Host overview
Training at this institution
The directory documents 1 training route associated with Tampere University Hospital (Tays), Pirkanmaa Wellbeing Services County — Department of Musculoskeletal Diseases. Compare each programme’s requirements and source evidence below.
- Published locations
- Tampere, Finland
- Training pathways
- Clinical fellowship
- Named leadership
- 1 of 1 programme records
- Official evidence
- 1 linked source
Published training focus
Faculty and programme leadership
- Teemu Karjalainen, MD, PhD, Chief Hand Surgeon
Hand and Microsurgery Fellowship Program
Teemu Karjalainen, MD, PhD, Chief Hand Surgeon
Programmes and application details
Clinical fellowship
Hand and Microsurgery Fellowship Program
Six-month hand and microsurgery fellowship at Tampere University Hospital led by the chief hand surgeon. Clinical work covers emergency and elective hand surgery including complex trauma, distal radius fractures, wrist pain, osteoarthritis, nerve compression and congenital deformities, with weekly hand conferences and monthly cadaver dissection sessions. This is separate from the hospital's general plastic surgery and reconstructive microsurgery fellowship.
- Location
- Tampere, Finland
- Duration
- 6 months
- Clinical participation
- Fellow divides time between the microsurgery team (congenital, tetraplegia, nerve) and the wrist team (wrist, forearm, tendon). Assisting in complex cases is the main learning method; the fellow may operate under a team member's guidance but is not allowed to operate alone. One half day a week is set aside for clinical or laboratory research.
- International applicants
- Not stated on the cited page beyond noting that most staff speak English and that Finnish and Swedish are the official languages; licensing and visa requirements are not stated
- Funding
- Salary of about EUR 1,700 per month, with about two days of paid vacation per month
- Application timing
- The page's table (partly garbled in the fetched text) appears to give 1 July to 30 September 2026 as the application period for the 1 July to 31 December 2027 fellowship period; the 1 January to 30 June 2026 period is shown as expired
Programme listed — intake not confirmed
Number of places not stated on the cited programme page
Eligibility, training and application
Eligibility
Not explicitly stated on the cited page; applicants with research experience or strong research interests are asked to contact the programme before starting
Published training
- Emergency and elective hand surgery including complex trauma
- Microsurgery team work (congenital, tetraplegia, nerve) and wrist team work (wrist, forearm, tendon)
- Weekly hand conference, weekly team meeting and journal club
- Monthly cadaver dissection sessions at the Tampere Surgical Education Centre
- Basic microsurgery course run by the University of Tampere (fee applies)
Application route
Send an informal application, CV, list of previous training and a letter of recommendation to the fellowship director, timed to the application periods on the programme page.
Published application documents
- Informal application
- Curriculum vitae
- List of previous training
- Letter of recommendation
Published contact note: teemu.karjalainen@pirha.fi (alternate contact: camilla.hellevuo@pirha.fi)
Direct programme page · Source reviewed 15 Oct 2026
Official sources and review dates
- Pirkanmaa Wellbeing Services County — Hand and Microsurgery Fellowship Program ↗Source reviewed 15 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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