Overview
USAC first-level hospital residency in paediatrics with clinical, teaching and research components. Training sites listed include Hospital General San Juan de Dios, Hospital Roosevelt, Hospital Pedro de Bethancourt, Hospital Regional de Occidente and Hospital de Cuilapa.
The programme
- Training type
- Specialist training programme
- Duration
- 4 years (3 years plus 1 year of supervised professional practice)
- 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
- Licenciatura en Medicina y Cirugía; 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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