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APWA Traveling Fellowship Program 2022

4th Quarter, 2022

Aim of the Program

The APWA Traveling Fellowship Program is aimed to be an international collaboration that will enhance training and exchange of knowledge and skills in wrist surgery.

Target Applicants

  • Surgeons interested in wrist surgery and research and are willing to fulfill the responsibilities of this program.
  • Maximum 3 applicants will be accepted

Recruitment Criteria for Applicants

  • Active FULL Member of APWA
  • No age limitation but young surgeons are encouraged
  • Be a Certified Orthopaedic / Plastic / Hand Surgeon in your own Country
  • Speak fluent English
  • Demonstrate commitment to the clinical practice and research in wrist disorders as manifested through working experience, presentations, publications and teaching
  • Available for the compulsory period of the fellowship training schedule

Responsibilities of Successful Applicants

  • Attend all the activities arranged by the supervisors of different training centers
  • Be prepared to give oral presentation about the travelling experience in subsequent APWA Webinar
  • Submit a written report at the end of the programme within 3 months to the APWA Secretariat

Training to be Provided by the Training Centers & Supervisors

  • The training centers and supervisors are approved by the Executive Board of APWA
  • Clinical activities in the training centre have to be focused on wrist disorders, management and surgery

    (e.g. operations,  clinic visit, in-patient round, research meeting, journal club,  basic research facilities on wrist surgery etc.)

  • The training centers will arrange or recommend accommodation facilities for the fellows

2022 Traveling Fellowship Program

Fellows could choose 4 out of 9 Options

CityTraining PeriodTraining CenterSupervisor
Hong Kong,
China		5 weekdaysPrince of Wales Hospital –
The Chinese University of Hong
Kong		Pak-cheong HO
Adelaide,
Australia		5 weekdaysFlinders UniversityGregory Ian BAIN
Tokyo,
Japan		5 weekdaysInternational University of Health and
Welfare, Tokyo		Toshiyasu
NAKAMURA
Shanghai,
China		5 weekdaysHuashan Hospital, Fudan
University
Wendong XU
Claremont,
Australia
5 weekdaysBethesda HospitalJeff ECKER
Beijing,
China		5 weekdaysJishuitan HospitalShanlin CHEN
Osaka, Japan5 weekdaysOsaka Global Orthopaedic
Hospital		Keiji FUJIO
Pune,
India		5 weekdaysSahyadri Hospitals, Jehangir
Hospital		Abhijeet WAHEGAONKAR
Seoul,
South
Korea		5 weekdaysCatholic University of Korea Joo-yup LEE

*Accommodation & Transportation arranged by the selected applicant.

Application Instructions

Applicant MUST:

  • Be APWA Paid-up Full Member
  • Be a Certified Orthopaedic / Plastic / Hand Surgeon in his/her Country
  • Speak fluent English
  • Demonstrate commitment to the clinical practice and research in wrist disorders as manifested through working experience, presentations, publications and teaching
  • Make yourself available for the compulsory period of the fellowship training schedule (4 weeks in the fourth quarter of 2022)
  • Be prepared to give an oral Free Paper presentation at the upcoming APWA Congress
  • Be prepared to give an oral presentation about the travelling experience in the upcoming APWA Webinar
  • Submit a written report at the end of the programme within 3 months to the APWA Secretariat Office.

Required Documents

Send the following required documents to APWA Secretariat Office via E-mail at [email protected]

  1. Completed Application Form
  2. One Personal Statement in English
    • Do not exceed 500 words, detailing why you want to be an APWA Travelling Fellow and what you can offer to the programme
  3. TWO Confidential Recommendation Letter from senior Orthopaedic / Plastic / Hand Surgeons who are working / have worked with you and are familiar with your work.
    • At least ONE of the Recommendation Letters must be from an APWA paid full member
  4. Curriculum Vitae*
  5. A High Resolution Photo

*Complete your Curriculum Vitae on a separate attachment according to the following format.

  • Full Name of applicant
  • List of international and local professional medical organization to which you belong
  • List the committee appointments, which you received in the above medical organizations
  • List articles you have published, with title of the article, name of journal, name of authors, pages number and date of published.
  • List the textbooks or chapters, which you have written or edited. Identify title, publisher and year.
  • List manuscripts submitted for publications, identify the article and the journal. Provide the date of submission.
  • List research grants received and the sources. Provide all authors in proper sequence and amount of each grants.
  • Describe clinical and basic research work, which is now in progress.
  • List all the movies, sound slide programmes, exhibits, audiotapes and videotapes that you have developed or co-developed. You should also list the scientific meetings where each has been presented.
  • List scientific presentations, at international meeting (include title of paper, organization, location and meeting dates).

 

Application Deadline

All applications must be submitted to APWA Secretariat Office via E-mail at [email protected] before 26th August, 2022.

Application must be received by the office no later than 23:59 (Hong Kong Time) 26th August, 2022.

Selection of Travelling Fellows:

THREE fellows will be chosen from the applicants for each tour. The selection of the Travelling Fellows for the tours will be made by the APWA Travelling Fellowship Committee.

Application Procedure

Kindly download and fill in the form and email it along with the required documents to the aforementioned email address.

Download the instructions and application form

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