Report of the 10(th) Asia-Pacific Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand Congress (Organising Chair and Scientific Chair)

Roohi Sharifah A; Shalimar Abdullah

doi:10.1142/S2424835516970018

Report of the 10(th) Asia-Pacific Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand Congress (Organising Chair and Scientific Chair)

J Hand Surg Asian Pac Vol. 2016 Oct;21(3):439-43. doi: 10.1142/S2424835516970018.

Authors

Roohi Sharifah A¹, Shalimar Abdullah²

Affiliations

¹ * Department of Orthoapedics, Faculty of Medicine ' Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia.
² † Department of Orthopaedics, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Cheras, Malaysia.

PMID: 27595972
DOI: 10.1142/S2424835516970018

Abstract

A report on the 10(th) Asia-Pacific Federation of Societies for the Surgery of the Hand and 6(th) Asia-Pacific Federation of Societies for Hand Therapists is submitted detailing the numbers of attendees participating, papers presented and support received as well the some of the challenges faced and how best to overcome them from the local conference chair and scientific chair point of view.

Keywords: 10th APFSSH; Conference report; organising medical conferences.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Asia
Congresses as Topic
Hand Injuries / surgery*
Humans
Pacific Islands
Societies, Medical*
Traumatology*