Overview
Twelve-month AUPO-recognised glaucoma fellowship at Quebec City's tertiary CUO covering filtering surgery, drainage implants, revisions and MIGS.
The programme
- Training type
- Clinical Fellowship
- Duration
- 12 months (1 July-30 June), optional extra clinical or research year
- Start
- 1 July
- Positions
- Not stated on official page
- Accreditation
- Recognised by AUPO and the American and Canadian glaucoma societies; attestation of complementary training
- Department
- Centre universitaire d'ophtalmologie (CUO)
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Completed ophthalmology residency; oral and written French (TCF TP >= 450 for out-of-Quebec graduates)
- International applicants
- Yes - process for physicians trained outside Quebec/Canada (invitation letter, MSSS confirmation, immigration steps); French mandatory
- Visa support
- Faculty issues invitation letter (8-10 months ahead) enabling immigration process
- Licence requirement
- Collège des médecins du Québec registration as clinical fellow (moniteur clinique)
How to apply
- Deadline
- 1 September (application to programme director)
- Application method
- Email dossier (incl. French motivation letter) to programme director before 1 September; interview
Funding
- Funding
- Self-funded clinical fellow: must secure funding of at least CAD 45,000 per year (home-country scholarship, institution or recognised non-Canadian public body)