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Editorial by S. Rajasekaran - SICOT Treasurer
- Snakes and Ladders in Professional Excellence
While growing up, many of us would have enjoyed playing the game of snakes and ladders. It is a simple board game, where rolling of the dice moves you along a path that has ladders letting you move up quickly and also snakes waiting to pull you down, sometimes dragging you all the way to the start. But there is a larger picture to decipher. Indian philosophy draws a parallel to our journey towards salvation and excellence in life where virtues are ladders that push us to greater heights while snakes are vices that pull us down. In the original game, the prominent squares of virtues were faith, reliability, generosity, knowledge, asceticism, etc., while the squares of vices were disobedience, vanity, vulgarity, theft, greed, lust, etc. Thus the game was actually a simple way to teach morals in life.
Our quest for professional excellence is similar. While thousands of medical professionals start their career with the dream of professional excellence, the numbers, unfortunately, thin out at the top. The snakes distract and charm people away from their goals while the ladders of virtue seem less enticing to climb. This is reflected in the success and failure of several professionals in the medical field. Read more...
Our quest for professional excellence is similar. While thousands of medical professionals start their career with the dream of professional excellence, the numbers, unfortunately, thin out at the top. The snakes distract and charm people away from their goals while the ladders of virtue seem less enticing to climb. This is reflected in the success and failure of several professionals in the medical field. Read more...
SICOT Events
XXVI SICOT Triennial World Congress combined with 46th SBOT Annual MeetingRio de Janeiro TWC 2014
19-22 November 2014 * Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Registration
Congress registration is open here for all participants not residing in Brazil.
Participants residing in Brazil should register here.
Participants residing in Brazil should register here.
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Awards
Click here to find out more about the awards which are granted to young surgeons to help them attend the Congress.
- Accommodation & Tours
Don't miss out on exclusive hotel and tour offers in Rio de Janeiro! Click here for more information.
- Exhibition & Sponsorship
Don't miss this unique opportunity to promote your products and services to leading international orthopaedic surgeons, traumatologists and specialists in related fields. Read more...
21st SICOT Trainees Meeting
1-2 June 2014 * London, United Kingdom
2nd Prize: £600
3rd Prize: £400
Rainer I. Kotz
Since 1922 surgical approaches toward limb salvage in bone and soft tissue tumours have been documented. There is the famous âUmkippplastikâ of Sauerbruch, the âTikhoff-Linbergâ inter-scapulo-thoracic resection or in 1943 a metallic tumour prosthesis for the hip joint in the United States (Moore, Bohlman). Read more...
Courses by SICOT Members
1-2 June 2014 * London, United Kingdom
- Registration
Registration is open here!
  - Awards
SICOT Trainee Prizes for Best Oral Presentations will be awarded toward travel expenses to attend the next SICOT Triennial World Congress in Rio de Janeiro, as follows:
1st Prize: £10002nd Prize: £600
3rd Prize: £400
SICOT News
- SICOT Ortho Excellence Programme (OEP)
SICOT Global Network for Electronic Learning - SIGNEL
- Article of the Month
Rainer I. Kotz
Since 1922 surgical approaches toward limb salvage in bone and soft tissue tumours have been documented. There is the famous âUmkippplastikâ of Sauerbruch, the âTikhoff-Linbergâ inter-scapulo-thoracic resection or in 1943 a metallic tumour prosthesis for the hip joint in the United States (Moore, Bohlman). Read more...
- Case of the Month
by Mahmoud Abdel Kerim
Fellowship News
- Report of the 'SICOT meets SICOT' Fellowship Programme at the Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, University of Pavia
by Karampinas Panagiotis
Courses by SICOT Members
- Assiut Hip Arthroscopy Course
- Indications;
- Diagnosis Clinical/Radiological;
- Techniques: portals, access to surgery;
- Decision making.
Worldwide News
- Effect of early administration of alendronate after surgery for distal radius fragility fracture on radiological fracture healing time
Comment by Syah Bahari
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