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Stack Fellowship

British Society for Surgery of the Hand

UK-based fellow visiting centres in the UK or abroad · UK-based fellow visiting centres in the UK or abroad programmes · United Kingdom

Programme overview

What the official source supports

A biennial BSSH award funding a senior hand surgeon's visits to centres of excellence to develop clinical, scientific or educational interests.

Training structure

Published areas of exposure

  • Visits to hand surgery centres of excellence
  • Applicant-designed itinerary
  • Major meeting attendance
  • Clinical or scientific development

Eligibility

Who should verify their fit

Consultant plastic, orthopaedic or hand surgeons who are full BSSH members, or final-year associate-member trainees who have completed a hand fellowship; consultants are preferred.

Application

Published application route

Submit the application form, CV, two BSSH full-member referees and employing trust chief executive approval to the BSSH Secretariat.

Published application documents

  • Completed Stack Fellowship application form
  • Curriculum vitae
  • Names of two BSSH full-member referees to send letters of recommendation and support (one familiar with the applicant's work over the past two years)
  • Approval of the Chief Executive of the employing Trust for the applicant to take the award

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Contact note: BSSH Secretariat (the BSSH Stack Fellowship page directs completed application forms to the Secretariat; no address is printed on that page)

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BSSH — official Stack Fellowship page ↗

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