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Membership Categories
Fellows
Previously known as Full Members, Fellows are registered medical practitioners of consultant or equivalent status and permanently established surgeons working in the UK who have given evidence of satisfactory scientific and practical attainments in hand surgery, and practitioners in allied disciplines of medicine who are interested in the hand. The annual subscription fee is £300.00 and Fellows receive both the Journal of Hand Surgery (American volume) and the Journal of Hand Surgery (European volume) as part of their subscription.
International Members
International Members refers to professionals practising outside the British Isles who are registered medical practitioners of consultant or equivalent status who have given evidence of satisfactory scientific and practical attainments in hand surgery. The annual subscription fee is £150.00 and International Members receive the Journal of Hand Surgery (European volume) as part of their subscription.
Honorary Fellows
Previously known as Honorary Members, Honorary Fellows are distinguished surgeons or persons of distinction whose merit is esteemed by the Society. Honorary Fellows do not pay a subscription fee and receive the Journal of Hand Surgery (European volume).
Senior Fellows
Previously known as Senior Members, Senior Fellows refers to those who have retired from active clinical and medicolegal practice. Senior Fellows do not pay a subscription fee.
Associate Members are medical practitioners registered in the country in which they practice who are interested in hand surgery. The annual subscription fee is £150.00 and they receive the Journal of Hand Surgery (European volume) as part of their subscription.
Previously known as Companion Members, Affiliate Members are colleagues from allied non-medical disciplines who have a particular interest in hand surgery. The annual subscription fee is £50.00 which includes online access to the Journal of Hand Surgery (European volume).
Foundation and Core Trainee Members
Foundation and Core Trainee Members are Foundation doctors or Core Trainees, or doctors of equivalent status and within five years of qualification as a doctor, with an interest in hand surgery. The annual subscription is £25.00 which includes online access to the Journal of Hand Surgery (European volume).
Student Members
Student Members refers to undergraduates, or medical students with an interest in hand surgery. The annual subscription is £25.00 which includes online access to the Journal of Hand Surgery (European volume).
Category closed to new members as of 2022
Overseas Members are registered medical practitioners of consultant or equivalent status and permanently established surgeons working overseas who have given evidence of satisfactory scientific and practical attainments in hand surgery, and practitioners in allied disciplines of medicine who are interested in the hand. The annual subscription fee is £150.00 and Overseas Members receive the Journal of Hand Surgery (European volume) as part of their subscription.
Information last updated May 2022
For further information and application details please contact secretariat@bssh.ac.uk
British Society for Surgery of the Hand
The Royal College of Surgeons of England
38-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields
London WC2A 3PE
Tel: +44 (0)207 831 5162