Yonsei Institute
for Global Health

Severance International Fellowship (SIF) is open to foreign physicians, dentists, nurses, medical technicians, or hospital administrators who wish to experience clinical care, operative procedures, and participate in research activities at Severance Hospital(Sinchon) Seoul, Korea. This program builds on the hospital’s long legacy and mission to educate future clinical leaders in healthcare and ultimately reducing health inequalities in the global society.

1. All foreign trainees have to be eligible to enter Korea without violating Article 11(Prohibition, etc. of Entry) of the Immigration Act of the Republic of Korea.
   
   
2. All foreign trainees have to be enough fluent in English or Korean to participate in the training. Trainees have to be not only able to do daily conversation, but also have to understand and be able to listen, read, write, and speak about their professional specialty area in English or Korean. Severance Academy might request official proof of the trainee's language proficiency if necessary. Interpretations are NOT available.
   
   
3. All foreign trainees have to be registered as trainees in Yonsei Institute for Global Health,  by applying online at this homepage.
   
   
4. All foreign trainees have to submit a immunization form that asks for proof of vaccination or antibody test results for specific diseases designated by Severance Hospital. Please download the form here.

Yongin Severance Hospital, newly opened as a smart hospital in Yongin, South Korea in March 2020, includes a Department of Cardiology. This department is comprised of divisions for arrhythmology, interventional cardiology, cardiovascular imaging, and heart failure. Ten cardiology specialists work in the department. Annually, about 2,000 invasive coronary angiographies, 300 arrhythmia procedures, and 23,000 echocardiographies are performed. Our center also hosts a distal radial approach (snuffbox approach) and intravascular imaging (OCT and IVUS) training center and a leadless pacemaker training center. Diastolic exercise stress echocardiography is also actively performed.