Overview
Obstetric anaesthesia observership at one of Madrid's three largest maternity hospitals (over 4,500 deliveries per year).
The programme
- Training type
- Exchange / Observership
- Duration
- Up to 3 months; available February–July and September–November
- Start
- Exchanges scheduled in the year after selection (2027 placements already matched)
- Positions
- Limited spots per host centre
- Accreditation
- ESAIC Exchange Programme (EP) host centre
- Department
- Department of Anaesthesiology / Intensive Care
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- ESAIC Active/Trainee member working in Europe; resident/young specialist (at least 3rd-year trainee, up to 4th year post-residency) or specialist (5th year post-residency or more senior), as accepted by the host. Accepts: specialists
- International applicants
- Restricted: applicant must be an ESAIC Active/Trainee member actively working in Europe (WHO European Region) at the deadline. Doctors working outside Europe are not eligible
- Visa support
- Not stated on official page
- Licence requirement
- Language: English possible; Spanish welcome. Legal requirements: official training request via the Spanish Ministry of Health
How to apply
- Deadline
- 2027 call closed; 2028 call opens May 2027 (usually mid-May to end of June)
- Application method
- Binding online application to ESAIC (call opens mid-May, closes end of June) with supporting documents; ESAIC matches applicants to host centres by merit and preference; selected fellows submit a report within 1 month
Funding
- Funding
- No salary. ESAIC symbolic support only for residents/specialists from European lower- and upper-middle-income countries; AIG travel insurance and reduced Euroanaesthesia registration for all selected candidates