Overview
Zuyderland MC Sittard-Geleen holds NVPC recognition for a post-training fellowship in hand and wrist surgery, recognised from 1 December 2020 with recognition running to 1 December 2026. It is one of the few hand-surgery fellowships formally accredited by the Dutch Society for Plastic Surgery.
The programme
- Focus
- Hand
- Training type
- Clinical fellowship
- Specialty associations
- Not yet verified
- Learning format
- Not yet verified
- Duration
- Minimum 6 months under the NVPC fellowship regulation; programme-specific length not published
- Start
- Not yet verified
- Positions
- Not yet verified
- Accreditation
- Not yet verified
- Department
- Not yet verified
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Not stated on specialist directory profile
- Qualification requirement
- Not yet verified
- Citizenship requirement
- Not yet verified
- Practice location requirement
- Not yet verified
- Membership requirement
- Not yet verified
- Eligibility restrictions
- Not yet verified
- Language
- Not yet verified
- Teaching language
- Not yet verified
- Clinical language
- Not yet verified
- International applicants
- Under the NVPC regulation, a plastic surgeon registered abroad needs at least RGS permission for temporary service provision or BIG registration before starting
- Licence requirement
- Not yet verified
- Visa route
- Not yet verified
- Visa sponsorship
- Not yet verified
- Visa support
- Not yet verified
How to apply
- Deadline
- Current deadline not confirmed; consult the official programme
- Application method
- Not yet verified
- Documents
- Not yet verified
- Contact
- Not yet verified
Funding and costs
- Tuition / fees
- Not yet verified
- Application fee
- Not yet verified
- Stipend / salary
- Not yet verified
- Scholarship
- Not yet verified
- Funding
- NVPC regulation states the fellow is paid according to the hospital's collective labour agreement (CAO) for the duration of the fellowship
Sources and verification
Evidence by field
- Training type: unverified; checked not recorded. Source 1
- Duration: unverified; checked not recorded. Source 1
- Eligibility: unverified; checked not recorded. Source 1
- International applicants: unverified; checked not recorded. Source 1
- Funding: unverified; checked not recorded. Source 1
- Deadline: unverified; checked not recorded. Source 1
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