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.