Strategic plan

Strategic plan NOF, 2016-2020

What is the mission of the NOF?

The NOF provides a forum for the eight national societies to exchange common Nordic issues.

What are typical Nordic issues?

Evidence-based medicine, education and research (register studies)

How can the NOF be of influence?

• By developing NOF policy statements on relevant societal topics (aim at the regulators)
• By publishing (in) the Acta Orthopaedica
• By organizing NOF conferences and fora
• By facilitating NOF educational initiatives (NOF fellowships)
• By developing new registries (as a blue print), e.g. complication registry

(Adopted in the NOF Joint Meeting May 4-5, 2017, Tromsø, Norway)