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.

 

The following are the conditions for the 2019 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 president of either A-PHPBA or
IHPBA and chairman of the candidate’s institution are 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.

 

To apply for this observership program, please send the below
documents to the KAHBPS secretariat (khbps@khbp.or.kr) by 25 July
2019.

 

-     Application Form

-     A Copy of CV

-     Recommendation Letters

-     Copy of Passport

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

 

When you apply, choose a schedule and training hospital.

[Schedule]

-     1st
Option: 1 month from August to September in 2019

including A-PHPBA 2019
in Seoul

-     2nd
Option: 1 month from October to November in 2019

including ACKSS 2019 in
Seoul

-     3rd
Option: 1 month from March to April in 2020

including HBP Surgery
Week 2020

 

[List of Training Hospitals]

Hospital	P.I.
Ajou University Medical Center	Bong-Wan Kim
Chonbuk National University Hospital	Hee Chul Yu
	Jae Do Yang
Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital	Yang Seok Koh
Daejeon Sun Hospital	Si Eun Hwang
Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital	Hyeon Kook Lee
Gyeongsang National University Hospital	Chiyoung Jeong
Konyang University Hospital	In-Seok Choi
Korea University Anam Hospital	Dong-Sik Kim
Kyungpook National Universtiy Hospital	Sang-Geol Kim
National Cancer Center	Sang-Jae Park
	Sung-Sik Han
Seoul National University Bundang Hospital	Ho-Seong Han
	Yoo-Seok Yoon
Seoul National University Hospital	Nam-Joon Yi
	Jin-Young Jang
Sungkyunkwan University Samsung Medical Center	Jin-Seok Heo
The Catholic University of Korea Daejeon St. Mary"s Hospital	Sang Kuon Lee
Ulsan University Asan Medical Center	Ki-Hun KIM
	Shin Hwang
	Deok-Bog Moon
Ulsan University Hospital	Yang Won Nah
Yeungnam University Medical Center	Dong Shik Lee
Yonsei University Gangnam Severance Hospital	Joon Seong Park
Yonsei University Severance Hospital	Kyung Sik Kim
	Chang Moo Kang
	Gi Hong Choi

 

 

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

                                                                           

Ho-Seong Han   President of the Korean Association of HBP Surgery

Hee Chul Yu   Chairman of the
Korean Association of HBP Surgery