ESAIC Exchange Programme Host Centre (Observership / Hands-on)

Overview

ESAIC exchange host at the UK's largest cardiothoracic centre (~2,000 cardiac and 1,200 thoracic cases per year, the UK's biggest TAVI programme and a large EP service), offering observership and hands-on training in cardiothoracic anaesthesia and intensive care.

The programme

Training type

Observership

Duration

3 months

Start

Not stated on official page

Positions

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Accreditation

ESAIC Exchange Programme host centre

Department

Not stated on official page

Eligibility and visa

Eligibility

Residents/young specialists (at least 3rd-year trainees and specialists in their first 5 years) and specialists (at least 4th-year specialists or more senior)

International applicants

Not stated on official page

Visa support

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Licence requirement

Hands-on: full GMC registration and licence to practise (IELTS required for GMC registration); observership subject to UK immigration requirements

How to apply

Deadline

Not stated on official page

Application method

Online application to the ESAIC Exchange Programme; the ESAIC Exchange Programme Committee matches applicants to host centres (notifications in early October for exchanges the following year)

Funding

Funding

No salary; ESAIC allots a symbolic budget to support applicants from European lower- and upper-middle-income countries

Official sources