Overview
Surgical training in breast reconstruction, oncoplastic breast surgery and microsurgery for lymphoedema with patient assessment and conferences.
The programme
- Focus
- Breast reconstruction and lymphoedema microsurgery
- Training type
- Clinical Fellowship (observerships also accepted)
- Duration
- 6 months to 2 years
- Start
- Variable
- Positions
- Not stated on official page
- Accreditation
- Not stated on official page
- Department
- Breast Center
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Medical licence issued by home-country Ministry of Health; three years of clinical experience or training
- International applicants
- Yes - listed by the Japan Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (JSPRS) as accepting overseas fellows/observers
- Visa support
- Certificate of eligibility, certificate of permission of advanced clinical training, and visa
- Licence requirement
- Hands-on clinical training requires a Certificate of Permission of Advanced Clinical Training (Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare) (clinical training designated hospital for foreign doctors)
How to apply
- Deadline
- Handled individually
- Application method
- Contact the Breast Center contact person listed on the JSPRS information sheet
Funding
- Funding
- No salary; no application fee; accommodation and health insurance available