You will be spending a lot of time in the operating room acquiring good amount of exposure to common and rare pediatric/adolescent problems. Clinical training encompasses all areas of pediatric orthopedics including acute trauma, deformity correction and limb lengthening, scoliosis, neuromuscular diseases, various hip and foot/ankle conditions, sports medicine, congenital hand problems, and brachial plexus management. You will have especially bigger exposure in lower extremity deformity and neuromuscular problems such as cerebral palsy and spina bifida in particular. Multifaceted exposure to physical and occupational rehabilitation principles in liaison with Rehabilitation Hospital, a 300 bedded hospital located next to children’s hospital will also be provided.
Usual quantum of work: 1500 outpatient consultations and a minimum of 80 cases of surgeries per month
A wide variety of clinical and basic (gait analysis and measurements of foot function) research projects can be pursued. We have tremendous resources, including extensive procedural databases, statistics, and access to the medical library and e-journals. With guidance of your faculty mentor, you will pursue short or long-term projects and the fellow is strongly expected to complete research projects of publishable quality in the prestigious journals during the fellowship period.
Trainees will be able to participate in :
Physicians who train at Severance for 6 months or longer can gain more experience by participating in hands-on medical practice. The scope of hands-on medical practice is strictly regulated under the Korean Medical Law Article 27 paragraph (1) of the Medical Service Act and Article 18 subparagraph 2 of the Enforcement Rule of the same act. Every doctor who wants to get approval for medical hands-on practice has to officially apply for the permission of Korea Ministry of Health and Welfare through Severance Academy.
Please read carefully the following instructions :
(However, if the Ministry of Health and Welfare in Korea requests for revision or additional documents, the preparation period will not be counted as the 20-days reviewing period.)
Duration | Observation | Hands-on Practice | Lecture | Research | Conference & Seminar | Robot Training |
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1~3 months | O | O | O | |||
6 months | O | O | O | O | ||
1 year | O | O | O | O |
Hands-on Practice is allowed ONLY after the permission of Korea MOHW.
All activities and schedule are subject to change according to department schedule.