Overview
USAC second-level residency (segunda maestría) in surgical oncology.
The programme
- Training type
- Subspecialty training programme
- Duration
- 3 years
- Start
- Not stated on official page
- Positions
- Not stated on official page
- Accreditation
- Maestría en Ciencias Médicas con Especialidad (USAC)
- Department
- Not stated on official page
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Two approved years of the General Surgery specialty; Médico y Cirujano degree from USAC, a legally authorised Guatemalan university, or a recognised foreign university; ID or passport; active registration with the Colegio de Médicos y Cirujanos de Guatemala (or, for foreigners, proof from the competent body in the country of origin / transitional registration); physical and mental fitness
- International applicants
- Graduates of recognised foreign universities may enrol; foreigners require proof of legal ability to practise / transitional registration
- Visa support
- Not stated on official page
- Licence requirement
- Active registration with the Colegio de Médicos y Cirujanos de Guatemala (transitional registration for foreigners)
How to apply
- Deadline
- Not stated on official page
- Application method
- Annual selection process: a set number of residency places is announced each year for Ministry of Health (MSPAS) and IGSS hospitals, with the call authorised by the Faculty board
Funding
- Funding
- Not stated on official page
Official sources
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