UEMS Section of SurgeryUEMS Section of Surgery
| Dates | Place | Application Deadline |
|---|---|---|
| 9th of June 2023 | Lyon, France | CLOSED |
| 30th of September 2023 | Ghent, Belgium | CLOSED |
All candidates – including new candidates and those who postponed or failed previously – must apply through the QuizOne platform accessible through the buttons below.
We do not accept any document as support to applications by any means other than uploaded on the dedicated web-platform. Documents received by any other means will not be considered as part of an application.
Please note that once the deadline date to apply is passed, no application will be acceptable by any means.
Before clicking the “Apply” button, please carefully read the EBSQ policies and Eligibility criteria and ensure that you are ready to submit all required documents.
Please also ensure that you pay the fees before the deadlines.
Places are limited. Do not wait until last minute to finalise your application as places will be offered on a first come, first serve basis from date of application completion.
Candidates are responsible for their own application and its follow-up. Checking up regularly emails, and junk emails, is highly recommended – the UEMS Section of Surgery will not be responsible for any missed information sent via email.
Please note that the EBSQ Examination in HPB Surgery takes place only in the English language.
We kindly encourage applicants to submit their documents and payment as early as possible.
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To apply for certification as Fellow of the European Board of Surgery (FEBS) in the specialty of HPB Surgery offered by the “European Board of Surgery” and the “Division of HPB”, a candidate has to undergo a two-step quality validation process: Eligibility (Part I) and Examination (Part II).
A candidate successfully passing the Eligibility and Examination will be qualified as: Fellow of the European Board of Surgery (FEBS) in HPB Surgery.
The Fellowship of the UEMS is a significant high-level indication of professional competence and excellence. It basically reflects the ongoing important European standardisation, harmonisation and quality assurance process in medicine.
At present, the fellowship of itself has no automatic legal recognition in the European Union or any other country. Individual recognition of qualifications by the national authorities is supported by the EBSQ committee and the number of countries officially adopting the Board exam is continuously rising. The future perspective of this European diploma is to be seen in unanimous legalization within the ongoing project of the European harmonization process of medical education.
The title does not in itself imply an automatic right to independent practice, nor does it automatically enhance participation in national social security systems of the European Union.
The candidate for the EBSQ title in HPB should be a future opinion leader in Hepato -Pancreato-Biliary Surgery.
To apply to the EBSQ examination in HPB surgery, a candidate must fulfill the following requirements for eligibility:
The candidate must have a total of 20 credit points (CPs), as per the Credit Points document.
The candidate must have performed at least 50 major HPB procedures independent of a kind. As an example of major HPB procedure, major liver resections mean 3 or more segments of liver. The details of required HPB procedures are indicated in the Logbook requirements document.
The Eligibility test is done in two steps.
Application to the EBSQ Examination in Abdominal Wall Surgery is composed of the following documents.
Candidates must attach the following documents to their online registration on the UEMS Surgery platform:
The URL link of your MEDBOOK profile (codes will be provided to the 20 first applicants ounce they have submitted the previous documents and passed the first part of the Eligibility assessment)
Please download the following documents:
The total fee for applying for the EBSQ Examination in HPB Surgery is €850:
Payments must be made via Paypal directly on the QuizOne platform dedicated to registrations before the deadlines dates.
The eligibility fee is to be paid when the applicant registers for the exam.
The examination fee should be paid once the eligibility of the applicant has been confirmed, within two weeks following confirmation of selection, to finalise the registration for the examination.
All fees paid are non-refundable. The exam fee may be transferred to another exam sitting if more than 30 days’ notice is given.
For those who have been assessed eligible, you may postpone for up to 24 months without having to pass and pay the eligibility assessment again. After 24 months you must go through the eligibility assessment again.
The examination can be repeated up to 3 times in 3 years in case of failure (ie: maximum 3 attempts in total).
Cancellation/Postponement up to 30 days before the exam:
Cancellation/Postponement less than 30 days before the exam:
Reasonable cancellations within 30 days of the exam will be considered on a case by case basis at the discretion of the Board of Examination. Supporting documentation is required.
For those who have been assessed eligible, you may postpone for up to 24 months without having to pass and pay the eligibility assessment again. After 24 months you must go through the eligibility assessment again and pay its fee.
All fees paid are non-refundable.
Fellows are responsible for their Certificates. New Certificates will not be re-issued in case of loss.
If there is an error on your certificate you must contact the office within 3 months of receiving the certificate to have the certificate reissued.
The Examination is held once or twice a year and takes place over a single day.
Examinations in HPB are only offered in English.
The written exam (multiple choice questions) takes place at the same examination center and on the same day as the oral exam. Candidates should bring their own laptop, as the examination is conducted on the UEMS online examination platform. The fact that a candidate does not have a laptop should not prevent them from taking the exam, we will ensure that a laptop is provided.
The oral exam consists of 3 consecutive 30 minutes sessions. Each session consists of two or three clinical cases discussions. Clinical cases are presented in a digital format with patient’s history and imaging.
Examiners will ask specific questions based on patient’s data, surgical technique, controversies and available clinical trials on the subject.
The exam includes the questions from the following areas:
The “pass mark” of the written exam is different every year. It is calculated before the exam using international standard-setting procedure (Anghoff Scoring) and depends on complexity of the questions. Calculated values are usually (not always) between 68-70%. Percentiles based system (Cohen) is not used.
A candidate successfully passing the examination will be qualified as: Fellow of the European Board of Surgery in HPB Surery (F.E.B.S. HPB Surg) and is provided with the relevant certificate. The Fellowship of the UEMS is a significant high-level indication of professional competence and excellence. It basically reflects the ongoing important European standardisation, harmonisation and quality assurance process in medicine.
