Presentation of the CNP SOFCOT

The National Professional Council (NPC), as in all specialties, was founded two years ago. It is an official body and a priority interlocutor with the supervisory authorities. This CNP has been linked to our learned society, the SOFCOT. It includes legal entities such as the SOFCOT, the RENACOT registry of orthopaedic surgery, the FICOT or orthopaedic surgery foundation, the National Syndicate, orthorisq delivering the accreditation of good practices, and finally the College of orthopaedic surgeons (CFCOT) responsible for the validation of the teaching of interns and continuing education. Finally, there are the partner societies of specialties (hip and knee, foot, pediatrics, hand, arthroscopy ....) which are mandated to deal with problems affecting a particular specialty. SOFCOT is the main funding society that is supported by the industry through its annual convention. The national professional council receives a limited premium from the government and receives dues from its member companies. The RENACOT receives funds from the SOFCOT to finance the launching of the register. The FICOT receives donations from the industry, which it anonymizes and allocates to educational grants. All these legal entities therefore have specific tasks. SOFCOT and its president organize the congress and scientific activities. RENACOT, which is taking off, will be in charge of patient relations and the medical patient record as well as the implant register allowing traceability. It will include mandatory data loaded from the operative report and follow-up data to activate the registry function and then sell the data to manufacturers to obtain certification of the implants. In addition to the accreditation, Orthorisq will also manage the health brick which includes the monitoring of the physical and mental health status of the surgeons, essential for the recertification. Finally, Orthorisq also validates the continuing education.