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When the EFORT Academy was launched in Berlin during the 13th EFORT Annual Congress 2012, the new concept to support and promote clinical practice and basic musculoskeletal research was presented. The EFORT Academy offered a fellowship affiliation which was open internationally to all surgeons, physicians, researchers and other health care providers of orthopaedics and musculoskeletal trauma.
One of the objectives was the EFORT Academy would initiate and pilot training and research, and evaluate all of the scientific, educational and publication activities that require EFORT approval. It would also make recommendations on the grants and fellowships awarded by EFORT.
With the further strengthening of the EFORT governance structure these objectives are currently taken care of by dedicated committee teams.
If you add to this the way health care organizations will interact with healthcare professionals in future, the time health care providers can devote to educational activities and how the resources are available, the timing was optimum for some changes.
We ran an extensive survey last year to find out how to better serve orthopaedic and trauma surgeons in their career pathways. After 6 months surveying more than 1,000 people, the results showed that the top 3 fields are:
Endorsing and establishing European wide standards of learning and opportunity irrespective of country of origin (eg, curriculum, accreditation and assessment)
Publishing best practice European guidelines
Recognizing research, innovations and procedures of the best European (and global) standards and communicating/sharing them to all EFORT members
Thus, any future EFORT membership base must recognize itself, notably through joint support between EFORT and the national society to achieve its goals and mission.
When being asked if they had the opportunity to tailor make member benefits, full access to orthopaedic and traumatology online scientific libraries, preferential registration fees to the EFORT Annual Congresses complemented by access to otherwise restricted peer journals and publications ranked the top of the offerings.
Today, EFORT is pleased to announce the launch of an EFORT individual membership programme with registration possible as of 1 October 2017.
It is open internationally, European wide by adding up in exclusive benefits for members and non-members of the EFORT National Member Societies categorized as European 1st and 2nd degree. It also encourages affiliation from young orthopaedics and traumatology students & residents globally.
In brief, the EFORT Individual Membership Programme’s main objective is to sustain the vision of EFORT, to harness and build on the professional capacity of our Federation by driving scientific agenda, harmonizing education and treatment, encouraging knowledge-sharing and exhibiting an unimpeachable level of integrity. This peer network, which is an extension of the former EFORT Academy, where orthopaedic surgeons and other health care leaders meet, strives to raise the priority of musculoskeletal diseases and injuries on the European health agenda.
You are invited to become an individual member of EFORT. Ask for the brochure or visit booth A-21 to tell us which profile best fits your professional situation.