Overview
Fellowship in Female Urology and Voiding Dysfunction at Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, offered to foreign doctors through HCPA's PICCAP programme with supervised clinical activity in the hospital.
The programme
- Focus
- Female urology / functional urology
- Training type
- Clinical fellowship
- Duration
- 12 months
- Start
- 2026 intake: classes began 2 March 2026
- Positions
- 1 (2026 intake)
- Accreditation
- HCPA institutional PICCAP programme under CFM Resolution 2.216/2018; the certificate does not confer the right to practise medicine in Brazil
- Department
- Not stated on official page
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Foreign medical graduate (recognised foreign institution) with Celpe-Bras Portuguese certificate at upper-intermediate level and the programme prerequisite; prerequisite: residency in urology
- International applicants
- Programme is exclusively for foreign doctors (Programas de Formação Profissional Avançada e Fellowship para Médicos Estrangeiros)
- Visa support
- Not stated on official page
- Licence requirement
- CREMERS study authorisation for foreign doctors required before starting
How to apply
- Deadline
- 2026 intake: online applications 7 November – 1 December 2025 (closed); the next PICCAP call is published on the HCPA site
- Application method
- Online form with short CV (max 4 pages), letter of intent, optional recommendation letter, diploma and proof of prerequisite; documentary evaluation then second-stage selection of the top five candidates per programme
Funding
- Funding
- Self-funded: monthly course fee R$1,000 (adjusted annually by IPCA-E); no housing, food or transport allowance; candidates must show own financial means
Official sources
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