The first step in arranging to visit a center recognized in your specialty is a letter requesting permission.
Whether you are planning to work there, to ask for a fellowship, or to simply pay a short informal visit to a center of excellence, you will have to get in touch with the hospital and obtain their approval. Bear in mind that most likely they will not know anything about you; they may have heard of your chief of surgery, if he or she is well known in the field and may know something basic about your country or even your city, … but that's all. With a single letter, you have to overcome possible misperceptions about your level of expertise, your intentions, or even your city of origin.
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(2009). How to Write a Letter Requesting a Visit. In: Ribes, R., Aranda, P.J., Giba, J. (eds) Surgical English. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02965-3_16
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