Overview
Category A2 surgical curriculum completed entirely in St. Gallen after the specialist title, mainly anterior-segment and eyelid procedures, assisting in all four surgical segments, trauma experience on call; one separate surgical training post is reserved for strabismus surgery.
The programme
- Training type
- Subspecialty training programme
- Duration
- At least 2 years
- Start
- In principle any time of year
- Positions
- Includes one dedicated strabismus-surgery training post
- Accreditation
- SIWF/ISFM Ophthalmochirurgie category A2
- Department
- Not stated on official page
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Holders of the Swiss specialist title in ophthalmology
- International applicants
- Not stated on official page
- Visa support
- Not stated on official page
- Licence requirement
- Swiss federal medical diploma or MEBEKO-recognised foreign diploma and cantonal registration required for clinical employment (general Swiss requirement; not detailed on the page)
How to apply
- Deadline
- Interview rounds three to four times per year
- Application method
- E-mail application to the chief physician (augenklinik@h-och.ch)
Funding
- Funding
- Not stated on official page
Official sources
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