Why is the SSIF Award such an important initiative for Serono Symposia International Foundation?
Medical education has never been more important than today so the SSIF Board of Directors feel that it is important to focus on the true core of medical education – the people who are doing excellent work in teaching and making sure that the medical profession receives the best possible continuing education. For that reason the SSIF Board of Directors decided to establish this prestigious award that will recognize and reward excellence in medical education. The first year of the award will honour excellence in education in reproductive medicine, and we are privileged to be working with the Executive Committee of ESHRE. The award will be formally announced and opened at this year’s ESHRE meeting in Rome, and the winner will receive his or her award at the ESHRE meeting in 2011. What will the winner of the award receive? We are trying to find an individual with wide-ranging talents and great potential to be involved in the future of medical education, so we have created three components
