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Observership Visits for Doctors and Researchers

update :November 2024

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We accept doctors and researchers to share our expertise with the international oncology community. Both of our hospitals are tertiary centers specializing solely in cancer care. The Research Institute, EPOC, and the Institute for Cancer Control are Japan's largest cancer research institutes, with top-level achievements, promoting industry-academia collaboration, and involvement in national cancer control programs. Clinicians and researchers specializing in cancer are likely to benefit most and are very welcome to contact us. Most visitors, after returning to their home institution, continue to collaborate with our doctors on international research projects.

 

Eligible Candidates Clinicians and researchers specializing in cancer. Observerships at NCC are unsuitable for students as medical education credits will not be awarded because of your visitWere unable to evaluate any visitors. and medical education credits will not be awarded due to the visit. 
Host Only one department/division (NCC organigrams, pdf: 190 KB) will host the visitors at a time.
Schedule setting

Setting the first day of your training:
Usually around 10 days, up to 90 days of staying in Japan
The first day of your training should be set from 6 months to 12 months after the date of application through the Inquiry Form.
Schedule changes are generally unacceptable

Medical
Practice
in NCC
As for observership visits in the hospitals, No hands-on training. Hands-in-pocket observation/shadowing only. Unless licensed by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare, physical contact/consultation with patients is disallowed.
Fees The Observership program is currently free.
However, we regret no financial aid schemes of our own are on offer for visitors. Some known financial schemes (pdf:157KB). Please be informed that NCC is unable to assist in finding financial schemes to support your visit.
Language Japanese is dominant in NCC. The host department/division communicates with visitors in English. English proficiency, not only in reading and writing, but in verbal communication, is essential, i.e. IELTS Academic 6.0, TOEFL iBT 60 or equivalent. Submission of certificates is not required.
Immunity Verification All visitors to NCC must submit certificates to verify their immunity for mumps, measles, rubella, and varicella. Certificates of vaccination, two each or, if unavailable, qualitative antibody titer tests (EIA) are required. 
Reference PDF: English Proficiency Level – Comparison Table (pdf:140KB)
Logistics

Visitors are responsible for all travel/accommodation/insurance/living expenses. We regret that there are no dormitories for visitors. While Japan is a very safe place in general, please do watch out for your safety.

Tsukiji campus: Hotel List (pdf:1,083KB), Accommodation Search (pdf:1,188KB)

Kashiwa campus: Hotel List (pdf:1,002KB), Accommodation Search (pdf:1,053KB)

Certificate Issued upon attendance completion (issued once only, for visits over 3 days).

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If you wish to apply for the observership after reading the overview, please click here to submit the inquiry form. Before sending the form, it is required to upload your CV and reference letter.

Application Process

NCC Observership Guidebook

Frequently Asked Questions