Overview
National subspecialty training standard for cardiovascular surgery in Japan: after board certification in general surgery, trainees complete in principle at least 3 years of cardiovascular training in accredited training-facility groups covering congenital, ischaemic, valvular, aortic, peripheral and endovascular surgery before the specialist examination.
The programme
- Focus
- Cardiothoracic surgery (general)
- Training type
- Subspecialty training programme
- Specialty associations
- Not yet verified
- Learning format
- Not yet verified
- Duration
- In principle 3 years or more after general surgery specialist certification (earliest certification in year 4 of specialty training)
- Start
- Not stated on the official page
- Positions
- Not stated on the official page
- Accreditation
- Japanese Board of Cardiovascular Surgery / Japanese Medical Specialty Board framework
- Department
- Not yet verified
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Board-certified general surgeon (Japan Surgical Society)
- Qualification requirement
- Board-certified general surgeon (Japan Surgical Society)
- Citizenship requirement
- Not yet verified
- Practice location requirement
- Not yet verified
- Membership requirement
- Not yet verified
- Eligibility restrictions
- Not yet verified
- Language
- Not yet verified
- Teaching language
- Not yet verified
- Clinical language
- Not yet verified
- International applicants
- Not stated on the official page
- Licence requirement
- Japanese medical licence
- Visa route
- Not yet verified
- Visa sponsorship
- Not yet verified
- Visa support
- Not stated on the official page
How to apply
- Deadline
- Not stated on the official page
- Application method
- Registration as trainee within an accredited training-facility group
- Documents
- Not yet verified
- Contact
- Not yet verified
Funding and costs
- Tuition / fees
- Not yet verified
- Application fee
- Not yet verified
- Stipend / salary
- Not yet verified
- Scholarship
- Not yet verified
- Funding
- Not stated on the official page
Sources and verification
Evidence by field
- Qualification requirement: legacy record not reverified; checked not recorded. Source 1 Derived from Eligibility.
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