update 22-05-2025 12:34: the update has been executed and all functions are operational.
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Please bear in mind that we have scheduled a major update of the website planned upcoming Thursday 22nd May 2025 between 08.00 and 20.00h.
As such the website might not be reacable during these working hours.
Please refrain from trying to renew your membership subscriptions in this period or undertake other actions, as hickups in the registration processes might cause failures in the process.
When works are finalised, we will inform you via an update of this message.
Since 2017, you can sign up as a member through our website.
Membership of the RBSS includes: free subscription to the online version of the Acta Chirurgica Belgica (if a printed version is required, a sum of 70,00 € needs to be asked), free attendance to all postgraduate courses of the RBSS’ sections, free access to the RBSS website, reduced registration fee at the annual Belgian Surgical Week.
After registration, your membership application will have to be ratified during the General Assembly of the Society, according to the bylaws of the Society. In the meantime you can already enjoy all benefits related to your RBSS membership status.
To be promoted to a titular membership equalling the status of 'fellow of the Royal Belgian Society for Surgery, you have to be ordinary member for at least 3 years, have at least one oral communication during the Belgian Surgical Week and have published at least one article in the Acta Chirurgica Belgica as first or last author.
Apply for block BAST-RBSS Membership when you are still in training and want to become member of RBSS as well as BAST (Belgian Association of Surgical Trainees).
Apply for asenior RBSS membershipwhen you are retired but still wnat to particpate in the activities of the society.
Apply for an extra-ordinary membership when you are a non-surgeon or not eligible to become an RBSS member but want to participate in eg. the History section.
If you are new to the RBSS.be-website, check our FAQ section on how to signup for society membership or sections!