The cardiac surgery service of the Istituto Cardiocentro Ticino is a category B professional training center recognized by the Swiss Institute for Medical Education (ISFM).

Postgraduate medical education
Aspiring surgeons and heart surgeons have the opportunity to follow a year of training in cardiac surgery and of the great thoracic vessels, to then continue their study curriculum in a type A university centre.
The training course includes rotations within the department, intervening in the operating room, accompanying the intense treatments and following in parallel some theoretical training moments, thus aiming at both practical and theoretical improvement.
Each year, the cardiac surgery service of the Istituto Cardiocentro Ticino trains up to two assistants for a period of one year (training concept).

Admission procedures and requirements
Admission conditions for a training place are at least 1 year of general internal medicine. Knowledge of another national language will be an advantage.
Applications must be sent complete with Curriculum Vitae and motivation letter.
Selected candidates will be contacted for an interview.

Admission procedures and requirements for foreign candidates (EU/EFTA)
Preferential admission criteria for a training place are 1 – 2 years of clinical practice in a Swiss hospital in the acute field (i.e. general internal medicine). Knowledge of at least two national languages ​​(Italian and French or German at level B2/C1 of the European framework) will be an asset, as they are necessary for mobility towards other training institutes.(obligatory knowledge of the language according to LPMed).
MEBEKO recognition is also required.
Applications must be sent complete with Curriculum Vitae.

Selected candidates will be contacted for an interview.

Medical candidates
The Istituto Cardiocentro Ticino offers positions as Medical Candidate the first 9 months of the year. The University Medical Training Coordination Service deals with applications and resource management before and during your stay at the Centre. For the evaluation of applications from foreign students, a good knowledge of German and French with inter-university mobility in these linguistic contexts is considered as a preferential criterion.

Continuous training
The Cardiac Surgery service also offers junior surgeons, already in possession of specialist training and a doctorate, the opportunity to deepen their knowledge and improve their technique for a period of one year. In this case, the study curriculum is customized according to the candidate’s preferences.

Admission procedures and requirements
Applications must be sent complete with Curriculum Vitae and motivation letter to chantal.zurfluh@eoc.ch.
Selected candidates will be contacted for an interview.