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The VGN is an association of (prospective)plaster technicians and affiliates.
Our association was born on June 1 1990 after a merger between the Dutch Association of Plaster Masters (NVG), founded in 1964 and the Dutch Association for Plaster Room Staff (NFHP), founded in 1979 .

The VGN has a good name with institutions within the healthcare, businesses and government agencies, both in the Netherlands and abroad. She was in 1990 a member of the (now defunct) International Society of Orthopaedic Technologists (ISOT), an umbrella global professional association. Currently she works as a union affiliated with NU'91.
In 2004, the VGN ensured that the proffesional profile and the professional code for plaster technicians was rewritten and formally accepted.

The VGN offers the members a number of objectives :
It promotes contacts between members,
It contributes to several qualifications of its members, both practical and theoretical areas,
It represents the interests of its members and the profession Plaster Master / Orthopedic Technician in the broadest sense of the word.
To achieve those goals it organizes general anual meetings mostly associated with an afternoon progamme with topics brought on a scientific sound of manner and / or topics of practial professional interests. A few things in cooperation with the Dutch orthopedic surgeons (NOV ) , the Dutch Society for Traumatology these objectives ( NA ) and other national and international organizations in this field .

Besides of the statutory general annual meeting (spring) and the related study , the vgn organizes and / or participates in symposia , seminars and conferences. The association also activates regional quality meetings and promotes active participation in workshops of suppliers. The association is also responsible for the publication of a professional journal and is involved in the National Education as Plaster Master (LOG ) , using the quality committee and steering committee .