EFORT aims to enhance and unify orthopaedic training, continuous medical education and knowledge transfer, support and create new personal bonds to improve the mutual understanding, collaboration and unity of all National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology in Europe.

We achieve our goals on the one hand by organising congresses and instructional courses and on the other hand with our Travelling Fellowship and Visiting Fellowship programmes. With these programmes we offer our members (the National Associations) to apply to be host country.

The national presidents are asked to nominate their fellow – a high potential student in his/her final year of orthopaedic training to give them also the opportunity to enhance their personal experience by observation, participation and discussion as well as to visit other European countries.

EFORT believes, that in addition to the essential scientific activities, our Travelling Fellowships programme will spread ideas about geography, culture, social systems and traditions of other colleagues and countries.