The Publications Committee has met twice during the year 2005, once in April, in Copenhagen,
and then in September in Geneva. The September meeting was a meeting of the old Committee
and the newly elected ones. We were sorry to say goodbye to Jean Michel de Bray and
then welcomed Francesco Drudi to the Committee. Professors Dietrich and Pirhonen
had been elected the previous day to the Committee but were unable to attend.
The Committee discussed at length the publication of the minimum training standards
document which you will find as part of this Newsletter. The website causes a great
deal of work for Gianna and is in constant need of updating and refreshing. As well
as us linking the EFSUMB website to all the individual Member Societies websites it
was felt it would be helpful if all the EFSUMB delegates provided a photograph of
themselves and a short introduction to their Society which could be provided on the
EFSUMB website.
The European Journal of Ultrasound is proving a great success for the Federation.
New members to the Advisory Board, proposed following the Copenhagen meeting, have
been accepted by Thieme. The number of papers in English, submitted to the Editorial
Board, is growing and they were much encouraged by the fact that 65% of EFSUMB members
receive the Journal and that the citation index continues to increase.
The whole new Committee are hoping to meet in the spring, in London, where we will
incorporate the ideas of the new members in improving the Journal and the website
in particular.
The Publications Committee would be unable to function without the hard work of Gianna
Stanford, our long-suffering General Secretary, who uncomplainingly serves the Committee
and tries to make sense of the Chairman's ideas.
David W. Pilling
Chairman Publication Committee
