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 2025 registration fee.

The following are the conditions for the 2025 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 2025 including HBP Surgery Week
2025. The candidate should
attend the HBP Surgery Week 2025 held in Seoul, Korea.

To apply for this observership program, please send
the below documents to the KAHBPS secretariat (khbps@khbp.or.kr) by 31 October
2024.

-   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]

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 2024.
The institutions where accepted candidates will pursue this observership
program will be informed by the end of November.