International Observership to Korea (IOTK)

 

 

The Korean Association
of Hepato-Biliary and Pancreatic Surgery (KAHBPS) has a 1-month International
Observership Program for candidates from the around the world. The KAHBPS will
select an institution according to the candidate’s preference, contact the
chairman of the institution and provide financial support. The amount of the
scholarship is 2,000,000 won and waives HBP Surgery Week 2023 registration fee.

 

The following are the conditions
for the 2023 scholarship:

 

1.   The candidate should be a member
of either the Korean Association of HBP Surgery,   Asian-Pacific
Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (A-PHPBA) or International
Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (IHPBA). (A junior member of either
A-PHPBA or IHPBA is also acceptable.)

2.   The candidate should be less than 40 years old.

3.   The scholarship includes accommodation, transportation, and airfare. (The amount
of the scholarship is 2,000,000 won per candidate)

4.   The term of the
observership is 1 month.

5.   A CV is required.

6.   Recommendation letters from the chairman
of the candidate’s institution and a confirmation that the applicant is a
member of the IHPBA or A-PHPBA is required.

7.   It is desirable that the candidates have a paper
published in the Annals of Hepato - Pancreatic Surgery (AHBPS) in the
past as either the first or co-author.

8.   Accepted candidates should write a report
entitled “Korea Observership: What I experienced
in Korea and what I will practice in my country” after finishing the
observership program. (The report will be published in a Newsletter of KAHBPS.)

9.   Accepted candidates encourage submit
an abstract to HBP Surgery Week which is the KAHBPS annual meeting.

10.  This program will be operated March 1st to 31st in 2023
including HBP Surgery Week 2023. The candidate
should attend the HBP Surgery Week 2023 held in Busan, Korea.

 

To apply for this
observership program, please send the below documents to the KAHBPS secretariat
(khbps@khbp.or.kr) by 31 October
2022.

-   Application
Form

-   A Copy
of CV

-   Recommendation
Letters

-   Copy
of Passport

-   Title
page of the published paper in AHBPS (if applicable)

 

[List of Training
Hospitals]

Hospital	P.I.
Ajou University Hospital	Bong-Wan Kim
Asan Medical Center	Ki-Hun Kim
	Dae Wook Hwang
	Jae Hoon Lee
	Dong Hwan Jung
Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital	Yang Seok Koh
Daegu Fatima Hospital	Jong Hoon Park
Daejeon Sun Hospital	Si Eun Hwang
Ewha Womans University Seoul Hospital	Hyeon Kook Lee
Gyeongsang National University Hospital	Chiyoung Jeong
Hanyang University Seoul Hospital	Dongho Choi
Hanyang University Guri Hospital	Hwon-Kyum Park
Korea University Anam Hospital	Dong-Sik Kim
Kyungpook National University Chilgok Hospital	Yoon Jin Hwang
	Sang-Geol Kim
National Cancer Center	Ji Hoon Kim
	Sung-Sik Han
Samsung Medical Center	In Woong Han
Seoul National University Bundang Hospital	Yoo-Seok Yoon
	Hae Won Lee
Seoul National University Hospital	Jin-Young Jang
	Nam-Joon Yi
	Wooil Kwon
Soon Chun Hyang University Hospital Cheonan	Sangho Bae
The Catholic University of Korea, Incheon ST. Mary"s Hospital	Young Chul Yoon
The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul ST. Mary"s Hospital	Ho Joong Choi
Yonsei University Gangnam Severance Hospital	Jin Hong Lim
	Joon Seong Park
Yonsei University Severance Hospital	Gi Hong Choi
	Chang Moo Kang

 

 

In the body of the email,
please also inform us if you have already contacted a chief of an institution
in Korea in which you prefer to pursue this program. In this case, please
inform us of the name of the chief and institution in the body of your email.

 

The KAHBPS will send a decision letter to each applicant by the 15th November. The
institutions where accepted candidates will pursue this observership program
will be informed by the end of November.

Yoon Jin Hwang   President of
the Korean Association of HBP Surgery

Sang-Jae Park   Chairman of
the Korean Association of HBP Surgery