Overview
Named subspecialty observership for ophthalmologists; rolling requests are subject to department availability.
The programme
- Training type
- Observership
- Specialty associations
- Not yet verified
- Learning format
- Focused observational exposure to clinical and surgical practice; hands-on privileges are not established by this policy
- Duration
- 2–4 weeks under the general observership route; customised SAARC placements may last 4 weeks–3 months
- Start
- Not yet verified
- Positions
- Not yet verified
- Accreditation
- Not yet verified
- Department
- Not yet verified
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Not yet verified
- Qualification requirement
- Ophthalmologists; SAARC custom route gives preference to government and tertiary ophthalmic institutions
- Citizenship requirement
- Not yet verified
- Practice location requirement
- Not yet verified
- Membership requirement
- Not yet verified
- Eligibility restrictions
- International and national ophthalmologists may request a placement in this named subspecialty department; department availability must be confirmed
- Language
- Not yet verified
- Teaching language
- Not yet verified
- Clinical language
- Not yet verified
- International applicants
- International and national ophthalmologists may request a placement in this named subspecialty department; department availability must be confirmed
- Licence requirement
- Not yet verified
- Visa route
- Not yet verified
- Visa sponsorship
- Not stated on the checked observership page
- Visa support
- Not yet verified
How to apply
- Deadline
- Requests may be made at any time; acceptance and department availability are not confirmed
- Application method
- Email the completed observership application and latest CV to academic@snmail.org; department availability determines acceptance
- Documents
- Completed observership application form; latest CV
- Contact
- academic@snmail.org
Funding and costs
- Tuition / fees
- Not stated on the checked observership page
- Application fee
- Not yet verified
- Stipend / salary
- Not yet verified
- Scholarship
- Not yet verified
- Funding
- Not yet verified
Intakes
- Rolling requests; department availability unconfirmed: recorded recurring on 2026-10-11.
Sources and verification
Evidence by field
- Duration: confirmed; checked 2026-10-11. Source 1
- Qualification requirement: confirmed; checked 2026-10-11. Source 1
- International applicants: confirmed; checked 2026-10-11. Source 1
- Application method: confirmed; checked 2026-10-11. Source 1
- Documents: confirmed; checked 2026-10-11. Source 1
- Contact: confirmed; checked 2026-10-11. Source 1
- Learning format: confirmed; checked 2026-10-11. Source 1
- Deadline: confirmed; checked 2026-10-11. Source 1
- Tuition / fees: not stated; checked 2026-10-11. Source 1
- Visa sponsorship: not stated; checked 2026-10-11. Source 1
- Eligibility restrictions: confirmed; checked 2026-10-11. Source 1 Derived from International applicants.
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