APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR 2025 ROBOTIC ACADEMY FELLOWSHIPS 

APPLICATION DEADLINE, 17 NOVEMBER 2024

ESTS Robotic Academy Fellowship

1 Year Program Including:

E-learning, 2 days intensive bootcamp, Medical Training in Rouen, 2 x 2 days at a European centre, 6 months Fellowship

A comprehensive program to train European Surgeons in Robotic Thoracic Surgery.  One Year Program for 8 Fellows guided by RATS experts
 
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Goal: 

• The adoption rate of robotic surgery in the European Thoracic community is approaching a tipping point.  ESTS wants to drive further quality improvement in care in the field of thoracic procedures with a clear society and evidence based driven robotic training curriculum in partnership with industry
   

• The aim of this project is to offer a framework for robotic training which will give the opportunity to improve the trainee pathway but also the trainer experience 
   

• This framework has the ambition to offer a European comprehensive training pathway from virtual reality to proctorship with the best European Experts

Qualify to Apply for Fellowship:

• Holding ESTS membership and being 40 years or below

• Pass the e-learning Intuitive curriculum online of robotic platform and have it available upon return

• Fellow of the European Board of Thoracic Surgeons or National Thoracic Surgery Board Certificate (no trainees)

• Robot access (2 days per month available)

• Agree to submit future data to ESTS robotic database

• Agree to participate in future feedback surveys during training

 

Applications close 17 November 2024

Application documents: 

1. Short CV

2. Case log 

3. Letter of intent (also addressing the above criteria)

4. Letter from the head of department describing robotic availability

Send your application to: Dan Snowdon, Executive Director, by Sunday November 17th 2024. dsnowdon@ests.org.uk 

 

Funding for this Fellowship has been provided through a grant from the Intuitive Foundation