SICOT

SICOT, Societe Internationale de Chirurgie Orthopedique et de Troumatologie, is an international non-profit association incorporated under Belgian law with the aim to promote the advancement of the science and art of orthopaedics and traumatology at international level in particular for the improvement of patient cam, and to foster and develop teaching, research and education.

SICOT is setting world standards of surgical competence – knowledge plus clinical skills – by to those of exemplary institutions in highly developed countries.

The SICOT Foundation helps to provide funds for travel to conferences and to work with masters of surgery in notable teaching centers. Young Surgeons Workshops provide forums for learning from invited experts but of particular importance, they allow young surgeons an opportunity to present their own research to their colleagues.

An increasingly successful initiative has been the creation of Orthopaedic Education Centers. They provide an opportunity for education, research and manual skills training. They are open to community surgeons, nurses and physiotherapists. In fact, they can bring a whole orthopaedic community together.

The Foundation has not only supported young surgeons from developing countries to train abroad and learn skills that can be applied in their own countries, but has also promoted global unity among these orthopedists. It has supported training in methods of research and in techniques for the better management of orthopaedic services to the public. The Foundation has promoted unity among orthopaedic surgeons from around the world.