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Clinical traineeship for students

We are pleased that you are interested in a clinical traineeship in the Department of Congenital Heart Defect Surgery and Paediatric Cardiac Surgery. Generally, we offer clinical rotations over a four-week period. During your clinical traineeship, you will take part in our daily early consultation and intensive care rounds and then accompany us to the paediatric cardiac surgery operating theatre. There you will get to know the surgical spectrum of paediatric cardiac surgery and may join our team as a 2nd assistant at the operating table. We are therefore particularly pleased if you have already taken a sewing and knotting course beforehand.

Please enclose the following documents with your clinical traineeship application:

 

  • Curriculum vitae
  • Certificate of matriculation
  • Proof of Corona vaccination twice, proof of booster vaccination if applicable.

 

Please send us the health certificate with proof of measles protection (no older than 8 weeks) before the start of your clinical traineeship.

 

Accommodation options

On request, we can provide you with accommodation (1-room apartment for approx. Euro 350 per month).

Work shadowing for doctors

We are pleased that you are interested in working as an intern in the Department of Congenital Heart Defect Surgery and Paediatric Cardiac Surgery after completing your medical studies. Both short-term (from one week) and longer-term job shadowing are possible. During your internship, you will take part in our early consultation and intensive care ward rounds and then accompany us to the paediatric cardiac surgery operating theatre. There you will support our surgical team and get to know the surgical spectrum of paediatric cardiac surgery.

 

Please enclose the following documents with your job shadowing application:

 

Curriculum vitae

  • Job reference or two letters of reference
  • Proof of authorisation to practise medicine
  • Proof of Corona vaccination twice, proof of booster vaccination if applicable.

 

Please send us the following health certificate with proof of measles protection (no older than 8 weeks) before the start of your clinical traineeship.

 

Accommodation options

On request, we can provide you with accommodation (1-room apartment for approx. Euro 350 per month).

Doctorates

In the Department of Congenital Heart Defect Surgery and Paediatric Cardiac Surgery, there is the opportunity to learn the basics of scientific work within the framework of a medical doctorate and to obtain the doctoral degree “Dr. med.” in human medicine. Our PhD projects range from retrospective cohort studies to experimental work focusing on congenital heart defects.

The doctorates at our clinic are integrated into the doctoral programme of the TUM Medical Graduate Centre and are implemented with the help of the TUM Graduate School. For further information, please visit the pages of the TUM Medical Graduate Centre or the TUM Graduate School.

If you are interested in a doctoral thesis in our department, please send us your application including a letter of motivation by e-mail.