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8th Winfocus World Congress (Barcelona, Spain - Oct 20-23, 2012)

Membership



5 STEPS to join WINFOCUS in 5 MINUTES

1) Choose your Membership Profile & Country Category (see instruction below).
2) Click your fee in the 'Express Checkout' table, to be redirected to our secure Online Store.
3) 'Add to Cart' your membership fee, fill in the form and authorize credit card payment.
4) Receive in your mailbox immediate notice of your successful checkout.
5) Go to our Registration Page and complete the Online Form with your professional details.


MEMBERSHIP ONLINE EXPRESS CHECK OUT
 Country
Category A

High 
Income countries		  Country 
Category B

Medium-High
Income Countries		  Country 
Category C

Medium-Low
Income Countries		 Country 
Category D

Low
Income Countries		 FEE PAYMENT PROCESSED at www.winfocus-store.org
Standard Membership 160 US$ 120 US$ 80 US$ 40 US$  Individuals: 
Physicians, Professors, Engineers, Administrators ...
Special Membership   80 US$ 60 US$  40 US$  20 US$ Individuals: 
Students, Nurses, Paramedics, Technicians, Midwives ...
Sustaining Membership  400 US$ 300 US$ 200 US$ 100 US$ Individuals:
As the paragraphs above
Corporate Membership  600 US$  450 US$ 300 US$ 150 US$  Organizations: 
Societies, Companies, Institutions, Groups ...
Life Time Membership* 4000 US$  3000 US$ 2000 US$ 1000 US$ Individuals & Organizations
As the paragraphs above
* [one-shot]


Thanks for Joining us!


WINFOCUS is a world leading scientific organization committed to developing point-of-care ultrasound practice throughout in-hospital and out-of-hospital critical scenarios, aiming to the overall worldwide improvement of the community healthcare.

General and specific eligibility rules for regular, association and honorary membership are established by the bylaws available in the Statute section. 
If you are interested in joining WINFOCUS, or you just wish to renew your membership, you may submit a secure online application form or download 
an offline payment form and send it to us (email noema.secretariat@winfocus.org or fax +39 051221894), then to proceed with the fee payment according your membership profile and your country category (see below details). If you are comfortable with online credit card payment, you could also quickly and safely use the 'Express Checkout Table' in the top of this page.

In the following sections, find out more about the:
> 1. Types of Memberships (see below)
> 2. Country Category (see below)
> 3. Membership Benefits (see below)
NEED MORE HELP? 
Additional Membership information is available from our offices upon request. 
For changes of address or other personal details, please fill in the feedback online form, or contact directly our Secretariat.


1. MEMBERSHIP TYPES

INDIVIDUAL STANDARD & SPECIAL MEMBERSHIP

STANDARD Membership may be applied for by:
> Physicians, Nurses, Paramedics, Technicians, Engineers, Students, Specialists, Scientists, Teachers, Researchers, and commissioned in the field of ..
> Emergency Medicine, Emergency and Trauma Surgery, Intensive and Critical Care Medicine, Anaesthesiology, Pediatrics, Imaging and Radiology, Cardiology, O&G, Orthopedics, EMS/HEMS, Disaster Medicine, Austere/Remote/Wilderness Medicine, Tactical/Peace-keeping Medicine, Scarce-resource Medicine, Humanitarian initiatives, Hygiene and Public Health.

SPECIAL Membership annual fares (50% discount) are granted to special categories such as:
> Allied Health Care personnel (Nurses, Paramedics, Midwives, Technicians, etc..), and 
> Full-time Students attending an accredited college or university, and having an express interest in the fields above mentioned. 
During or immediately after registration, professionals eligible for special fee, should prove their status forwarding a student ID or a HOD certification to our Secretariat.

CORPORATE MEMBERSHIPS

Institutions and associations interested in our society's goals may apply for the corporate membership; such bodies will be accordingly acknowledged by WINFOCUS as partners of its worldwide mission.

SUSTAINING & LIFE-TIME MEMBERSHIP

Individual or corporate members particularly committed to support WINFOCUS through its worldwide scientific and humanitarian activities, may apply for a sustaining or a life-time membership.


2. COUNTRY CATEGORIES

In order to facilitate the worldwide access to the Society, members from countries belonging to different socio-economic categories may apply for different membership fees, although gaining equal membership status. 
Before proceeding with registration and payment, please, see in the table below the World Bank Socio-economic Category of your country (for a friendly print version, click "Print" at the bottom of the page).


COUNTRY
Category A

 High 
Income countries		  COUNTRY
Category B

Medium-High
Income Countries		  COUNTRY
Category C

   Medium-Low
Income Countries		 COUNTRY
Category D

 Low
Income Countries

- Andorra, Aruba, Australia, Austria,
- Bahamas, Belgium, Bermuda, Brunei,
- Canada, Cayman, Channel Islands, Cyprus,
- Denmark,
- Faeroe Islands, Finland, France, French Polynesia
- Germany, Greece, Greenland, Guam,
- Hong Kong
- Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy,
- Japan,
- Kuwait,
- Liechtenstein, Luxembourg,
- Macao (China), Malta, Monaco,
- Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Northern Mariana Islands, Norway,
- Portugal,
- Qatar,
- San Marino, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, 
- United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America, 
- Vatican City, Virgin Islands (USA)

- American Samoa, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina,
- Bahrain, Barbados, Botswana, Brazil,
- Chile, Croatia, Czech Republic,
- Estonia,
- Gabon, Grenada,
- Hungary,
- Isle of Man,
- Korea, 
- Lebanon, Libya,
- Malaysia, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico,
- Oman,
- Palau, Panama, Poland, Puerto Rico,
- St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles Islands, Slovak Republic,
- Taiwan, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey,
- Uruguay,
- Venezuela

- Albania, Algeria,
- Belarus, Belize, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria,
- Cape Verde, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba,
- Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic,
- Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, 
- Fiji, 
- Georgia, Guatemala, Guyana,
- India, Iran, Iraq,
- Jamaica, Jordan,
- Kazakhstan, Kiribati,
- Latvia, Lithuania,
- Macedonia, FYR
- Maldives, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, - Morocco,
- Namibia, 
- Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, 
- Romania, 
- Russian Federation 
- Samoa, South Africa, Sri Lanka, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Swaziland, Syrian Arab Republic,
- Thailand, Tonga, Tunisia,
- Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, West Bank and Gaza, 
- Yugoslavia, FR (Serbia/Montenegro)

- Afghanistan, Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan,
- Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina, Faso, Burundi,
- Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad,
- Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, 
- Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, 
- Haiti, Honduras,
- Indonesia, 
- Kenya Korea, Dem Rep. Kyrgyz
- Rep. Lao PDR, Lesotho, Liberia, 
- Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Moldova, Mongolia, Mozambique, Myanmar,
- Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria,
- Pakistan,
- Rwanda,
- Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sudan,
- Tajikistan, Tanzania, Togo, Turkmenistan, 
- Uganda 
- Vietnam, 
- Yemen, 
- Zambia, Zimbabwe



3. MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS

JOINT ACTION TOWARD A WORLD-WIDE GOAL

A member of WINFOCUS shares an effort that can only be achieved by worldwide coordinated team action. See our Vision & Mission. 
The Association is international in both membership and scope of interest, providing opportunities to associate and exchange ideas with the world's foremost medical specialists and internationally renowned scientists. Medical leaders and scientists from more than 40 nations have been actively supporting WINFOCUS network over last three years.

PARTICIPATION IN COMMITTE ACTION

Voluntary participation as a member of a standing committee or sub-committee allows both personal contributions and an opportunity for interpersonal exchange of ideas in areas of Association interest, by the unified promotion of continuing education, clinical research, technology development, and International networking throughout all the critical scenarios. See the organigram in the Committee & Sections area. 

PARTICIPATION IN SPECIAL PROJECTS

Voluntary participation in the most exciting WINFOCUS projects:
- ILCEUS (International Liasion on Critical and Emergency UltraSound): within this project you could actively participate in designing International Guidelines and Recommendations for PHC, EME and CCM education and clinical practice, based on evidences and International consensus.
- PRIMUS (Primary UltraSound): adhering to this plan you will contribute to develop organizational models to bring ultrasound to the rural scarce-resource communities in the developing countries.
- UNITED (Winfocus University): this project aims to develop International Standards for Medical School Curricula networking Universities thorughout about 15 countries.
- USCMC (US Critical Management Course): members are directly involved in managing educational program and delivering lectures in occasion of the USCMC courses currently held in more than 30 countries in the 5 continents.
 
ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS

The Association's Annual Scientific Meetings, organized at world or regional level, provide multi-faceted forums for all professionals embracing point-of-care critical ultrasound, and concurrently provides continuing education credits for the participants. Members could attend several events for free or at very disocounted rates. 
Members could also participate as faculty in the events that WINFOCUS is directly promoting or endorsing worldwide; according to the resources available travelling, accommodation and honorarium could be granted, as well.
 
PROFESSIONAL JOURNAL

As from October 2009, the annual membership includes subscription to the peer-reviewed 3-monthly journal, Critical Ultrasound Journal. 
Members could also apply for collaborating to the whole Editorial Project set up. For further information you may contact our chief editor, Dr Michael Blaivas.