Short-Term Clinical Observership Program Admission Brochure

The Hospital of Stomatology, Sun Yat-sen University (Guanghua School of Stomatology) is a stomatological teaching hospital of a key university directly under the Ministry of Education, a hospital under the direct administration of the National Health Commission, and among the first group of National Regional Medical Centers for Stomatology jointly developed by the Commission and Guangdong Province. The hospital operates 720 dental chairs and 120 inpatient beds, and comprises 14 clinical departments and 8 medical technology departments. It is home to eight national key clinical specialties, achieving full coverage of national key clinical specialty development in stomatology. With the time-honored Yuexiu Campus, the newly launched Tianhe Campus, and the Nansha Campus poised for takeoff, the three campuses advance in synergy, jointly building a new hub of oral healthcare in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

The hospital has a workforce of over 1,300 faculty and staff. Among its physicians, 36% hold senior professional titles and 82% hold doctoral degrees. Committed to the prevention and treatment of oral diseases in the Greater Bay Area with first-class techniques, high-quality services, and modern facilities, the hospital has earned the highest rating (A) among specialized dental hospitals in the national performance monitoring of tertiary public hospitals for seven consecutive years, and is accelerating its development into an international center of stomatology that is rooted in Guangdong, collaborates with Hong Kong and Macao, and faces the world.

To better cultivate and deliver oral health professionals,  the hospital hereby announces the arrangements for admitting external personnel for short-term study as follows:

I. Eligibility

1. Personnel from overseas.

2. Graduates majoring in stomatology who have passed the National Medical Licensing Examination for Stomatology and obtained a practicing physician certificate may apply for short-term study in the clinical departments of the hospital.

II. Departments of Study and Duration

The short-term study is available in the following departments: Endodontics, the Inpatient Ward of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, the Outpatient Clinic of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Prosthodontics, Orthodontics, Oral Medicine (Oral Mucosal Diseases), Oral Implantology, Pediatric Dentistry, Periodontology, Preventive Dentistry, the Emergency and Comprehensive Care Department, the Dongpu Clinic, and the Zhujiang New Town Clinic.

The duration of short-term study ranges from one week to four weeks.

III. Documents to Be Submitted

1. Physicians applying for clinical advanced training must submit: the corresponding Application Form for Short-Term Study, Hospital of Stomatology, Sun Yat-sen University (printed double-sided on A4 paper, with the comments of the sending institution completed and its official seal affixed); a photocopy of the Physician Qualification Certificate; a photocopy of the Physician Practicing Certificate; a photocopy of the highest degree certificate; a photocopy of the professional title certificate

2. Copy of the biographical page of your valid ordinary passport

3. Employment verification letter

4. Recommendation letters

5. Medical examination report issued by a formal medical institution in your home country within the past six months, including infectious disease screening items

6. Certificate of no criminal record (valid for six months from the date of issuance)

7. Proof of valid medical insurance and accident insurance covering your entire stay in China

8. If the official language of your country is neither Chinese nor English, you shall additionally submit a Chinese or English language proficiency certificate (e.g., HSK, IELTS, TOEFL score report, etc.)

Any document issued in a language other than Chinese or English must be accompanied by a certified translation into Chinese or English.

IV. Qualification Review and Admission

Please combine all application documents into a single PDF file and send it by email to stomabyh@126.com for preliminary review.

Only applicants who pass the preliminary review will be asked to mail the original hard-copy documents to the following address:

Continuing Education Affairs Office,

Hospital of Stomatology, Sun Yat-sen University,

74 Zhongshan 2nd Road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province 510080, P. R. China

Tel: +86-20-87335363. Please mark the envelope "Application Documents for Advanced Training".

The letter of admission will be issued after the original paper documents have been received and verified.

V. Miscellaneous

1. Full introductions to clinical departments are available at the official website:

 https://www.zdkqyy.com/en/patients_departments

2. Applicants who still have questions after carefully reading this brochure and the attached Frequently Asked Questions may send an email to stomabyh@126.com, with the subject line in the format of “Name – Short-Term Study Program – Inquiry”.

3. The right of interpretation of this brochure belongs to the Hospital of Stomatology, Sun Yat-sen University.