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HOW
TO JOIN THE CONNECTICUT ORTHOPEDIC SOCIETY
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Membership Eligibility
Requirements and Application
Membership in the Society is a privilege, not a
right, which is accorded to a person who meets the qualifications
of his or her class of membership.
Active members shall:
- be a doctor of medicine or osteopathy with a practice in the
State of Connecticut under a full and unrestricted license to
so practice;
- be a graduate of an AMA approved medical school, AOA approved
school of osteopathic medicine, or have passed an equivalency
examination if graduated from a school outside of the United States;
- have completed an orthopedic residency program at an AMA approved
institution or a program deemed by the Board of Directors in its
sole discretion as being an equivalent program;
- be sponsored by a current physician member of the Connecticut
Orthopedic Society
- demonstrate continued adherence to the Principles of Medical
Ethics as published by the American Medical Association, or AOA
Code of Ethics as may be applicable to the practitioner, maintain
the highest professional, moral and ethical standards of his/her
community; and
- comply with the dues, fees and assessment requirements established
from time to time by the Board of Directors of the Society.
Active members are eligible
to vote, hold office, serve on committees and sponsor candidates
for membership.
Resident/Fellow members
shall:
- be a doctor of medicine or osteopathy who are actively enrolled
in a full-time residency program in orthopedic surgery at an institution
approved by the Liaison Committee on Graduate Medical Education
or who are in an AMA-approved residency or fellowship program
in orthopedic surgery.
Resident/Fellow members
are not required to pay dues, fees or assessments. They are not
entitled to vote, hold office, serve on committees or sponsor
candidates for membership.
Join over two hundred
Connecticut orthopedic surgeons working together to serve their
professional community and the patients they care for.
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