Overview
Chiang Mai University observership-style clinical short course in any department (OPD, wards and operating rooms, 20-30 hours a week) for international medical staff.
The programme
- Focus
- Multiple specialties (institution-wide observership)
- Training type
- Observership / short clinical fellowship
- Duration
- Flexible; ED visa permits up to 90 days per entry (longer programmes require re-applying for an ED visa outside Thailand)
- Start
- Not stated on official page
- Positions
- Not stated on official page
- Accreditation
- Not stated on official page
- Department
- International Relations Office, Faculty of Medicine (host department per specialty)
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Medical staff with relevant degrees and medical licence, CV, certification letter from home institution; fluent English (intermediate level for non-native speakers)
- International applicants
- Yes - programme for international medical staff run by the International Relations Office
- Visa support
- IRO provides official supporting documents for a Non-Immigrant ED visa (max 90 days per entry, not extendable for training)
- Licence requirement
- Observers only - no scrubbing in or independent clinical activity
How to apply
- Deadline
- Apply 3-6 months before intended start
- Application method
- Email application form, photo, passport copy, CV, degrees, licences and home-institution letter to frmedcmu@cmu.ac.th; IRO forwards to the department for approval
Funding
- Funding
- Self-funded - fees depend on specialty, activities and MOU/MOA; exclude living costs; health insurance of at least 100,000 USD required