Overview
ESTS-listed host offering clinical fellowships or observerships in general adult thoracic surgery (c.70% VATS), pulmonary thromboendarterectomy and lung transplantation; integrated fellows take part in clinics, wards, MDTs and theatre and 6-month fellows are expected to produce at least one publication.
The programme
- Training type
- Clinical fellowship
- Duration
- Typically 6 months (as described in ESTS host listing)
- Start
- Not stated on official page
- Positions
- Not stated on official page
- Accreditation
- ESTS host institution (2022 host list)
- Department
- Not stated on official page
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Integrated clinical fellows must meet the national English test (IELTS or equivalent); lower requirements for observers (ESTS host listing)
- International applicants
- Not stated on official page
- Visa support
- Not stated on official page
- Licence requirement
- Scrub-in depends on abilities and health clearance; clinical integration requires UK registration
How to apply
- Deadline
- Not stated on official page
- Application method
- Via ESTS fellowship/observership calls
Funding
- Funding
- Not stated on official page
Official sources
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