About us… Forpath
Forpath has been set up as an unceremonious association of Belgian
Pathologists in 1988.
It was well ahead of the trend of its time when continuing education in
Pathology laid in infancy around the globe and represented a mere word in
Belgium.
However, Forpath was met by an increasing success among Pathologists who felt
books, publications and even international jamborees were not enough to remain
afloat with the rapidly growing flow of new concepts.
Forpath’s structure has been designed to adapt itself to those needs.
Kindly hosted by CMP Laboratory which provided the infrastructure: multi-head
microscopes, state-of-the–art audio and video devices. (www.labocmp.be)
National and international experts have generously bitten upon their spare time
to share their skills in various subtopics in Pathology. Most of these courses
are freely available for download at this very Forpath website.
With time, the pressure from Health Authorities in Belgium for compulsory
continuing has gathered pace; Forpath has chosen to move from an informal
association of Pathologists (almost a club of friends) to a legal non-profit
association.
In 2002 Forpath ASBL was founded.
To the best of our ability, we managed to run a five-a-year workshops which
meets the criteria for a legal continuing education program in Belgium, which
itself fits those required in the EU and the US.
Besides these Workshops, Master Classes have been designed to meet the need
trainees in Pathology from all Belgian Universities who wants to share difficult
cases with fully-trained experts and other trainees. We thought it a good thing
to make it possible for young colleagues to meet each other in a relaxed
atmosphere while setting up a network of expertise.
This endeavor has proved also to be a major achievement for Forpath which
strives to engulf the upcoming generations of Pathologists into a thriving
inter-generation association.
The Forpath “high command”
President : Dr Herwig Van Dijck MD
Treasurer : Dr Bernard Vanden Heule MD
Secretary : Dr Marie-Françoise Dehou MD
Membership
Needless to say that a scientific association needs the support of its
members.
Good news: the membership fee is once again unchanged for this year.
It gives you as you know two interesting opportunities:
- Priority to the registration for the Workshops (they are very quickly fully booked)
- Free participation to the Masterclasses (Haematopathology, Gynecopathology,
Soft Tissues Pathology, Dermatopathology, Hepatopathology, Uropathology,
Endocrine Pathology, Thoracopulmonary Pathology, Breast Pathology, -Thyroid Pathology, etc)
The program of the Workshops and the Masterclasses for the next academic
year will be circulated in June (in priority to the members).
We ask you to pay your fee as usual on the bank account of FORPATH:
IBAN BE66 0682 3335 4543
- Adherent Membership: 150€
- Effective Membership*: 250€
- Trainee Membership: 35€
* Only full members may vote at the General Assembly or be Administrator
Do not forget to mention your name if the fee is paid by an organization or
hospital!
Workshops
A participation fee is mandatory to attend a workshop. The amount of the
fee may vary among workshops (see the agenda).
The prefered way to enroll for a Workshop is through our website
www.forpath.org. Payment of the
participation fee is due within 7 days of the enrollment.
Please pay the fee to account IBAN BE66 0682 3335 4543 of FORPATH, mentioning
the date of the Workshop and the name of the participant if payment is made by an institution.
Masterclasses
Participation is free for the members of ForPath.
There is no further fee to attend the Masterclasses. The only way is to
become member of Forpath (see
Membership fees hereabove).
The prefered way to enroll for a Masterclass is through our website
www.forpath.org. When required
the payment of the Membership fee is due within 7 days of the enrollment.