Overview
A fellowship providing clinical, surgical and academic experience in Peyronie's disease, erectile dysfunction, infertility microsurgery and hypogonadism.
The programme
- Focus
- Andrology / male infertility
- Training type
- Clinical Fellowship
- Duration
- 1 or 2 years (agreed before the fellowship starts)
- Start
- Not stated on official page
- Positions
- Not stated on official page
- Accreditation
- Not stated on official page
- Department
- Department of Urologic Sciences
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Not stated on official page
- International applicants
- Institution policy (UBC PGME): international doctors may train as Postgraduate Fellows if they have completed all specialist training/exams in their home country (letter from home specialty college required), meet CPSBC English requirements and have a written Training Agreement; government-sponsored visa trainees apply via agencies with a UBC agreement
- Visa support
- Institution policy (UBC PGME): foreign trainees must hold an IRCC work permit for the whole training period; the sponsoring department/PGME submits an offer of employment to IRCC and the fellow applies under the LMIA-exempt category
- Licence requirement
- Institution policy (CPSBC/UBC PGME): postgraduate trainees and fellows at UBC must be licensed with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC (educational - postgraduate class; fellow licence max 4 years) before training starts; the department obtains the licence, IMGs need physiciansapply.ca source verification and CPSBC English proficiency
How to apply
- Deadline
- Not stated on official page
- Application method
- Not stated on official page
Funding
- Funding
- Institution policy (UBC PGME): fellows are not covered by the Resident Doctors of BC agreement; a written Training Agreement with the sponsoring Health Authority/University sets pay; $500 PGME administrative fee plus annual CPSBC licence fee; self-funded or unfunded postgraduate trainees are not eligible
Official sources
https://urology.med.ubc.ca/education/fellowship/andrology-fellowship-description/https://www.cpsbc.ca/registrants/current-registrants/registration-and-licensing/student-and-graduates/postgraduate-fellowhttps://postgrad.med.ubc.ca/prospective-trainees/international-sponsored-visa-trainee/https://postgrad.med.ubc.ca/prospective-trainees/postgraduate-fellows/https://postgrad.med.ubc.ca/prospective-trainees/postgraduate-trainees/