Transcript Other members of the board: Per Olof Janson, Sweden

Activities
of
the NFOG Board
2008-2009
General Assembly, June 17th 2010
Ragnheiður I. Bjarnadóttir, Secretary General
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President: Seija Grénman, Finland
Secretary: Ragnheidur I. Bjarnadóttir, Iceland
Treasurer: Thea Lousen, Denmark
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Webmaster: Peter Secher, Denmark
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DSOG: Morten Lebech->Charlotte Sögaard
SGY: Juha Tapanainen->Aila Tiitinen
FIFK: Arnar Hauksson->Hulda Hjartardóttir
NFG: Rolf Kirschner-> Björn Backe
SFOG: Charlotta Grunewald->Ulf Högberg
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Acta: Reynir T. Geirsson, Iceland
Scientific Committee: Lars-Åke Mattsson, Sweden->
Alexander Smarason, Iceland
Educational Committee: Jens Gudmundsson, Iceland->
Anders Atke, Denmark->?
NFYOG: Stig Hill, Norway->Alda Birgisdóttir , Iceland
NFOG 2010: Peter Hornnes, Denmark.
Internal Auditors: Ditte Trolle, Denmark &
Nils-Erik Backas, Finland.
External Auditor: Bo Hendriksen, Aaen & Co.
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Meetings in 2008-2009
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2008: 4 meetings ( incl. one telephone meeting).
2009: 2 meetings.
On the Agenda:
Acta
National Societies and NFYOG
Educational and Scientific Committees
NFOG Congress, Educational Meetings
www.nfog.org
EBCOG, FIGO (Twinning project)
NFOG economy
NFOG Fund
OBJECTIVES OF NFOG
AS DEFINED IN THE STATUTES
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Encourage scientific cooperation in Nordic
countries
Encourage clinical cooperation in Nordic
countries
Work towards high standard of training at all
levels
Improve reproductive health all over the world
NFOG Objectives
Scientific
co-operation
Clinical
co-operation
Training
at all levels
Improving
reproductive
health
globally
NFOG
Congress
Acta
Thesis Registry
(started 2003)
Collaborative programme
(started 2009)
NFOG
Congress
Hot Topics
Visitor Program
(started 2003)
NFYOG
Hot Topics
Lillehammer scholarship
Special initiatives
Meetings
Educational
(2009)
courses
Summary
of training
NFOG congresses
FIGO
EBCOG
Twinning Project
NFYOG symposium 2009
The NFOG Clinical Visitor Program
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Program started in 2003
75.000 DKK allocated per year
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31 specialists have visited another Nordic country through this
program.
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In 2008, 2 applications were supported:
In 2009, 5 applications were supported:
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Positive feedback from all parties.
Reports of the visits have been published in national bulletins
and on the website of NFOG.
The NFOG Collaborative Program
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Program started in 2008
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To encourage scientific collaboration between at least
two Nordic countries.
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75.000 DKK allocated per year
2008: 4 applications were supported (for 2009)
2009: 3 applications were supported (for 2010)
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NFOG Fund to replace and expand both
Visitor and Collaborative Programs…
Twinning programme
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FIGO has organized twinning to 12 developing countries to
strengthen their National Societies of Obstetricians and
Gynecologists.
Pakistan has been twinned to Sweden.
Nigeria has been twinned with Denmark.
2 colleagues from Pakistan and 1 from Nigeria were
invited to the NFOG Congress 2010.
Scientific Committee
2008-2009
Chairman Lars-Åke Mattsson, Sweden
->Alexander Smarason, Iceland in 2009
 Thue Bryndorf->Annette Tornes Pedersen, Denmark
 Oskari Heikinheimo, Finland
 Alexander Smárason Iceland-> Lars-Åke Mattsson,
Sweden->Pelle Lindquist, Sweden
 Knut Hordnes, Norway
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Scientific Committee
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Visitor and collaborative program each year.
Discussion, planning of new NFOG fund
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NFOG congress 2010
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Planned the scientific program collaboration with the local
organising committee.
Selected abstracts for oral and poster presentations.
Prizes and grants at NFOG 2010: Thesis presentations (5), Young
Scientist award (1), Best oral (3) and poster presentations (3) and
Lillehammer Scholarships (2):
Educational Committee
2008-2009
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Chairman: Anders Atke, Denmark->Pepe Salvesen,
Norway->?
Current Educational Committee:
Marie Bixö, Sweden
Jakob Nakling, Norway
Ali Shokouh-Amiri , Denmark
Kaarin Makikallio, Finland
Kristín Jónsdóttir, Iceland
The Educational Committtee
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Established by the NFOG Board in 1990
Focus on educational matters, mainly for Nordic
specialists in Obstetrics & Gynecology.
Hot Topics courses replaced with yearly Specialist
courses.
NFOG Specialist Course on vulvar diseases in
Copenhagen 2009, with 147 participants.
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Through Life
Copenhagen, 17-18th November 2010
NFOG Website
www.nfog.org
NFOG Website
www.nfog.org
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The NFOG website, www.nfog.org was established in 2001.
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The number of daily visitors has increased steadily from an
average of 20 in 2004 to about 50 in 2010.
In the last two year period the activities on the
website consisted of:
The publication of minutes of the board meetings and
General Assembly.
The thesis registry has been updated regularly.
The thesis registry lottery was introduced in 2008 in order
to attract authors to submit new theses. This has
attracted some more theses after a period of declining
numbers.
Various courses of interest to Nordic colleagues have
been made available and frequently updated.
The pages most frequently visited has been:
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Boardmembers
Theses
Congresses
Abstracts NFOG 2004
NFOG Congresses Abstract NFOG 2006
Thesis Registry received this number of theses:
Thesis registry
50
Sweden
Number of theses
45
Norway
40
Denmark
35
Finland
30
Iceland
total
25
20
15
10
5
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2005
2006
2007
Country
2008
2009
Thesis Registry received this number of theses:
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The numbers clearly show a decrease in thesis submission
from the year 2007.
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As early as in spring 2008 the board became aware of this
tendency and thus, the thesis registry lottery was introduced in
order to attract more submissions.
Nevertheless, the number of submissions has declined further.
NFYOG 2008-2009
Board consists of 10 members, 2 from each
Nordic country.
 NFYOG Symposium “Third world challenges in
obstetrics and gynecology: issues, facts and
personal experiences” in Copenhagen 2009.
 NFYOG Pre-congress Symposium:
Transplantation of female genital organs
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Motivation and stimulation
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Best posters: 3 x 10.000 DKK
Best Oral Presentations: 3 x 10.000 DKK
Young Scientist Award: 20.000 DKK
Lillehammer Scholarship: 2 x 20.000 DKK
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Acta Prize (most quoted article): 20.000 DKK
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Twinning Fellows total sum: 50.000 DKK
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NFYOG 100.000 /140.000 DKK per year
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Suggestions at GA 2006
1. NFOG should be made more visible:
www.nfog.org.
News Letters from Chairman and Committees.
2. Twinning Project suggested :
Twinning with Nigeria and Pakistan.
3. A plan of how the money of NFOG could be
used: Development of Acta .
Good ideas needed from members.
Suggestions at GA 2008
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Establishing a fund similar to the Danish
FIGO fund to support research, especially in
the global perspective.
A draft of NFOG fund has been made and will be
presented...
Suggestions at GA 2010
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NFOG Fund:
To strengthen Scientific and Clinical
Cooperation
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Towards high standard of training
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Global reproductive health
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