Arthritis Australia

In keeping with its mission of promoting medical education, Arthritis Australia has initiated the Arthritis Australia/Zimmer Orthopaedic Fellowship Program. The Program, supported by Zimmer Pty Ltd, will promote best practice treatment for arthritis sufferers.

Fellowships with the following criteria will be awarded and are ranked in order of preference:

1. ANZ fellow in ANZ position
2. ANZ fellow in overseas position
3. Overseas fellow in ANZ position
4. Overseas fellows in overseas positions will not be supported

Fellowships are available in the following areas and are ranked in order of preference:
* Note: The fellowship program must contain at least 50% of the specified activity to be eligible. Confirmation of this requirement must be made at time of application.

1. Hip and/or Knee Arthroplasty
2. Shoulder and/or Elbow Arthroplasty
3. Degenerative and deforming conditions of the spine
4. Soft tissue surgery, arthroscopy and conditions of the foot and hand will not be supported

For more details and eligibility click here

For a complete list of Fellowship recipients in 2010 & 2011 click here


Applications for the next round of funding are now open and will be accepted till 29 February 2012

* Note: Due to the popularity of this program, only one fellowship application can be submitted per institution per funding year.
  
   AOA accreditation MUST be approved before applying for funding.

 
To download institution application form click here

To download fellow application form click here



Reviewed and updated September 2011