Hand and upper extremity surgery can address a wide range of injuries and conditions that affect the fingers, hand, wrist or forearm. Surgery is often only recommended if conservative treatment fails to address pain or improve range of motion or if your condition or injury is severe.
Our Faculty is here to help you understand all your options, so you can get back to doing the things you love the most. Our experienced Faculty has a proven record treating several hand and upper extremity conditions with the latest advances in surgery
From the shoulder, through the elbow and wrist to the hand, all upper limb lesions are treated there, whether traumatic (wounds, fractures, sports accidents), congenital (malformations), degenerative (rheumatic lesions, osteoarthritis) or others (Dupuytren’s disease, tumor pathology).
Post graduate orthopedic Surgeons are eligible to join this fellowship. Depending on learning objectives, number of years surgical experience is also important.
2 Weeks
Pune
For fellows joining the fellowship program, intention is to give hands-on exposure, however, the level of hands-on exposure is at the discretion of the mentor / faculty. Number of cases for hands-on depends on patient flow at the time of fellowship and no fixed number of cases commitment can be given.
Fellows must adhere to the hospital schedule and meet the timing expectation to get the best exposure.
Its is important to write a good statement of Purpose to bring visibility to your existing skills to get better practical exposure
CV: Your Curriculum Vitae reflects your educational background as well as your professional profile. It needs to be up-to-date with all important details like qualification, experience, achievements given in detail.
SOP: Your statement of Purpose is the most important document, as it describes why you want to do the observership. It shows your keenness to learn new professional skills. It portrays your existing knowledge base. It is an important document to be specially prepared for the observership opportunity you are seeking to join.
UG & PG CERTIFICATES: These documents are proofs of the qualifications written about in CV.
COUNCIL REGISTRATION: Your medical council registration details are important, as without these, you do not become eligible to practice and therefore also for the learning opportunity.
(Pune)
No. The student is expected to get good practical knowledge, hence the student will shadow the mentor and will be involved in many professional activities as advised by the mentor
Only those with Surgery qualification and registered with Medical Council are eligible. MBBS doctors may be given an opportunity to observe, depending on learning objectives & number of
The Patient flow is not predictable; hence number of surgeries are not committed to. The mentor will try to give the best possible practical exposure to the student.
No. This is a pure observership.
You will get a observership certificate signed by your mentor, on successful completion. The awarded certificate is not a registrable qualification.
Yes. Attendance of 2 weeks duration is mandatory to earn observership certificate.
The student is expected to observe and learn through OPD, OT, Wards. Understanding, analyzing all cases and maintain a logbook of all cases worked on.
The observerships are aimed at enhancing knowledge and are not accredited or registrable qualifications.
The student is expected to pay full fees, minimum one month before the observership start date. We also give GST applied receipt.
The counselors will give full information and resolve your queries. It is not required to discuss with the mentor. However, after registration for the program, you will receive the contact details of mentor’s assistant along with joining formality details.
It is advised not to split the observership, unless specifically advised by the mentor.
Quexst does offer mentors in multiple cities. Please check with the counselor, the availability.
Typically, we allocate one student at a time and maximum 2.
