Hospital
Observership Visits for Health Professionals and Researchers
Overview of Observership Visits
We accept health professionals and researchers to share our expertise with the international cerebral and cardiovascular community.
Our hospital is the center specializing solely in cerebral and cardiovascular care.
The Research Institute, and the Open Innovation Center are Japan's largest cerebral and cardiovascular research institutes, with top-level achievements and promoting industry-academia collaboration and involvement in national Cerebral and Cardiovascular control programs.
Health professionals and researchers specializing in cerebral and cardiovascular fields are likely to benefit most and are very welcome to contact us.
Most visitors continue to collaborate with our doctors on international research projects after returning to their home institutions.
| Eligible Candidates | Doctors , the other health professionals and researchers specializing in cerebral and cardiovascular fields. |
|---|---|
| Host | In principle, only one department/division accepts visitors at a time, so you may not visit multiple departments during a single visit. Please check the department page on our website to decide which department you wish to visit before making an inquiry. If you would like to tour multiple departments, please select your primary department and list any additional departments you wish to visit in the comments section. |
| Schedule setting | Since the process of arranging a observership program takes time, please submit your application well in advance. As a general rule, we cannot accommodate schedule changes unless we deem it unavoidable. |
| Medical Practice in NCVC | As for observership visits in the hospitals, No hands-on training. Hands-in-pocket observation/shadowing only. Unless licensed by the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare in Japan, physical contact/consultation with patients is prohibited. |
| Fees | Payment of the training fee is required in accordance with our center’s regulations. NCVC does not provide financial support to cover travel expenses for visitors and does not offer assistance in finding financial support programs. |
| Language | While Japanese is the primary language at NCVC, communication with observership visitors is mainly conducted in English. Not only English reading comprehension and writing skills, but also oral communication skill are required. If communicating in English appears difficult after the observership visit begins, the period may need to be adjusted or concluded earlier than scheduled. |
| Immunity Verification | All visitors to NCVC hospital must submit certificates verifying their immunity for mumps, measles, rubella, and chickenpox, hepatitis-B, and influenza. |
| Logistics | Visitors are responsible for all travel, accommodation, insurance, living and any incidental expenses. If availability permits, you may stay in the paid trainee dormitory. |
| Certificate | If requested, we can issue a certificate of training attendance completion (issued once only). |
inquiry form
If you wish to apply for the observership after reading the overview, please click here to submit the inquiry form.
last updated : 2026/06/22