Host overview
Training at this institution
The directory documents 1 training route associated with Boston Children's Hospital. Compare each programme’s requirements and source evidence below.
- Published locations
- Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Training pathways
- Observership
- Named leadership
- 0 of 1 programme records
- Official evidence
- 1 linked source
Published training focus
Faculty and programme leadership
No named faculty are recorded in the current programme evidence. Use the official sources below to confirm the current director or training contact.
At a glance
- Observership Program — Plastic Surgery: observership, One to 12 weeks, although most programmes limit the stay to four weeks. Programme listed — intake not confirmed. Fluent English and either a practising clinician with a paediatric subspecialty background or a trainee in a paediatric subspecialty programme; medical students are referred elsewhere.
Intake, fees and eligibility change between cycles. Confirm each point with the host using the official source listed for the programme before preparing an application.
Programmes and application details
Observership
Observership Program — Plastic Surgery
A hospital-wide observership scheme in which Plastic Surgery is one of the listed programmes for visiting paediatric clinicians. The page does not describe subspecialty content for the plastic surgery block.
- Location
- Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Duration
- One to 12 weeks, although most programmes limit the stay to four weeks
- Clinical participation
- Informal learning experience; shadowing of clinical activities and procedures with no patient contact and no formal training status
- International applicants
- Open to international providers; observers need a B1/B2 visa or ESTA because the hospital does not sponsor visas, and arrange their own travel and housing
- Funding
- The page lists no fee for the general programme; a scholarship exists for physicians from China only
- Application timing
- Current deadline not confirmed; review takes about four to six weeks
Programme listed — intake not confirmed
Depends on eligibility, learning goals and availability of an observership block in the chosen area
Eligibility, training and application
Eligibility
Fluent English and either a practising clinician with a paediatric subspecialty background or a trainee in a paediatric subspecialty programme; medical students are referred elsewhere.
Published training
- Shadowing of clinical activities and procedures
- Daily rounds, lectures, seminars and interdisciplinary conferences
- Certificate of participation and alumni network
Application route
Download the application checklist and apply to the Observership Program; the International Health Education team and the clinical department both review the application.
No programme-specific document checklist is recorded. Follow the current official instructions.
Published contact note: Observership Program office — Observership.Program@childrens.harvard.edu
Official institution page · Source reviewed 29 Oct 2026
Official sources and review dates
- Boston Children's Hospital — International: For Health Care Providers ↗Source reviewed 29 Oct 2026
These sources document the listed training routes. Institutional rankings, bed counts, accreditation, full staff rosters and current vacancies are not inferred.
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