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Combined congress features bilingual sessions on state-of-the-art topics
The 2010 EFORT Congress in Madrid is the first to be held simultaneously with the meeting of another national society — in this case, the Spanish Orthopaedic and Traumatology Society (SECOT).
“This Congress is the door for many Latin American societies of orthopaedics since Spain is used as a nexus of union to facilitate their arrival, by having a similar language, for what is hoped a considerable attendance of members of these countries,” Enric Càceres, MD, PhD, FRC, president of SECOT and chairman of the 2010 EFORT Congress, told Orthopaedics Today Europe.
Càceres stated that the format of this year’s congress will help to solve the problems faced by non-English-speaking Spanish orthopaedists. Although more Spanish orthopaedic surgeons can speak English compared to 10 years ago, it is not enough to support an English-only meeting.
Participants in this year’s congress were given the option to submit abstracts in English or Spanish, indicating the language the presenter will speak. In addition, some plenary sessions will be presented simultaneously in English and Spanish.
The topics for these plenary sessions are treatment of multiple trauma, advances in musculoskeletal infections, treatment of metastatic disease, and European arthroplasty registers. “Each of these plenary sessions will introduce state of the art practices in some of the most salient topics in orthopaedics,” Càceres said.
Madrid has much to offer to all attendees of the 2010 EFORT Congress, regardless of what language they speak. The city is at the center of Spanish economic, political and communication systems, and it is easy to navigate on foot. — by Thomas M. Springer
Enric Càceres, MD, PhD, FRC, can be reached at enric.caceres@efort.org.