days per level, 5–7 June 2027
Funding Self-funded; the 2027 fee is not yet published. The verified 2026 catalogue listed EUR 1,000 per…
Course format Three parallel levels in musculoskeletal ultrasound, progressing from scanning principles and standard anatomy to pathology,…
APPLICANT PROFILE Clinicians seeking structured musculoskeletal-ultrasound training; the published course is rheumatology-oriented
✓ Verified 3 Oct 2026♡
Short Course Active application Pain Intervention
EFSUMB / Turkish Society of Ultrasound in Medicine
⌖ Belek, Antalya · Türkiye →
Program lead E/ EUROSON / EFSUMB course faculty
Duration 29–31 October 2026
Funding Self-funded; EUR 1,150 includes registration, three hotel nights and meals
Course format Advanced sonographic anatomy, sports and overuse lesions, pathology-focused scanning and hands-on musculoskeletal-ultrasound…
APPLICANT PROFILE Rheumatologists who have passed Basic and Intermediate MSKUS training and seek advanced practice
✓ Verified 3 Oct 2026♡
Short Course Active application Pain Intervention
EFSUMB / Turkish Society of Ultrasound in Medicine
⌖ Belek, Antalya · Türkiye →
Program lead E/ EUROSON / EFSUMB course faculty
Duration 28–30 October 2026
Funding Self-funded; EUR 1,150 includes registration, three hotel nights and meals
Course format Intermediate MSK ultrasound with hands-on scanning and sonographic-guided articular and periarticular injection training
APPLICANT PROFILE Clinicians with basic musculoskeletal-ultrasound knowledge seeking intermediate scanning and guided-injection skills
✓ Verified 15 Oct 2026♡
Short Course Rolling application Hand & Microsurgery
Spanish Society for Surgery of the Hand (SECMA)
⌖ Madrid (society seat); rotations at chosen centres · Spain →
Faculty & leadership DR Dr. Roberto Sánchez-Rosales (Module 1 coordinator)DE Dr. Eduardo Blanco (Module 2 coordinator)+2 more
Duration 16 months (tutored training plan) followed by the DECIM exam
Funding Enrolment fee EUR 2,500; rotation costs (travel, accommodation, meals) paid by the trainee…
Course format Eight tutored modules (basic sciences and rehabilitation; skin, soft tissue and infection; hand and wrist fractures and instability;…
✓ Verified 15 Oct 2026♡
Short Course Current availability unconfirmed Limb Reconstruction
University of Bologna (DIBINEM) / IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli
⌖ Bologna, Emilia-Romagna · Italy →
Program lead AG Alessandro Gasbarrini, Master Director
Duration 1 year (60 CFU)
Funding Tuition EUR 4,000 (20% reduction for 1–2 Alma Mater alumni places) (self-funded).
Course format Lessons held at the Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli; 625-hour (25 CFU) observational stage, which may be partly or fully replaced by a…
✓ Verified 3 Oct 2026♡
Short Course Current availability unconfirmed Pain Intervention
World Institute of Pain
⌖ Istanbul, Türkiye / Seoul, South Korea / rotating international venues · Worldwide (multi-country) →
Faculty & leadership WC WIP CIPS workshop facultyE examiners
Duration Workshop plus examination; published dates include 25 October…
Funding Self-funded; the public schedule does not publish the current workshop and examination fee
Course format Ultrasound-guided interventional-pain workshop preceding a formal CIPS examination at rotating international sites
APPLICANT PROFILE Physicians pursuing the World Institute of Pain CIPS certification route
✓ Verified 3 Oct 2026♡
Short Course Upcoming cycle Hip & Knee
AO Recon / AO Foundation
⌖ Beirut · Lebanon →
Faculty & leadership EF Event faculty are not named in the current official regional calendarAR AO Recon regional faculty
Duration 2 days, 23–24 October 2026
Funding Course fee, travel and accommodation costs are not published in the current official sources
Course format Patient-centred primary hip and knee arthroplasty through perioperative management, THA and TKA modules, evidence-based lectures,…
APPLICANT PROFILE Orthopaedic surgeons and healthcare professionals seeking structured arthroplasty education
✓ Verified 3 Oct 2026♡
Short Course Active application Sports Medicine
American Medical Society for Sports Medicine / Oregon Health & Science University
⌖ Portland, Oregon · United States →
Faculty & leadership A AMSSMOS OHSU sports-ultrasound faculty
Duration 19–22 November 2026; introductory day followed by a three-day…
Funding Self-funded; the public conference page does not publish the course fee
Course format Introductory sports ultrasound followed by diagnostic and ultrasound-guided interventional training; AMSSM also publishes 35 free…
APPLICANT PROFILE Physicians seeking sports-ultrasound scanning and procedure training; exact international and specialty eligibility should be confirmed with AMSSM
✓ Verified 11 Oct 2026♡
Short Course Current availability unconfirmed ↻ Historical 2025 hip course; official date wording differs; next intake unconfirmed Hip & Knee
HIGA San Martín de La Plata, Hip and Knee Unit / Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata
⌖ La Plata, Buenos Aires Province · Argentina →
Duration About 7 months, 1,000 hours (2025 course: 1 January to 31 July…
Funding Historical 2025 proposal: self-funded, fee-paying course, total $40,000 as written in the…
Course format Supervised participation in pre-operative clinics, hip arthroplasty surgery and inpatient care (about 4 patients per week in each…
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