Specialist medical training

As a junior doctor at the University Hospital Basel, we will provide you with professional support from the very first day of your residency. Six reasons that speak for us:

1. 35x cutting-edge medicine

Our experience speaks for itself: every year we train over 600 doctors. Of the 45 medical specialty titles in Switzerland, you can choose from 33 specialties.

2. inspiring rotation system

We offer you the appropriate planning of the rotations relevant to your further training (including emergency and intensive care unit) and take into account your wishes for rotations in special areas.

3. best opportunities for women

Active promotion of women in the medical field is a matter of concern to the USB - which is why we have developed a catalog of measures and offer mentoring, coaching and career planning specifically for female (assistant) doctors. With the career development program "Aiming Higher", female doctors in further training are actively supported in their career planning - you can also find more information on this topic under "Gender-equitable promotion of junior staff".

4th top hospital with state-of-the-art medicine

The triangle of university, research institutions and life science companies characterizes our inspiring, international everyday life. The result: cutting-edge medicine with future-oriented knowledge transfer.

5. everything from a single source

You can plan your entire specialist training with us: our large network with partner institutions in Switzerland and abroad offers scope for a great deal of exchange in the area of clinical training and within the framework of research collaborations.

6. and also:

25+5 vacation days and days off, attractive salary, support with relocation and finding accommodation, exciting company sports activities, childcare, part-time models, work location in the heart of the city and, and, and!

Your training focus: clinical or academic?

Does your heart beat for research? Or do you see your future very close to the patient?

By structuring your further training, you are already laying important foundations for your future field of activity. With specialist training at the USB, you have the choice of focusing either academically or clinically.

Focus on clinical career

After a comprehensive induction, we will support you in planning your clinical career.
The "Clinical Career Focus" includes:

high medical standards and clearly established structures
everything from a single source: partner institutions at home and abroad
Appropriate planning of rotations (including emergency and intensive care units) taking into account your desired specialties
Highly specialized treatment centers with the latest diagnostic and treatment techniques Interdisciplinary treatment concepts and innovations in all medical specialties
Support with the organization of your stay abroad or research year
Comprehensive range of internal and external teaching events and training courses (e.g. GCP and statistics courses) Teaching visits to the wards (by senior physicians and head physicians) Opportunity to complete part of your further training in one of our outpatient clinics

Focus on an academic career

Are you planning an academic career and would like academic advice and support during your assistantship?
Then the "Academic Career Focus" is the right place for you:

outstanding basic research and pioneering clinical and biomedical research projects
Established research groups led by renowned researchers
Supervision and documentation of study participants as part of your clinical work
Targeted support for junior researchers (MD-PhD program, PhD Clinical Research)
Career-specific mentoring by established physicians
Promotion of the academic career of talented scientists (doctorate, PhD, habilitation), including a mentoring program
Developing and offering innovative training programs for all areas of clinical research
Development and expansion of a PhD program in clinical research
Close collaboration with the Department of Biomedicine at the University of Basel

All specialties

The University Hospital Basel offers 33 of the 45 training courses for future medical specialists in Switzerland. This makes us the most important provider and partner for further medical training in the region of Northwestern Switzerland. In which specialty may we specialize you?

Allergology and clinical immunology

FMH: Continuing education program

Contact at the University Hospital Basel:

Allergology Polyclinic
Prof. Karin Hartmann

Secretariat: Beatriz Bermejo, beatriz.bermejo@usb.ch

Institute of Medical Microbiology
Prof. Hans Helmuth Hirsch

Clinic for Rheumatology
Prof. Diego Kyburz

Secretariat: Caroline Gerli, caroline.gerli@usb.ch

General internal medicine incl. family doctor, hospital internist, geriatrics