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Editorial
The Future is in our hands
The world around us is changing quickly and we must change with it. Persons and organizations that are not flexible and do not move with their surrounding will find it hard to survive.
This is true also for ESSKA.
The best way to keep ahead of things and be prepared for the future is to have a defined strategy.
Given our limited resources, it is important to use our strength and to eliminate our weaknesses. My mission as president of ESSKA is to create a strategic plan for the future. I invite everybody to participate in the discussion. Out of these discussions we will define our goals for the future.
For the upcoming 2 years apart from the making of this strategic plan the Board activities will be directed towards reinforcement of our office, the KSSTA Journal and our relationship with national societies. We find it important to accommodate all subspecialties under the ESSKA umbrella. We will stimulate independent societies and working groups which focus on Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Sports Traumatology to affiliate with ESSKA. Our members can benefit from the expertise within these groups and at the same time these groups can benefit from our professional organization, ESSKA standing, image, facilities, services and our journal!
Country society presidents will be involved as members at large in order to have a closer contact with the national societies. We will work together with ISAKOS on e-learning and we will work on ESSKA best practices.
How can we achieve all this? ESSKA is a strong and well respected organization with an excellent potential among dedicated members. There is a lot of expertise and enthusiasm in our committees. The 6 free current concept books that you all received at the Biannual Oslo Conference are the result of voluntary scientific activity. The creativity, inspiration, energy and dedication among our members are enormous. Almost 20% of our members are currently active in of one of our committees or sections. ESSKA has always had strong and devoted leaders, but it is one of the major strength of ESSKA that most of our members are opinion leaders in their countries.
There is a lot of work to do, but I know it is possible because I am surrounded by a great organization.
ESSKA is a great and healthy society and I promise to move it forward.
C. Niek van Dijk
ESSKA President
Postal address:
Academic Medical Centre
Prof. Dr. C.N. van Dijk
Department of Orthopedic Surgery
P.O. Box 22660
1100 DD Amsterdam
The Netherlands
e-mail: c.n.vandijk@amc.uva.nl
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Our EKA Section's website is now online.
Please click this link :
www.europeankneeassociates.eu to visit it.
Season's greetings from the ESSKA Board members and the team of the ESSKA Luxembourg office... We wish you a fruitful and successfull year 2012.
Sponsored by ESSKA
The ESSKA - Chelsea FC Sport trauma fellowship is a brand new fellowship starting in 2012 with the main focus to gain insight into the prevention, treatment of diagnosed sports injuries and rehabilitation.
Organized by ESSKA - Ankle & Foot Associates
SAVE THE DATE: Clontarf Castle, Dublin, Ireland MARCH 9-10, 2012
For more information, click this link: http://www.esska-afas.org/dublin2012
Details
Sponsored by ESSKA
KSSTA will give the BEST PAPER AWARD at the ESSKA biannual meeting for an original publication in the journal selected from all publications in KSSTA during 2010-2011.
The ESSKA Senior Fellowship is reserved to senior orthopaedic surgeons (over 40 years) to spend one week in an ESSKA accredited teaching Centre.
Educational program generously sponsored by: Alwin Jäger Fondation
Deadline: 1st. June 2012
Our AFAS Section's website is now online.
Please click this link : www.esska-afas.org to visit it.
For more information on our congress in 2012, please click this link:
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