Winter 2000 Newsletter

The educational goals of our society are to increase knowledge and experience among orthopaedic surgeons at any stage of their career. The first and most important way to achieve this goal is through our journal, Arthroscopy. The increasing number of subscriptions to the journal attests to its significance as an educational tool.

The second way to broaden our experience occurs through the attendance the ISAKOS Congress and the numerous ISAKOS-approved courses throughout the world.

A third way of keeping knowledge up-to-date is by visiting one of our 140 ISAKOS-approved teaching centers.

In most countries, ample opportunities are available to visit congresses or courses. For those living in countries where fewer education options exist, we are looking for ways to provide trained at any of the approved centers. At the moment, the Education Committee is working on a system to evaluate these training centers, partly to determine to what extent the training centers are visited, as well as to increase the quality of these centers.

Although the Education Committee still has a lot to do, we are open to any suggestions from the membership for new educational activities!