Purpose:
Clinical program: To improve clinical skills and/or develop and share the expertise of departments by visiting a highly qualified Nordic Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Research program: To enhance cooperation between Nordic scientists in the field of obstetrics and gynecology.

NFOG support is aimed at:
Covering travelling expenses and accommodation (if not arranged by the hosting clinic). The total maximum support will be decided by the board of NFOG. Daily allowances are not included.

Length:
Minimum 1 week.

Applicants:
Paying members of the nordic societies of obstetrics and gynecology can apply.

Applications must include:
Short CV of the visitor.
Length of the visit.
Goal of the visit and how it will be achieved according to the plan accepted in advance by the hosting and sending clinics.
Budget of the visit.

Deadline of applications:
November the 1st, 2009.

Applications should be sent to:

Secretary General of NFOG,
Ragnheidur Inga Bjarnadottir,
Department of Obsterics and Gynaecology
Landspitali University Hosptial
101 Reykjavik
Iceland
e-mail: lagholt@simnet.is

and

Chairman of the Scientific Committee
Alexander Kr Smárason,
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Akureyri Hospital
Eyrarlandsvegi
600 Akureyri Iceland
Iceland
e-mail: alexanders@fsa.is

Important:
From NFOG Visitor Program you can apply support only for future visits, not visits already made. The applicants will be informed of the decisions by the end of January 2010

Report:
A written report to the NFOG board should be sent within 3 months after the visit . The report should include evaluation of the visit by the visitor, the clinic hosting the visit and the clinic sending a visitor.

Further information:
Chairman of the scientific committee of NFOG and Secretary General of NFOG