This group was created by students and junior trainees interested in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (OMFS). Its aim is to connect dental and medical students and junior trainees in OMFS. Anyone that has pursued or is currently pursuing training in OMFS is aware of the challenges, difficulties and lack of information and guidance that people entering the field are facing. The length of undergraduate (medical and dental degrees) and postgraduate training (5 years in Greece) highlight the need for an organization which will be able to organize and represent students and trainees in these levels of training.
Our aim is to create a network among students and trainees (lower and mid- levels of training), in Greece and abroad, and maintain contact with the specialty and collaboration with the Hellenic Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (HAOMS) during all the way to higher OMFS training. Through several events and activities, we will try to create opportunities for clinical attachments, research and mentoring for every colleague interested in OMFS and foster a supportive environment.
This effort has already been embraced by the HAOMS and many colleagues in Greece and abroad. We have started with baby steps but we hope we will soon become even more effective and come closer to our goals.
On behalf of the JH-OMFS committee, I hope that you will find our attempt interesting and you will embrace and support our goals. Don’t forget that this group was established by juniors for juniors!
Our aim is to create a network among students and trainees (lower and mid- levels of training), in Greece and abroad, and maintain contact with the specialty and collaboration with the Hellenic Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (HAOMS) during all the way to higher OMFS training. Through several events and activities, we will try to create opportunities for clinical attachments, research and mentoring for every colleague interested in OMFS and foster a supportive environment.
This effort has already been embraced by the HAOMS and many colleagues in Greece and abroad. We have started with baby steps but we hope we will soon become even more effective and come closer to our goals.
On behalf of the JH-OMFS committee, I hope that you will find our attempt interesting and you will embrace and support our goals. Don’t forget that this group was established by juniors for juniors!