Overview
Two years of structured postgraduate surgical training in plastic surgery at RCSI training sites in Ireland for international medical graduates, delivered under the HSE International Medical Graduate Training Initiative.
The programme
- Focus
- Plastic Surgery
- Training type
- Clinical fellowship
- Specialty associations
- Not yet verified
- Learning format
- Not yet verified
- Duration
- 2 years
- Start
- July intake (July 2027 intake closed; 2028 applications to open at a later date)
- Positions
- Not stated on the official page
- Accreditation
- RCSI / HSE International Medical Graduate Training Initiative (IMGTI)
- Department
- Not yet verified
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- International medical graduates from outside the EU/EEA/Switzerland; suitably qualified surgical trainees nominated by their employer or other sponsoring agency
- Qualification requirement
- Not yet verified
- Citizenship requirement
- Not yet verified
- Practice location requirement
- Not yet verified
- Membership requirement
- Not yet verified
- Eligibility restrictions
- Yes – non-EU/EEA/Swiss IMGs only
- Language
- Not yet verified
- Teaching language
- Not yet verified
- Clinical language
- Not yet verified
- International applicants
- Yes – non-EU/EEA/Swiss IMGs only
- Licence requirement
- Not stated on the official page
- Visa route
- Not yet verified
- Visa sponsorship
- Not yet verified
- Visa support
- Not stated on the official page
How to apply
- Deadline
- Not yet announced for 2028
- Application method
- Register interest via RCSI online form; enquiries surgicalaffairs@rcsi.com
- Documents
- Not yet verified
- Contact
- surgicalaffairs@rcsi.com
Funding and costs
- Tuition / fees
- Not yet verified
- Application fee
- Not yet verified
- Stipend / salary
- Not yet verified
- Scholarship
- Not yet verified
- Funding
- Sponsoring employer/agency nomination required
Sources and verification
Similar programmes
JPN · Burns & reconstructive surgery2027 Clinical Fellowship — Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery trackNational Cancer Center Hospital East
EGY · Burns & reconstructive surgeryAO Fellowship — Plastic, Burns & Maxillofacial SurgeryAin Shams University Hospitals / AO Foundation
USA · Burns & reconstructive surgeryAdult and Pediatric Burn Surgery FellowshipIndiana University School of Medicine / Eskenazi Health / Riley Hospital for Children
MEX · Burns & reconstructive surgeryAesthetic Plastic Surgery Fellowship MexicoAmerican Society of Plastic Surgeons — Global Training DirectoryUSA · Burns & reconstructive surgeryBurn Reconstruction and Laser FellowshipShriners Children's Texas / University of Texas Medical BranchUSA · Burns & reconstructive surgeryBurn Surgery FellowshipAllegheny Health Network / West Penn Burn CenterMore at Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) / HSE
IRL · General thoracic surgeryInternational Surgical Fellowship Programme – Cardiothoracic SurgeryRoyal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) / HSEIRL · LaryngologyInternational Surgical Fellowship Programme – Otolaryngology Head and Neck SurgeryRoyal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) / HSEIRL · General SurgeryInternational Surgical Fellowship Programme – General SurgeryRoyal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) / HSEIRL · Ophthalmic SurgeryInternational Surgical Fellowship Programme – Ophthalmic SurgeryRoyal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) / HSEIRL · Trauma and Orthopaedic SurgeryInternational Surgical Fellowship Programme – Trauma and Orthopaedic SurgeryRoyal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) / HSEIRL · UrologyInternational Surgical Fellowship Programme – UrologyRoyal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) / HSE