Overview
Derived-specialty (subspecialty) medical residency in reconstructive, plastic and burns surgery offered through Paraguay's national CONAREM 2026 competition, administered by the Instituto Nacional de Salud.
The programme
- Focus
- Reconstructive, plastic and burns surgery
- Training type
- Subspecialty training programme
- Duration
- Not stated on official page
- Start
- Not stated on official page
- Positions
- 1 in 2026 (IPS)
- Accreditation
- Comisión Nacional de Residencias Médicas (CONAREM), Ministerio de Salud Pública y Bienestar Social / IPS training units
- Department
- Not stated on official page
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Prior primary/core specialty required: General Surgery (or trauma surgery per profile); applicant profile per Resolución S.G. N.° 885/2025
- International applicants
- Foreign applicants must hold a valid Paraguayan civil identity card and proof of permanent legal residence issued by the Dirección Nacional de Migraciones (temporary residence not accepted); medical degree must be ANEAES-accredited or valid by legal exception
- Visa support
- Permanent residence required (see international applicants)
- Licence requirement
- Not stated on official page
How to apply
- Deadline
- Per the official CONAREM 2026 timetable published by the INS (2026 plazas published March 2026)
- Application method
- National CONAREM competition via the Instituto Nacional de Salud (INS); enquiries concursos.conarem.ins@gmail.com
Funding
- Funding
- Not stated on official page
Official sources
https://ins.gov.py/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/OK_23_03_26_PUBLICACION-DE-PLAZAS_DERIVADAS.pdfhttps://ins.gov.py/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/PERFILES-DE-POSTULACION-A-LAS-PLAZAS-DE-ESPECIALIDADES-DERIVADAS-2026-CON-FIRMA.pdfhttps://ins.gov.py/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Preguntas-Frecuentes-Concurso-CONAREM-Etapa-Pre-postulacion_7_01_2026.pdf