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UEMS Board Exam 2020 The Hague 2020-10-03,

Dear colleagues

Due to the covid 19 pandemic the ESTS The Hague annual meeting has been postponed from May 31st- June  3rd  to  Sunday October 4th – Tuesday October 6th.

As a result  the European Board of Thoracic Surgery Part 1 examination 2020 will be held in The Hague  on Saturday 3rd  October 2020, immediately prior to the ESTS conference  at The Hague World Forum, Churchillplein 10, 2517 JW, concurrently with ESTS conference, on Saturday May 30th, 2020, from 9.00 to 2.30 in Room Everest, 2nd floor..

It will consist of an MCQ testing, with 2 sets of 45 questions scheduled for 9O minutes each, with a break of 30 minutes in-between.

The UEMS section of Thoracic Surgery has decided in January 2019 to evolve towards a 2-part examination, as do most of European Specialty Boards that are UEMS accredited.

Part 1 is

a written examination run with MCQ testing theoretical knowledge across the mandatory modules of the Thoracic Surgery Syllabus. Part 2 is an oral examination based on clinical scenarios with standardized questions to be discussed with the jury ; i twill be organized at a later date.

Please visit UEMS website www.uemsthorax.eu to get more details on the new board regulations approved by UEMS section as of January 2019. In summary,

  • Part 1 examination may be taken as soon as the applicant has graduated for his national specialty examination
  • Validation of part 1 is mandatory for application to part 2
  • Part 2 may be taken after validation of part 1 and an experience of independent practice of at least 2 years.
  • The examination is centred on mandatory modules of the European Syllabus
  • Applications must be made according to instructions detailed in the regulations and uploaded via the website.

All applications will be submitted to a peer review; payment of the registration fee (400 € or less depending on income status of home country) is mandatory to enter the peer-reviewing process.

Application is closed 6th of May at midnight; successful candidates will be advertised by 13th of May. In case you are incontact with eligible juniors who are not ESTS or EACTS members, we thank you to forward them this information.

Best regards

Prof D van Raemdonck                                                            Prof G Massard

President UEMS section of thoracic surgery                           Chairman EBTS

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