UEMS Section of SurgeryUEMS Section of Surgery
| Date | Type | Place | Application Deadline |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17th of September 2023 | Oral | Athens | Closed |
The exam will take place in the framework of ESOT Congress 2023 in Athens, which will take place from 17th to 20th September 2023.
Applications are closed.
All candidates – including new candidates and those who postponed or failed previously – must apply through the QuizOne dedicated web-platform accessible through the buttons below. Applications by any other means are not accepted.
Please note that once the deadline date to apply is passed, no application will then be possible and 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.
We do not accept any document as support to applications by any other means than uploaded on the dedicated web-platform. Any document sent by any other means including by email will not be considered as part of an application.
Please also ensure that you pay the registration fee before the deadline. Payment of the examination fee can be made after the deadline, within two weeks of notification of your eligibility (sent by e-mail).
We kindly encourage applicants to submit their documents and payment as early as possible.
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 Transplant Medicine takes place only in the English language.
The examination for the European Fellowship in Transplant Medicine is organized by the European Board of Transplant Medicine of the UEMS Division of Transplantation in collaboration with the European Society of Organ Transplantation (ESOT).
To apply for certification as Fellow of the European Board of Surgery (FEBS) in the specialty of Transplant Medicine offered by the “European Board of Surgery” and the “Board of Transplant Medicine” a candidate has to undergo a two-step quality validation process: Eligibility (Part l) and Examination (Part ll).
A candidate successfully passing the examination will be qualified as: Fellow of the European Board of Surgery (F.E.B.S.) in Transplant Medicine.
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.
The candidate must :
Please read this document for ALL the information on the exam criteria:
For more information regarding eligibility criteria, application and examination process please contact:
Eligibility of an application will only be reviewed by the board once all required documents are provided and the Eligibility fee has been paid. Once these conditions are met, applications are treated by “first-come, first-served” principle. Incomplete applications or unpaid fees will result in delay of evaluation of your application.
Please read the instructions carefully and submit all required documents to support your application.
In order to check the eligibility of any application, prepare and then upload all the required documents.
All Certificates, if not in English originally, must be translated in English by a professional translator.
Check the criteria PDF file to see all documents needed to assess your eligibility to the EBSQ Examination in Transplant Medicine according to your situation.
Checklist:
The total fee for the EBSQ examination in Transplant Medicine is €400:
Payments must be made via Paypal directly on the QuizOne web platform dedicated to registrations.
The eligibility fee is to be paid when the applicant registers for the certification.
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.
For those who fail a module, you are entitled to one more chance to take the exam for each module in which you failed. In this case, you will have to submit again the required documents for assessment of your eligibility.
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. The exam fee may be transferred to another exam sitting if more than 30 days’ notice is given.
There is a separate examination for each module:
Each candidate is examined individually for every module for which he/she has applied.
The Examination format is only oral. The duration of the exam for each module will be up to 60 minutes.
Exam candidates will receive further and detailed information in a sufficient time prior to the exam.
The exam will be examination on clinical topics that can include direct questions, discussion of cases, questions based on presentation of radiological and histological findings and discussion around the topics included in the syllabus of each module.
A pass/ fail mark will be decided for each module following discussion among the members of the examining board without the presence of the applicant.
The decision of the examining board is final and is not subject to appeal. An unsuccessful candidate is entitled to one more chance to take the exam for each module that he/ she failed. In this case, the candidate will have to submit again the required documents for assessment of their eligibility.
The successful candidates are awarded the fellowship to the European Board of Transplantation Medicine (with specification for which modules) and are provided with the relevant certificate.
Senior transplant physicians with at least 10 years of continuous experience (from which a minimum of five years have to be spent in a UEMS full member country) who are practicing as specialists in nationally recognized National Health Services or University posts are eligible to apply for an Honorary Fellowship and to be exempted of the examination.
Two years of academic research in transplantation medicine can be included and accepted.
Submission of Honorary Fellowship applications is offered every year to senior transplant physicians meeting the requirements.
The Honorary Fellowship is not subject to periodical re-evaluation by the European Board of Transplant Medicine.
Based on experience, colleagues can apply for obtaining the Honorary Diploma in one of the following categories/ modules:
In order to apply for the Honorary Fellowship, candidates should fulfill minimal requirements by including the following electronically submitted documents (only English language accepted) in the application:
The letters should clearly state that the candidate meets the requirements for eligibility to apply for a Honorary Fellowship (10 years continuous experience and international recognition for her/his clinical, scientific and teaching activity and/or active memberships in recognized scientific associations in the field of transplantation).
All interested applicants are invited to provide the following documents to Susanne Beckebaum (susanne.beckebaum@googlemail.com) with the UEMS Surgery office in copy (office@uemssurg.org) and to proceed with the necessary application fee payment (details below):
Bank transfer of €400 (to be made when applying – necessary step required for assessment of the application):
Name of the account: UEMS/Section of Surgery
Account number: 001-7195551-70
Name of the Bank: BNP Paribas Fortis
Address of the Bank: Montagne du Parc 3
1000 Brussels
Belgium
IBAN Code: BE60 0017 1955 5170
BIC/SWIFT Code GEBABEBB
The candidate must indicate with the transfer their name and Honorary certificate transplant medicine in the bank statement.
The candidate shall submit all the required documents for the assessment of their eligibility by the evaluation committee of EBTM. Each member of the EBTM evaluation committee will independently evaluate the documents indicating the evaluation result for each candidate. In case of disagreement between evaluations on one or more candidates a supplementary joint conference for a final evaluation and decision will be carried out.
For more information regarding eligibility criteria, application and evaluation process please contact:
Susanne Beckebaum, Chair of the European Board of Transplantation Medicine (EBTM) susanne.beckebaum@googlemail.com
Speranta Iacob, Senior Secretary of the European Board of Transplantation Medicine (EBTM) msiacob@gmail.com
The successful candidate will receive a certification of their honorary fellowship. And, a list of the transplant physicians awarded the Honorary Fellowship will be published on the Fellows page here.
