Our Memberships
From 2024 onwards, the BSP and the Professional Union (GBS-VBS AP) intend to collect membership fees jointly. In this perspective we unite our resources to pursue our common goals.
Membership is open to all healthcare professionals involved in pathological research and education. However to join the Professional Union, you must be licensed pathologist.
Membership is from 1 January until 31 December.
For new members, your membership will officially be accepted by the governing body of each association.
Benefits
Members of our organisations benefit:
- Reduced fee for BSP courses, symposia, and the Belgian Week of Pathology
- Active involvement in our working groups
- Regular email communications about what’s up in pathology, e.g. educational activities and hot topics
- Staying up to date of evolutions and challenges
- Participation in surveys with sharing the results for benchmarking
- Access to educational material and useful documents on the member-only pages of the BSP website
- Access to a network of leading experts sharing best practices and the latest know-how in Pathology
- Effective members have voting rights at the general assemblies
Membership categories
- Effective: licensed and active pathologists
- Junior: residents, fellows in training as long not graduated as licensed pathologist.
- Affiliated: cytotechnicians, lab-technicians, molecular biologists, scientists, veterinary pathologists
- Senior: retired pathologists
- Organisations should contact us to apply
Dual: BSP & VBS/GBS-AP
Effective
Pathologist
300 €
Junior
Trainee in pathology
45 €
Senior
125 €
Belgian Society of Pathology (BSP)
Effective
Pathologist
110 €
Junior
Trainee in pathology
25 €
Affiliated & Senior
Cytotechnician, lab-technician, molecular biologist, scientist, senior pathologist, veterinary pathologist
25 €
Professional Union of Pathology (VBS/GBS-AP)
Effective
Pathologist
230 €
Junior (YPS)
Trainee in pathology
23 €
Senior
100 €
Honorary members, protecting members and advisory members must apply as effective member and pay the membership fee after which the fee will be reimbursed.
Become a member
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The governing body of each association is empowered to decide on the admissibility of members. The governing body autonomously determines whether a prospective member who meets the substantive criteria is admitted as a member to the association. A prospective member of an association must, therefore, submit their application via email to the official email address OR electronically on this website by checking “Become a member”. Acceptance of the candidacy, which automatically entails membership as a full member of the association, is electronically communicated by the governing body to the new full member. Any candidacy for which no decision has been made within six months of the application must be considered rejected. The pre-paid membership fee will be refunded accordingly.
You can apply for membership of both associations at a different time but then you will not benefit from the reduced contributions.
If you have any questions about membership or need assistance, contact us!