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All about EFORT Fora
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The project called EFORT Fora, launched in 2002 at the DGOOC Congress in Berlin, aims at organizing specific EFORT symposia during the annual congresses of our National Member Societies.
The initial idea was to choose one topic for several events, e.g. thromboprophylaxis, and let European experts from various countries discuss it to clarify different European criteria and arrive at new standards. The concept was very well accepted, but the problem was to find European speakers ready to deal with the same topic during numerous events. On the other hand, the national expectations from such symposia are distinct from country to country.
Consequently, EFORT changed the format of the project and decided to organize these European Fora on specific topics non-related between them but rather embedded in the topics highlighted in each national congress.
Today, under the supervision of our Fora Chair, Prof. Thierry Bégué from Paris, EFORT organizes about 10 European fora each year. We plan to provide updates on a variety of hot topics within orthopaedics and traumatology.
National Societies are free to choose a topic and propose a 2 to 4 hour session during their yearly congresses. Half of the speakers come from the organizing National Society and the other half should be appointed by EFORT from other European countries.
In recent years the EFORT Fora have enjoyed a very high scientific level and provided an excellent exchange between National Societies and EFORT. Accordingly, the interest in such Fora has grown markedly.
Upcoming EFORT Fora are occurring in the frame of the following events:
- 13 September 2013 | ÖGO Congress in Krems an der Donau, Austria
Moderns trends in arthroplasty - 3 October 2013 | HAOST Congress in Athens, Greece
Open fractures of the leg - 31 October 2013 | SPOT Congress in Albufeira, Portugal
Degenerative knee: The challenge of the young and active patient - 26 October 2013 | SIOT Congress in Genova, Italy
Polytrauma: What to do after damage control - 30 October 2013 | TSOT/TOTBID Congress in Antalya, Turkey
Current treatment concepts in locked plating - 12 November 2013 | SOFCOT Congress in Paris, France
Tibial pilon fractures: An update - 16 November 2013 | CAOST Congress in Paphos, Cyprus
Management of knee sports-related injuries in adolescent athletes
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- For further information about 2013 EFORT Fora: https://www.efort.org/education/efort-fora.