Overview
3 years; >=2 years basic paediatric training required; 1 year may overlap Facharzt training.
The programme
- Training type
- Clinical fellowship
- Duration
- 3 years
- Accreditation
- SIWF (Swiss Institute for Postgraduate and Continuing Medical Education) / FMH
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- The Swiss SIWF pathway requires the specialist title in paediatrics to be awarded the Schwerpunkt.
- Qualification requirement
- The curriculum calls for at least two years of core paediatrics training before beginning this Schwerpunkt.
How to apply
- Documents
- Keep SIWF certificates for each Swiss training period. Certificates used for this Schwerpunkt should name the Schwerpunkt.
Not published or not yet verified
Ask the programme coordinator about:
- Start
- Positions
- Department
- Citizenship requirement
- Practice location requirement
- Membership requirement
- Eligibility restrictions
- Language
- Teaching language
- Clinical language
- International applicants
- Licence requirement
- Visa route
- Visa sponsorship
- Visa support
- Deadline
- Application method
- Contact
- Tuition / fees
- Application fee
- Stipend / salary
- Scholarship
- Funding
Sources and verification
https://www.siwf.ch/files/pdf18/paed_nephrologie_version_internet_d.pdfhttps://www.siwf.ch/elogbuch/anleitung/haeufigste-fehler-antrag.cfmhttps://www.paediatrieschweiz.ch/weiterbildung/schwerpunkte/
Evidence by field
- Training type: unverified; checked not recorded. Source 1
- Duration: unverified; checked not recorded. Source 1
- Eligibility: institution policy; checked 2026-11-12. Source 1 Scope: SIWF training programme for the named Swiss paediatric Schwerpunkt; conditions for award, not an individual training vacancy..
- International applicants: unverified; checked not recorded. Source 1
- Funding: unverified; checked not recorded. Source 1
- Deadline: unverified; checked not recorded. Source 1
- Accreditation: unverified; checked not recorded. Source 1
- Documents: institution policy; checked 2026-11-12. Source 1 Scope: SIWF training programme for the named Swiss paediatric Schwerpunkt; conditions for award, not an individual training vacancy..
- Qualification requirement: institution policy; checked 2026-11-12. Source 1 Scope: SIWF training programme for the named Swiss paediatric Schwerpunkt; conditions for award, not an individual training vacancy..
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