Overview
Structured 1–4 week observerships in which national or international doctors (specialists or residents) shadow USZ ENT clinicians with an assigned mentor, tailored to the whole specialty or chosen sub-areas; a parallel research observership places visitors in the department's research groups and can be combined with the clinical one.
The programme
- Focus
- General otolaryngology
- Training type
- Observership
- Duration
- 1–4 weeks
- Start
- Not stated on official page
- Positions
- Not stated on official page
- Accreditation
- Departmental programme (no SIWF credit stated).
- Department
- Not stated on official page
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- National or international medical graduates in ORL or related fields (board-certified specialists or residents); fluent German or English (at least C1).
- International applicants
- Open to international medical graduates.
- Visa support
- Not stated on official page
- Licence requirement
- No patient-care responsibility (observer status)
How to apply
- Deadline
- Not stated on official page
- Application method
- Email motivation letter, CV, passport copy, academic degrees and mandatory language certificate to orl.direktion@usz.ch.
Funding
- Funding
- None – self-funded
Official sources
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