May 2023
Call for Virtual Vascular Editor
Virtual Vascular is an online resource for all vascular specialists and healthcare workers who treat patients with vascular diseases. The resource is hosted through the ESVS website, and free to ESVS members and individual subscribers. Construction of Virtual Vascular began in 2020, and there are currently 32 chapters online. The aim is to produce a living ‘textbook’ with chapters written by expert vascular specialists using the latest digital techniques to enhance learning, with videos and podcasts. Since Virtual Vascular is online only, updating chapters is easy, giving a major advantage over standard textbooks. Virtual Vascular will be the complete vascular resource, and always up-to-date. ‘Chapters’ in Virtual Vascular go online as soon as they are accepted, and the aim is to build a complete library by last quarter of 2023. Virtual Vascular was created in 2019 by three editors: Martin Björck (Sweden), Sebastian Debus (Germany) and Jonothan Earnshaw (UK). Professor Björck stood down in the spring of 2021. Prof. Maarit Venermo and Prof. Robert Hinchliffe have since joined the team as editors. The Virtual Vascular Editorial board are seeking expressions of interest from vascular specialists who would be interested to join the editorial team to replace one of the current editors. Your tasks as an editor will be:
- Invite possible authors
- Discuss on possible new chapters
- Participate at our monthly calls
- Revise and edit all chapters
Skills and attributes needed for this prestigious post include:
- Be an ESVS Member
- An international reputation in vascular surgery
- Experience soliciting and writing surgical research and chapters for textbooks
- Experience in editing and critical revision of submitted chapters
- Expertise and strategic vision for the future use of digital material in publishing and education.
ESVS is committed to encouraging diversity and inclusion and as such welcome applications from groups currently less represented within the Society. The post is for three years (renewable). The aim is to secure a replacement for one of the Editors to start in June 2023 (exact date TBC). There is no specific remuneration for this post, but expenses will be covered by ESVS. Expressions of interest should be submitted before 05.06.2023 to Phoebe Gurden (phoebe@esvs.org). Submissions should include a short CV (maximum 500 words), and reasons you wish to be considered for the post. Further information may be obtained from the current editors: Sebastian Debus (s.debus@uke.de) Jonothan Earnshaw (jonothanearnshaw@gmail.com) Maarit Venermo (maarit.venermo@esvs.org) Robert Hinchliffe (robert.hinchliffe@bristol.ac.uk) Editors, Virtual Vascular
