Overview
Clinical observership covering TBI and neuro-ICU management, skull base and vascular surgery, multimodal monitoring, intraoperative imaging and Gamma Knife at Vienna's university neurosurgery department.
The programme
- Focus
- General neurosurgery (TBI, neuro-ICU, skull base, vascular, radiosurgery)
- Training type
- Observership
- Duration
- Typically 1–5 weeks (maximum 6 months within 12 months per MedUni rules)
- Start
- Rolling
- Positions
- Not stated on official page
- Accreditation
- Medical University of Vienna postgraduate training (International Affairs)
- Department
- Department of Neurosurgery
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Physicians; minimum Master's degree (MedUni requirement)
- International applicants
- Yes – open to medical graduates from around the world; processing up to 4 months depending on nationality and legal requirements (recent observers from Europe, Brazil, Uganda and elsewhere)
- Visa support
- Not stated on official page
- Licence requirement
- Strict 'no hands-on' policy; minimum Master's degree; Gamma Knife observation only
How to apply
- Deadline
- Rolling
- Application method
- Contact the Observership Coordinator; once accepted, MedUni International Affairs processes approval with the observer application form
Funding
- Funding
- Unpaid; MedUni Vienna not responsible for costs or organisation