Société Internationale de Chirurgie Orthopédique et de Traumatologie
The Société Internationale de Chirurgie Orthopédique et de Traumatologie is an international non-profit organization in the field of orthopaedics and traumatology.
History
The foundations of the Society were laid during its first Congress in Paris at the Hotel Crillon on October 10, 1929.The group of founders who attended included: from Austria, Erlacher and Spitzy; from Belgium, Lorthioir, Delchef and Maffei; from Spain, San Ricart; from the United States, Albee, Baer and Meyerding; from France, Ombrédanne,, and ; from Great Britain, Fairbank; from Germany, Bielsalski; from Italy, Galeazzi and Putti; from Holland, Murk Jansen; from Romania, Frans Jiano; from Sweden, Haglund and Waldenström; from Switzerland, Machard; and from Czechoslovakia, Zahradníček.
Educational activities
SICOT organises a range of educational activities aimed at orthopaedic surgeons and trainees worldwide, including webinars, a face-to-face and online Diploma Examinations, virtual learning programmes and fellowships, and cadaver courses. The SICOT Diploma Examination is designed to assess core knowledge in trauma and orthopaedics against an international standard.PIONEER
In 2020 the organisation launched the Programme of Innovative Orthopaedic Networking, e-Learning, Education and Research, a digital platform that offers live webinars, an online video archive and other virtual learning formats. Under the PIONEER umbrella, SICOT has developed structured virtual education, training and fellowship initiatives that combine online modules with opportunities for supervised clinical or surgical experience.Publications
SICOT also supports education through its scientific journals, including International Orthopaedics and the open access journal SICOT-J, as well as textbooks and training manuals for orthopaedic trainees.International Orthopaedics
International Orthopaedics is an official journal of SICOT. The Journal is published monthly by Springer Verlag, and is distributed to 50,000 surgeons in electronic format and in 3,200 printed issues for libraries and special subscribers. It has an impact factor of 2.7.SICOT-J
SICOT-J is an official journal of SICOT founded in 2014. It is a peer-reviewed open access journal. Its focus is on clinical, basic and transnational research in the field of orthopaedics surgery and traumatology.Books
- Current Progress in Orthopedics 1: An Educational Initiative of SICOT
- Current Progress in Orthopedics 2
- Gopalan's Evidence Based Orthopaedic Principles - A SICOT India Initiative
- Early Onset Scoliosis