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In order to achieve this goal and to promote a high standard of clinical practice, UEMS has been pursuing the formulation of a common policy in the field of medical training, continuous medical education, exchanges of trainees between Countries, manpower problems throughout Europe.
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Re-evaluation of UEMS Section of Paediatric Surgery accredited centres!!! Training centres of Paediatric Surgery should be re-evaluated every 10 years after first accreditation. This should be done by mail and not by repeated side visit. The costs will be 300 € to be paid to the UEMS account. Application form for re-evaluation (download)
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To the Members of the Executive Committee of the UEMS Section of Paediatric Surgery
Proposal for Re-evaluation of UEMS Section of Paediatric Surgery accredited centres
Training centres of Paediatric Surgery should be re-evaluated every 10 years after first accreditation. This should be done by mail and not by repeated side visit.
The costs will be 300 € to be paid to the UEMS account.
PART I – Names / Addresses
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Primary Institution
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Paediatric Surgery
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PART II – Hospital statistics
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Paediatric Surgical
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Day Care
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Number of paediatric surgical admissions/year
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0 – 4 weeks
1 – 12 months
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Medical Specialities Concerning
Child Care1
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Medical Specialities Concerning
Child Care 1
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Paediatric Surgery
General
Newborn
Thoracic
Urology
Trauma
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Oncology
Radiology
Radiotherapy
Nuclear Medicine
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Renal Transplantation
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Neurology
Neurosurgery
Psychiatry (including child care)
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Nephrology
Dialysis
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Paediatric Intensive care unit
Neonatal intensive care unit
Emergency Department
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General Surgery (Adult)
Vascular Surgery (Adult)
Thoracic Surgery (Adult)
Orthopaedics
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Clinical Biology
Microbiology
Pathology
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Anaesthesiology
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Dermatology
ENT
Ophtalmology
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Internal Medicine
Cardiology
Haematology
Rheumatology
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Physical Therapy
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Gynaecology/Obstetrics
Perinatology Unıt
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Other
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Name of Department (Paediatric Surgery)
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Number of fully trained Paediatric Surgeons
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Total Number of Pediatric Surgical Trainees
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Total Number of other trainees (numbers, specialties), please specify
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DIAGNOSTIC FACILITIES
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DIAGNOSTIC FACILITIES
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Ultrasound
Paediatric Surgical (own)
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CT
PET-CT
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Endoscopy Unit
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MRI
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Urodynamic Unit
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Angiography
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Interventional Radiology
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Nuclear Medicine
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PART III – Paediatric Surgical Cases / Procedures
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Total Number of specific procedures
Please indicate average number / year for the last 5 years
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Newborn / Congenital Anomalies
(surgery within first 28 days of life)
Esophageal atresie (TOF)
long gap EA
CDH
Gastroschisis
Omphalocele
ARM
NEC
Hernia
other (please specify)
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Non-Neonatal
Acute Appendicitis (appendectomy)
Inguinal Hernia
Umbilical Hernia
Fundoplication
Intussusception
Hirschsprung´s disease
others (please specify)
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Urology
Orchidopexy
Circumcision
Hypospadias
Anderson-Hynes-Plasty
VUR- surgery
VUR – endoscopy
Bladder augmentation
Cystoscopy
others (please specify)
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Oncology
Central line insertion
Wilms Tumour
Neuroblastoma
Rhabdomyosarcoma
others (please specify)
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Trauma (conservative and surgical)
Thoracic trauma
Abdominal trauma
Pelvic trauma
Head trauma
Musculoskeletal
others (please specify)
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Others (if applicable)
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Paediatric Surgical Outpatient Clinic (for the last 5 years)
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No Pts Total (per year)
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% New Pts (average)
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Part IV – Training Programme
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Total No of positions for full time Paediatric Surgeons (fully trained)
Total No of positions for part time Paediatric Surgeons (fully trained)
No other specialists in the department of Paediatric Surgery (fully trained)
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Does every trainee have an individual periodical assessment?
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Training Facilities (Overall)
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TEACHING FACILITIES
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Do you have access to national/institutional simulation facilities?
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CONFERENCES
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Are there regular conferences on:
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Pathology ……/month
Radiology ……/month
Morbidity/Mortality ……/month
Research ……/month
Journal club ……/month
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Do trainees have a room where they can work or study?
Do trainees have protected study/research time?
Are there funds available for trainees to attend teaching courses and scientific meetings?
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RESEARCH FACILITIES
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Is clinical research offered to the trainees?
Is basic research offered to the trainees?
Is statistical advice available for the trainees?
Number of papers or posters presented by trainees at (inter)national meetings during the last year
(attach list with names, titles and meetings)
Number of publications in peer-reviewed journals (original papers, reviews, case reports) in the last two years.
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What are the scheduled working hours from…..am, until…….pm
How many hours average does each trainee spent in the institution per week
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GUIDELINES FOR THE RECOGNITION OF TRAINING CENTRES
Introduction
One of the tasks of the EBPS is to establish a standard for the training of paediatric surgeons in Europe. In order to assure the quality of training, certain criteria shall be laid down concerning the institutions which train paediatric surgeons.
Procedure
A training centre for paediatric surgery may apply for recognition by the EBPS. The chief of the training centre shall take the initiative for the recognition procedure. He or she declares the willingness to cooperate with the EBPS, to submit the information requested and to agree to site visits.
Criteria
1. For each training centre there shall be at least two trained paediatric surgeons.
2. The training centre shall be based in a university hospital or be associated to a university.
3. Since it is not expected that every centre will cover all aspects of paediatric surgery, rotation between training centres will be necessary in order to offer exposure to the whole field of surgery in children.
4. There must be up to date facilities for :
paediatrics and sub specialities
paediatric anaesthesia
child psychiatry
paediatric imaging
laboratory services
5. There must be:
a regular discussion of indications for operation
a weekly programme of teaching
regular discussions of morbidity and mortality and attendance at autopsies
ready access to an adequate library with international journals and recent books
facilities for clinical and experimental research
6. The programme of training must give graded and progressive responsibility to the trainee under the supervision of the responsible paediatric surgeons and must be recorded in a detailed log book as approved by the EBPS.
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To defend the title of medical specialist
To promote a high level of specialist care given to patients in Europe
To establish bonds between the national professional organisations of specialists in Europe
To contribute to solidarity between European Specialists
To promote free movement and the interests of European specialists
To collaborate with other committees of doctors in Europe and to exchange all information regarding specialists
see
The U.E.M.S.
The Section
The Board
The Multidisciplinary Joint Committees
The Scope of Paediatric Surgery
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DELEGATES MEMBER COUNTRIES
Created on 2015-01-31 00:00:00
The European Journal of Pediatric Surgery (EJPS) is the Official Journal of the Section.
You are kindly invited to check regularly the first pages of the Journal, where papers related to the life of the Section will regularly appear.
Created on 2015-01-31 00:00:00
Educational mostly text
Educational mostly images
Structured indexes of links
Specialised search engines
On line journals
Selection criteria
Future perspectives
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Welcome to the official website of the Section & Board of Paediatric Surgery of the Union of European Medical Specialists
The European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS) is the representative organisation of the National Associations of Medical Specialists in the European Union and its associated countries, representing more than 1.600.000 European medical specialists.
With a current membership from 37 countries, working through 42 Specialist Sections and their European Boards, addressing training in their respective Specialty and incorporating representatives from academia (Societies, Colleges and Universities), the UEMS has a statutory purpose the harmonization and improvement of the quality of medical specialist practice in the European Union.
The approved ETR RECOGNISED TRAINING CENTRES
NEW ETR - 2020 List of Training Centres
UEMS declarations and statements
Statement "Againts Wars" (under progress)
Actual Newsletter
Newsletter April 2025
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Secretary / Treasurer |
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Lucas E. Matthyssens
Department of Gastrointestinal & Paediatric Surgery
Princess Elisabeth Children’s Hospital
Ghent, Belgium
Tel: +32-93-325-562
Fax: +32-93-321-503
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Barbora Kucerova
Department of Paediatric surgery, 2nd Faculty of Medicine
University Charles University, University Hospital Motol
Prague, Czech Republic
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| Memebers of the Board |
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Mark Davenport (UK)
Carmen Mesas Burgos (Swe)
Kristin Bjornland (Nor)
Kristine Hagelsteen (Swe)
Tutku Soyer (Tur)
Zane Abola (Lat)
Ex-off. members
Peter Vajda (Hun) - webmaster, MJC Paed Urol
Luis Garcia Aparicio (Esp) - MJC Paed Urol
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The newsletter for June 2024 can be downloaded by clicking here.
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Members of the Examination Committee (Board Members of EBPS)
Oliver Münsterer (Germany), Chairman
Barbora Kucerova (Czech Republic), Secretary/Treasurer
Diane DeCaluwe (UK), Examination Question Masters
Laura Saura Garcia (Spain), Examination Question Masters
Mohamed Shalaby (UK), OSCE Lead
Lucas Krauel (Spain)
Salvatore Cascio (Ireland)
Hilal Matta (United Arab Emirates)
Website: www.paediatricsurgeryexam.org
European Examination Website
Created on 2015-01-31 00:00:00
The European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS) is the professional organisation for medical specialists in the countries of the European Union and the EFTA, representing more than 400.000 European medical specialists. As stated in the UEMS website, the statutory purpose of this international organisation is the harmonisation and improvement of the quality of medical specialist practice in the European Union.
In order to achieve this goal and to promote a high standard of clinical practice, UEMS has been pursuing the formulation of a common policy in the field of medical training, continuous medical education, exchanges of trainees between Countries, manpower problems throughout Europe.
Created on 2015-01-31 00:00:00
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Lucas Matthyssens (Belgium), President
Barbora Kucerova (Czech Republic), Secretary/Treasurer
Oliver Muensterer (Germany), Member of the Board
Marc Davenport (UK), Member of the Board
Carmen Mesas Burgos (Sweden), Member of the Board
Zane Abola (Latvia), Member of the Board
Tutku Soyer (Turkey), Member of the Board
Kristin Bjorland (Norway), Member of the Board
Kristine Hagelsteen (Sweden), Member of the Board
Peter Vajda (Hungary), Ex-officio member of the Board, MJC (EBPU and EBRUD) representative, Webmaster
Luis Garcia Aparicio (Spain), Ex-officio member of the Board, MJC (EBPU) representative
VACANCY for Ex-officio member of the Board, Junior Doctor Association’s representative
THE EXAMINATION COMMITTEE
Oliver Muensterer (Germany), Chairman of the Examination Committee
THE C.M.E. COMMITTEE
Lucas Matthyssens (Belgium), Chairman of the C.M.E. Committe
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DOCUMENTS
The Scope of Paediatric Surgery
The European Structure
Statutes of the Union of European Medical Specialists (UEMS)
Rules of Procedure of the UEMS
Charter on Training of Medical Specialists in the European Community
Statutes of European Board of Paediatric Surgery (EBPS)
Guidelines for:
a] Recognition of Training Centres
b] Certification of E.B.P.S. and application form
c] Log Book
d] Continuing Medical Education (CME)
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Educational - mostly text
E-medicine
E-Medicine (a U.S. company privately held launched in 1996) is one of the largest clinical knowledge base available on the Net, covering some 7,000 diseases and disorders and containing an Image Bank of nearly 30,000 multimedia files. The evidence-based content provides current practice guidelines in 62 medical specialties; for Pediatric Surgery look under "Pediatrics". Subchapter on "General Surgery" is unfortunately still empty, but plenty of pediatric surgical pathologies -schematically but comprehensively treated- can be found in the subchapters "Urology", "Gastroenterology" and "Neonatology"
Neonatology on the web
Private-owned site run by a Cedars-Sinai Medical Center physician, features some utilities useful also for pediatric surgeons, such as: 1) General reference materials (Tables and charts commonly used in routine neonatal intensive care); 2) Medications for Neonates (Formulary for neonates, with dosing guidelines by gestational age and weight and references); 3) Teaching Files and Guidelines (an extensive list of links to teaching files and guidelines for neonatal-perinatal medicine); 4) Neonatal Drips calculator.
OMIM - Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man
This database is a catalog of human genes and genetic disorders developed for the Net by the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). The database contains textual information, pictures, and reference information, as well as the OMIM Morbid Map, a catalog of genetic diseases and their cytogenetic map locations arranged alphabetically by disease. A visit to the site it's a must for all pediatric surgeons dealing with gene-related pathologies (from Adenomatous polyposis to Wilms' tumour).
Pediatric Surgery Update
Humberto Lugo-Vicente's website is by far the most known and complete among those devoted to Pediatric Surgery in the Net. The volumes of the Journal, appeared in July 1993, cover a wide array of topics; the Pediatric Surgery Handbook for residents is possibly the most complete in the web; well worth of interest are the section on "New techniques in pediatric surgery" and the challenge to the skills of readers in "What is your diagnosis" section.
The Pull-thru Network
The Pull-thru Network, a chapter of The United Ostomy Association, Inc., is a non-profit support and resource organization dedicated to the families of children who have had or will have a "pull-through" type surgery. The site hosts a full-text quarterly newsletter intended to report items of interest with regard to imperforate anus, cloaca, VATER association, urinary incontinence, Hirschsprung's Disease, spinal and renal anomalies, as well as a glossary of medical terms, online terms, surgeries, and abbreviations.
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The newsletter for January 2023 can be downloaded by clicking here.
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This Registry enrolls the Paediatric Surgeons recognized as such by the European Board of Paediatric Surgery, either after approval by the relevant National Scientific Association or after Examination. Names are listed in alphabetical order of Country, Surname and Forename. Names of Paediatric Surgeons approved after Examination are emphasized in bold and further listed under "Successful Applicants". in the Examination website.
REGISTRY IS CONTINOUSLY UPDATED AND UNDER VERIFICATION
at European Examination Website - Previous Candidates
Austria
Belgium
Croatia
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Italy
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
UK & Ireland
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The Section of Paediatric Surgery is one of the 34 Specialists Sections of the UEMS, created with the scope: To defend the title of medical specialist
To promote a high level of specialist care given to patients in Europe
To establish bonds between the national professional organisations of specialists in Europe
To contribute to solidarity between European Specialists
To promote free movement and the interests of European specialists
To collaborate with other committees of doctors in Europe and to exchange all information regarding specialists
(Management Council Meeting, October 1992, Paris)
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LISTS
National Member Associations of the U.E.M.S.
U.E.M.S. (Paediatric Surgery) List of Delegates
Executive Committee Members
List of Meetings
1. Rotterdam, January 1992
2. Leeds, July 1992
3. Madrid, January 1993
4. Manchester, July 1993
5. Paris, January 1994
6. Rotterdam, July 1994
7. Glasgow, January 1995
8. Sheffield, July 1995
9. Hamburg, January 1996
10.Jersey, July 1996
11.Dublin, January 1997
12.Istanbul, July 1997
13.Copenhagen, January 1998
14.Bristol, July 1998
15.Paris, January 1999
16.Liverpool, July 1999
17.Koln, January 2000
18.Sorrento, July 2000
19.Heidelberg, December 2000
20.Budapest, May 2001
21.Dublin, January 2002
22.Cambridge, July 2002
23.Copenhagen, January 2003
24.Tours, May 2003
25.Pavia, January 2004
26.Zagreb, June 2004
27.Koln, January 2005
28.Gdansk, May 2005
29.Paris, January 2006
30.Maastricht, May 2006
31.Budapest, January 2007
32.Torino, May 2007
33.Graz, January 2008
Financial Contributions
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Educational - mostly images
Pediatric Radiology and Pediatric Imaging
The site, partly sponsored by the Radiological Society of North America's Research and Education Foundation, is an extremely rich paediatric radiology and paediatric imaging digital library. It features imaging appearances of 402 (!) common paediatric diseases covered by 1.886 cases; needless to say that an huge amount of these cases are of surgical interest.
Virtual Children's Hospital Correlapaedia
"Correlapaedia", a site developed at University of Iowa College of Medicine, is a correlative encyclopaedia of paediatric imaging, surgery and pathology. Its goal "…is to create for the medical apprentice a collection of patient stories in which imaging and pathology plays a key role in diagnosing and managing surgical diseases in children. By reviewing these stories, it is hoped the medical apprentice will be able to add them to their memory and be able to recall them when needed in the future to aid in their diagnosis and treatment of patients.". 56 clinical stories beautifully illustrated in their imaging, surgical and pathological aspects are organised by age, organ and clinical presentation.
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The newsletter for January 2023 can be downloaded by clicking here.
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LIST OF RECOGNISED TRAINING CENTRES (updated in Dec, 2025)
1. Graz, Austria, 1997 (Re-accredited in 2022)
2. Madrid - La Paz, Spain, 1997 (Expired)
3. Copenhagen, Denmark, 1998 (Re-accredited in 2019)
4. Porto, Portugal, 1998 (Re-accredited in 2020)
5. Paris - Debré, France, 1999 (Re-accredited in 2019)
6. Cologne, Germany, 2000 (Expired)
7. Barcelona - St Joan, Spain, 2000 (Re-accredited in 2019)
8. Heidelberg-Mannheim Consortium, Germany, 2000 (Expired)
9. Marseille - CHU La Timone, France, 2000 (Re-accredited in 2018)
10. Budapest-Szeged-Pecs Consortium, Hungary, 2001 (Re-accredited in 2019)
11. Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2002 (Re-accredited in 2020)
12. Berlin, Germany, 2002 (Expired)
13. Nantes - CHU Mère-Enfant, France, 2003 (Expired)
14. Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 2004 (Expired)
15. Ankara - Haceteppe, Turkey, 2004 (Re-accredited in 2020)
16. Istanbul - Cerrahpasa, Turkey, 2005 (Re-accredited in 2019)
17. Lille - Hosp Jeanne de Flandre, France, 2005 (Expired)
18. Prague, Czech Republic, 2006 (Re-accredited in 2019)
19. Warsaw, Poland, 2006 (Expired)
20. Bern, Switzerland, 2007 (Expired)
21. Dubai, UAE, 2008 (Expired)
22. Stockholm, Sweden, 2010 (Re-accredited in 2021)
23. Uppsala, Sweden, 2010 (Expired)
24. Gdansk, Poland, 2011 (Expired)
25. Goteborg, Sweden, 2012 (Re-accredited in 2019)
26. Barcelona - Valle de Hebron, Spain, 2012 (Re-accredited in 2022)
27. Frankfurt, Germany, 2015
28. Istanbul - Göztepe, Turkey, 2016
29. Lund, Sweden, 2016
30. Dublin, Ireland, 2017
31. Mainz, Germany, 2017
32. Bursa, Turkey, 2017
33. Helsinki, Finland, 2018
34. Izmir, Turkey, 2019
35. Cambridge, UK, 2019
36. Ankara - University Hospital, Turkey, 2022
37. London - Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, UK, 2023
38. Munich-Ingolstadt Consortium, Germany, appl. in 2025 - Site Visit in 2026
The application form can be downloaded as PDF by clicking here.
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Paediatric Urology
The Sections of Paediatric Surgery and Urology together with the European Society of Paediatric Urology created in 2001 a Multidisciplinary Joint Committee (MJC) on Paediatric Urology. Unanimously approving to join the MJC the 2001 Budapest General Meeting emphasised: a) the need to enter the Committee "on the same level" with Urologists; b) the opportunity to draw some sort of a syllabus of training in Paediatric Urology, looking very carefully at its realisation particularly in regard to neonatal urology; c) the need to have our Trainees exposed also to adult Urology; d) the need to check if paediatric urology is performed in an environment suitable for childrens' need, such as a Children Hospital; e) the opportunity to have Paediatric Urology in the syllabus of the European Examination. Appointed to represent the Section in the MJC were Yves Aigrain, Ole Nielsen, Jorgen Thorup, Cenk Büyükünal, Jean Michel Guys and from 2019 Peter Vajda.
The MJCPU decided the creation of a Committee and an Academy in Paediatric Urology (with functions parallel to those of Section and Board), with elected President of the Academy.
The European Board of Paediatric Urology (EBPU) is recognised as a UEMS specialist sections since October 2017.
Relevant documents of the EBPU can be found at https://www.espu.org/epbu-mjc-pu-eapu
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DELEGATES OBSERVER COUNTRIES
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COUNTRIES
Analytical data of European Countries
Synoptical data of European Countries (population)
Synoptical data of European Countries (general data)
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Online journals
Annals of Improbable Research
As an exception to the rule of selecting only sites of paediatric surgical interest, we recommend a visit to this journal although (unfortunately ?) no paediatric surgeons are, at least for the moment, among the contributors. The visit is particularly worthwhile in case of depression after an heavy work day or in case of lack of inspiration for further studies. It will be then possible to have details on "The gentle art of political taxidermy", or on "Alteration of the platelet serotonin transporter in romantic love," or else how "carefully collecting, classifying, and contemplating which kinds of containers his patients chose when submitting urine samples". The list of the IgNobel prizes awarded by the Journal boasts gems as "The collapse of toilets in Glasgow Public Health" or "The Relationship Among Height, Penile Length, and Foot Size" as well as "The Effects of Unilateral Forced Nostril Breathing on Cognition" (by the way, all these papers before being awarded the IgNobel prize have actually been published !).
European Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Full text is available from issue 3/2000. Subscribers of the printed journal can easily register to get free access to the full text online version. Abstracts are available free.
Pediatric Surgery International (with access limitations)
Abstracts only available for volume 12 (1997); full text available from volume n. 13 onwards (1998)
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THE Ped. Surg. C.M.E. COMMITTEE
Udo Rolle (Germany)
Continuing Medical Education for Paediatric Surgeons in the European Union
Preamble
In recent years there has been increasing public interest in how the professions govern and regulate themselves, and this interest has extended into the field of continuing education. As in any other profession, also in medicine there is widespread acknowledgement of the need for continuing education for those who have completed formal training and entered into hospital or independent practice. Continuous Medical Education (CME) is one of the most important tools in ongoing development: it helps physicians to maintain and improve their professional competence and skills, to broaden their professional outlook and to keep abreast of relevant developments, thus providing patients with up-to-date high quality healthcare. CME is an ethical and moral obligation, to which any physician is called upon: self-regulation of this type is likely to lead to enhancement of the image of the profession in the eyes of the public, fellow professionals and the European Commission. On the other hand, CME is not only an ethical and moral obligation, but also a right which has to be secured to all doctors, granting them the opportunity to participate in CME activities: it is therefore desirable to create incentives for the medical specialist to undertake this activity ("The system of remuneration of all specialists must contain elements of finance to include their activity in CME. However, whatever system is applied in the member state, the specialist must not be financially disadvantaged and therefore should be compensated for his/her CME activity" - UEMS Charter on CME, 1994).
It is the intention of the UEMS Section of Paediatric Surgery as well as the European Board in Paediatric Surgery that each Paediatric Surgeon will take responsibility for the way in which he or she seeks to fulfil the recommended CME requirements. Surgeons will be responsible for choosing their CME activities in accordance with their needs, learning methods and clinical settings. There is growing emphasis on the need to ensure that participation in such education is documented and results in learning. The Board have adopted a philosophy which focuses primarily on continuing education, but also incorporates a system of identifying and assisting the minority who fail to participate in CME to the minimum level.
In order to encourage cross fertilisation of ideas and harmonisation of CME practice across Europe, the Board considers mandatory a co-ordination of the CME activities among Member and Associate Countries, whether they already have an established CME program or not. The system here presented is designed to ensure uniform standards, while taking into account each country's present organisational structure.
This document sets out a system of CME for Paediatric Surgeons throughout Europe, structured on the basis of the Charter on CME approved by the Management Council of the UEMS since its London Meeting of the 28-29 October 1994, the recommendations set out and accepted by the Advisory Committee on Medical Training in October 1994 as well as taking into account the functions of the European Accreditation Council on CME (EACCME) as defined in the relevant section in the UEMS website.
1. General Rules of CME
2. Participation in CME
3. Provision of CME
4. Approval of CME events
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1. Paediatric surgery
The field of paediatric surgery encompasses the surgical care of the growing individual. lt includes management and peri-operative care from before birth up till the final stages of development.
2. Paediatric surgical centres
Paediatric surgery should be provided in paediatric surgical units based in centres where a full range of medical and surgical facilities for the care of the sick child are available. Most of these centres should provide postgraduate training in paediatric surgery and research facilities.
The paediatric surgical unit should be headed by a trained paediatric surgeon.
3. Paediatric surgeon
A paediatric surgeon is a surgeon specifically trained in the care of children.
4. Specialist paediatric surgery
Specialist paediatric surgery should be performed in a paediatric surgical centre or in a specialised centre with possibilities to provide adequate care to children.
5. Training of surgeons, other than paediatric surgeons
Surgeons taking care of children should have had adequate training in a paediatric surgical unit. They should also continue to have regular exposure to this type of patients. Moreover, they should stay informed about new developments in the field of paediatric surgery.
6. Hospital
All children should be treated in a hospital environment appropriate for their age group. Children should not be admitted to hospital if this can be avoided.
7. Referral advice
Children should be treated by practitioners experienced in this field. lf the expertise is not available, the child should be referred to a centre as defined at article 2.
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Structured links
General Pediatrics
The site is an award-winning digital library that identifies and organizes high quality, authoritative General Pediatrics WWW sites. Information is available on almost 400 common pediatric problems, some of them of surgical interest, plus policy statements, clinical practice guidelines, consumer health information and more.
Martindale's Health Science Guide
Guide edited by the University of California at Irvine, in a midst of a wealth of medical links (135,500 MedicalCases & Grand Rounds; 62,300 Teaching Files; 1,295 Courses / Textbooks; 1,735 Tutorials; 420 Journals; 4,410 Databases) it is possible to find something interesting under the heading "Pediatrics / Anesthesiology & Surgery Center".
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1. General Rules of CME
1.1 Definition
Continuing Medical Education (CME) is a programme of educational activities to guarantee the maintenance and upgrading of knowledge, skills and competence following completion of Postgraduate training. CME is an ethical and moral obligation for each Paediatric Surgeon throughout his/her professional career in order to maintain the highest possible professional and continually rising standards of the medical care provided to the population. It consists of the continuous renewal, extension and updating of scientific knowledge and technical skills necessary to maintain these professional standards. UEMS Section of Paediatric Surgery as well as the European Board in Paediatric Surgery (from now on: the Board) recommends CME as the most important and efficacious method for keeping abreast of the newest techniques and information in our speciality and for maintaining and enhancing competence.
1.2. Credit system
A credit is a unit of CME and corresponds basically to one hour of educational activity. One credit does not have to be always identical with a clock hour, but can be different depending on the type of education (D9909). Credits will be awarded according to the CME activity involved (§1.3.).
The initial basic minimum target for CME is 50 credits per year. In one year not more than 100 credits should be recognised (D9907).
There should be an appropriate mix of CME activities, with at least 25 hours being spent on External CME activities and at least 25 of Internal CME activities (§ 1.3.).
Though the workings of the system and individual participation will be reviewed annually, the cycle will be five-yearly for a total of at least 250 credits. Out of these 250 credits, at least 100 should be in external formally planned CME and 100 in internal personal learning activities (D9907).
In cases where 250 credits are not achieved there will be an appeal system for extenuating circumstances. Paediatric Surgeons who fail to achieve 250 credits in 5 years should receive counselling from the National Professional Authority or the Board itself.
Credits in excess of the required 250 will not be carried forward into the following 5 year cycle.
Credits cannot be earned for service on committees or working parties whether local, national or international.
1.3. Categories of CME
CME activities are classified in two categories: as a general rule External CME activities must be formally approved beforehand (§ 4.1.1.), while Internal CME activities should not (§ 4.1.2.).
1.3.1. External formally planned CME
Ext - 1 : Scientific Congress, EACCME registered
Ext - 2 : Scientific Congress, no EACCME registered (local)
Ext - 3 : Courses, Workshops, Seminars
Ext - 4 : Distance learning programs
1.3.2. Internal CME
Int - 1 : Hospital based CME
Postgraduate meetings, Research meetings, Department meetings, Hospital grand rounds, Journal club, Clinical outcome meetings (audit)
Int - 2 : Independent based CME
Reading medical literature, medical writing, editorial or refereeing work, Internet learning, self assessment examination, medical audiotapes and videos
Int - 3 : Other CME activities
Visit to specialised units, preparation and delivery of formal lecture or seminar, preparation and delivery of audit report, publication or presentation ofscientific papers or books, teaching, postgraduate examination work
CME activities (awarding of credits)
External Minimum: 25 credits / year
Ext - 1 : Scientific Congress (1 credit/hour, max 25 credits)
EACCME registered
Ext - 2 : Scientific Congress (1 credit/hour, max 15 credits)
No EACCME registered (local)
Ext - 3 : Courses, Meetings, Seminars (1 credit/hour, max 10 credits)
Ext - 4 : Distance learning programs (1 credit/hour, max 10 credits/program)
Internal Minimum: 25 credits / year
Int - 1 : Hospital-based (1 credit per meeting - Supporting documentation to be provided)
Postgraduate meetings,
Research meetings,
Department meetings,
Hospital grand rounds,
Journal club,
Clinical outcome meetings (audit)
Int - 2 : Independent-based (Maximum 10 credits/year)
Reading medical literature,
Preparing lectures,
Medical writing,
Editorial or refereeing work,
Internet learning,
Self assessment examination,
Medical audiotapes and videos
Int - 3 : Other activities
Visit to specialised units (10 credits/week)
Preparation and delivery of (3 credits - Supporting documentation to be provided)
formal lecture or seminar/audit report
Publication of scientific papers (10 credits for indexed, 5 credits for other papers)
Publication of books (Up to 10 credits per chapter)
Postgraduate examination work (1 credit/day, max 5 credits/year)
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BOARD STATUTE
- Article 1 - Name, Duration and Office
The name of the board is 'European Board of Paediatric Surgery (EBPS)
The main objective of the EBPS is to attain the highest standards of care in the field of paediatric surgery, as defined in the Dublin statements of 1987, in the countries of the European Union.
This aim shall be achieved by the following means:
- The EBPS shall recommend the standards required for the training of specialists in paediatric surgery and supervise the maintenance of these standards.
- The EBPS shall make proposals for the quality of training and for the syllabus for paediatric surgery.
- The EBPS shall recommend criteria to which the training centres in paediatric surgery" should conform to be registered as EBPS-approved training centres for trainees in the speciality.
- The EBPS shall recommend the requirements for quality control or certification as trained in paediatric surgery; 'European Board Qualification'.
- The EBPS shall recommend procedures to facilitate tree movement of specialists in paediatric surgery in the EU.
- Within the EU the free movement of paediatric surgeons or trainees shall be encouraged between member countries.
- The EBPS may conduct site visits of institutions that have formally agreed to live up to EBPS standards. Site visits will be carried out only whit an agreement of principle of the visited institutions. The visits may result in certification as EBPS recognised training institution. In countries where residencies are already reviewed, the EBPS will cooperage with such activities.
- Article 3 - Recognition of Qualification (European Board Qualification)
The EBPS shall issue a certificate of recognition of qualification in paediatric surgery to individuals who have attained the required training and successfully completed the educational requirements specified by the Board.
An European Board quality control in paediatric surgery will be established.
Only fully trained specialists having undertaken recognised training in a Member State of the EU, in a EFTA country or in another state at a comparable level may apply for this quality control to the EBPS.
This quality control shall give the candidate the right to 'European Board Qualification'.
Application for quality control:
- The candidate shall have been working in paediatric surgery for at least three years when he or she applies for quality control
- It shall be demonstrated that he or she has effectively practised in paediatric surgery during that period.
- The candidate shall prove that he or she has continued in his or her post- graduate education.
Concerning free movement of paediatric surgeons in the EU;
- The recognition of qualification is optional and shall not be a condition for immigration into the countries having mutual] recognition of the training in paediatric surgery with the candidate's home country.
- It is desirable to each agreement that obtaining this qualification shall be considered by the authorities as proof of the quality and relative equivalence of the contents of training. It is therefore a factor which shall be added to compliance with the normal conditions authorising free movement.
- Within the EU this recognition of European Board Qualification should foster the free movement of recognised paediatric surgeons.
- The European Commission is invited to approve this initiative and consider it as a factor in achieving free movement.
Full membership of the EBPS shall be confined to representatives elected by the professional organisations and/or the scientific societies for paediatric surgery in the countries which are full or associate members of the UEMS. Representatives from other European countries may be invited to take part in the EBPS as observers and their membership will be notified to the Council of management of UEMS.
The EBPS shall comprise two representatives for each country. They shall be confirmed by the national professional organisation, recognised by the UEMS.
At least one of the representatives shall be a member of the national delegation to the monospecialist section of paediatric surgery.
A member of EBPS shall be in office for a peri-od of 4 years, which may be renewed once, provided the delegate continues in active practice.
The EBPS may form working committees.
The EBPS may call upon one or more experts.
A special relationship between the EBPS and the European Union of Paediatric Surgical Association (EUPSA) will be created with respect to the standards and the contents of training.
The Permanent Working Group of Junior Hospital Doctors (PWG) has the right to delegate a specialist under training in paediatric surgery. He will sit with deliberative vote.
- Article 5 - Executive Committee
The EBPS shall elect an executive committee from among its full members. The executive committee shall comprise president, vice-president, secretary and treasurer. As far as possible the secretary should be the secretary of the monospecialist section of UEMS. Up to four additional members may be elected to constitute the executive committee.
The executive committee shall establish rules of procedure to be communicated to the General Secretary of the UEMS. It shall undertake the organisation of meetings and the execution of decisions.
The executive committee shall communicate with the General Secretary of the UEMS who shall be informed of the activities of the EBPS as prescribed in the statutes of the UEMS.
The president and vice-president shall remain in office for four years. They cannot be re-elected immediately. The secretary and treasurer shall remain in office for four years and can be re-elected for another four years.
The EBPS will hold its annual meeting (plenary session) once a year. Additional meetings may be convened by the executive committee with the agreement or at the instigation of the executive of the monospecialist section, the UEMS General Secretary or on the request of one third of the members of the EBPS.
Items for the agenda may be proposed by the members, associate members, the EBPS executive committee, the monospecialist section, the UEMS Management Council or its General Secretary. They should be forwarded to the secretary three months before the meeting.
The agenda of the EBPS plenary meetings shall be communicated to the members and the UEMS General Secretary at least two months before every meeting.
Minutes of the meetings, resolutions, recommendations, opinions, studies and all other relevant documents will be forwarded to EBPS members, to the General Secretary of the UEMS and to the secretary of the monospecialist section within one month after the meeting. They will be read, amended, proposed and signed as an accurate record at the next meeting.
The EBPS executive committee meets at least every six months.
Meetings of the executive committee are convened by the president, the vice- president and/or the secretary.
The agenda and relevant papers will be distributed to the members of the executive committee at least one month before the meeting - with a copy for information to the General Secretary of the UEMS.
In dealing with third parties EBPS and its executive committee respect Article 13.111 of the UEMS.
The elected representatives of each UEMS full and associate member country have one deliberative vote. Between them this amounts to one vote per country.
The voting procedures described in the UEMS Rules of Procedure of 2.10.87 in Art. 14 and decision rights [Article 15) and speaking rights (Article 16) are to be followed.
For each country the right to vote is subject to the payment of the contribution.
Experts and observers have a consultative status and shall not have voting rights.
The EBPS shall establish, apart from the executive committee, other committees, in particular with the remit of education, training, mobility and manpower.
Each committee is elected by the EBPS and describes his own objectives and procedures in a detailed document (by-laws) according to the UEMS statutes and Rules of Procedures. These by-laws must be submitted to the approval of the EBPS.
Each committee shall establish its own executive and shall be responsible for the management of its own finances, subject to the approval of the treasurer of the EBPS.
Each committee is empowered to raise such funds as may be necessary to achieve its objectives. Their annual budgets are, however, part of the EBPS global budget and must be submitted for approval to the Annual General Meeting of the EBPS. They are to be sent to the General Secretary of the UEMS for information.
Funds shall be acquired by contributions by national professional associations; subsidies and donations; gifts and other benefits.
Over and above payment of the agreed annual subscription to the monospecialist section for paediatric surgery, a quota can be reserved for the EBPS.
The financial activities of the EBPS are subject to the approval and the control of the treasurer of the EBPS and the monospecialist section for paediatric surgery.
All works performed on account of or on behalf of the EBPS by the UEMS Secretary's office, are to be paid for to the General Secretary, the same as for any work executed for any monospecialist section.
The treasurer of the EBPS will present a budget to the Annual General Meeting for approval, sending a copy for information to the General Secretary of the UEMS.
The accounts of the EBPS shall be audited by an independent committee of two elected delegates appointed annually at the General Meeting.
- Article 10 - Relationship with National Associations
The EBPS will achieve its objectives by setting standards and by encouraging health authorities, national paediatric surgical societies, training institutions, paediatric surgeons in charge of training and trainees to live up to these standards.
The EBPS does not seek any legislative or executive power within countries of the European Union (Article 13 of UEMS Statutes).
The EBPS will be kept informed about national rules and regulations which concern the areas covered by its objectives. Conflicting rules and situations will be registered. The EBPS annual plenary meeting will be the appropriate assembly to discuss such situations and to work out recommendations and amendment procedures.
A synopsis of the training situation in the member states shall be made to the EBPS. It will be submitted to the monospecialist section, that will forward d to the UEMS General Secretary. Such report will serve as a basis for the committee's work in order to reach the comparable high level as required by the EBPS.
No EBPS rule shall be in contradiction with the UEMS Statues and Rules of Procedure and particularly with the working rules of the monospecialist section.
- Article 11 - Amendments, Dissolution and By-Iaws
The procedure for amendment of Statutes and Rules of Procedure and for the Dissolution of the EBPS are identical to those described in Article 14,15 and 16 of the UEMS Statutes.
The executive committee may determine by-laws, which cover subjects which have not been included in these statutes.
A by-law shall not be in violation with the statutes of the EBPS or those of the UEMS.
Accepted by the representatives at the meeting of the monospecialist section paediatric surgery of the UEMS held in Leeds (UK) on the 21st July 1992. With some minor amendments approved by the executive council of the monospecialist section paediatric surgery in its meeting on 30th January, 1993, in Madrid, Spain.
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Specialised search engines
Clinical Trial Finder
Scope of this site is to match "…investigators with studies. Investigators can find studies which suit them and sponsors have immediate access to suitable investigators. Investigators can apply immediately for a study reducing the time taken for sponsors and doctors to get in touch. Investigators are alerted to new studies in their therapeutic areas allowing sponsors to target investigators specifically for their study".
Doc Guide
Very rich site, with some aspects relevant for paediatric surgeons, presenting news, clinical cases, Congress Resource Center, presentation of new drugs, online medical dictionary, multilingual medical glossary. The system contains the electronic form of eight glossaries, in which are discussed 1830 technical and popular medical terms (with cross-references between them) in eight languages : English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Danish.
Health On the Net Foundation
Swiss based non-profit private Foundation aimed to "…promote the effective and reliable use of the new technologies for telemedicine in healthcare around the world." HON is now presented as "…one of most respected not-for-profit portals to medical information on the Internet " featuring, among other items, two widely-used medical search tools, MedHunt© and HONselect© and the HON Code of Conduct for the provision of authoritative, trustworthy Web-based medical information. The search for "Paediatric Surgery" made through these tools retrieves 27 paediatric surgical sites subscribing to the HONcode, 145 sites visited and described by HON and 1456 sites and pages automatically retrieved by a robot. The sites retrieved by the system are really many, but unfortunately not always completely focused on the request, having sometime only a very slight pertinence with paediatric surgery.
MedExplorer
General search engine with some sections of interest for paediatric surgeons. Noteworthy the nutritional section, presenting a detailed database on the infants different foods. Updated world Congresses and Conferences program. Worth of a visit the "Humour" section, displaying jokes with medical flavour.
Sites Médicaux dans le Monde Classement par Spécialités
Search engine managed by the University of Rouen with structured links to many medical sites world-wide.
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3. Provision of CME
3.1. Role of the European Board in Paediatric Surgery
The Board will facilitate the development of educational programmes in conjunction with the European Union of Paediatric Surgical Associations (EUPSA), the National Associations of Paediatric Surgeons and other National Bodies responsible for maintaining standards of care in Paediatric Surgery in that country. It will act as a promoter and facilitator of CME in Europe and will encourage the Specialist Paediatric Surgical Societies in each country to establish and further CME on a regular basis. It will play a part in setting the standards and help to monitor the quality of CME events. It will also link the National Authorities designated for CME planning with the European Accreditation Council on CME, thus improving CME exchanges between European countries.
The Board will also be responsible for recording the CME activity of Paediatric Surgeons throughout Europe: this will include the continuous updating of the list of Paediatric Surgeons whose CME credits meet the minimum agreed standard and whose name can continue to be pointed out in the European Board’s Register of Paediatric Surgeons.
3.2. Role of the National Associations of Paediatric Surgeons (Associations)
The Associations will provide opportunities for CME and assess the quality of educational provision in the relevant Country. It will advise locally on the requirements for and look for omissions in the provision of CME. The Associations are the appropriate body to continue to develop and provide CME through national conferences, which they can monitor and evaluate, and through specialist literature, which may incorporate self-assessments. As part of their role in assessing the quality of educational provision, the Associations will make recommendations to the Board for the approval of external meetings, courses and distance learning programmes. The Associations will plan provision of CME in conjunction with the Board, ensuring geographical availability. They will offer advice to any Paediatric Surgeon who is having difficulty in achieving the minimum number of credits.
3.3. Role of the Hospital Surgical Units and Postgraduate Centres
The hospital-based CME programme will continue to be an important and significant part of an individual surgeon's CME. It is also recognised that valuable resources for independent study are available in hospital libraries and it is hoped that the formalisation of CME will encourage the further development of audio, video, and computer-based CME material.
3.4. Other providers of CME
Other providers of CME may include healthcare companies and specialist medical education agencies such as those who already develop CME meetings, courses and printed material. For general professional development, providers may include universities, management consultants and other professional companies. It is hoped that these various providers will increase the availability of CME courses, but all will require approval (§4.1.1).
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Selection criteria
The scope of this section is to offer Paediatric Surgeons who surf the Web an edited guide, a bulletin describing how to find information and data, with particular attention given to sites of educational value, aiming to compile an index of paediatric surgical information, a sort of a virtual textbook of Paediatric Surgery.
This "data mining" has been carried out selecting among the rather huge amount of sites found only those meeting the following prerequisites:
1) dealing entirely or mostly with paediatric surgical issues (with the exception of specialised medical search engines, of course);
2) having a substantial educational content, either directly or as a structured series of links to other sites of educational relevance;
3) being written by professionals or medical organisations, with a sound scientific background to the content;
4) having an access free or through a free on-line subscription (with the exception of the on-line journals);
5) not being overtly promotional.
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2. Participation in CME
2.1. Who should participate in CME
All surgical hospital staff should participate in CME. Trained surgeons wholly engaged in private practice should also be included. Trainees in Paediatric Surgery, whose educational requirements are peculiar and more demanding than those involved in CME, are not included in CME registration process although this obviously does not mean that they have to be excluded by CME activities.
Adequate completion of CME requirements is mandatory for all Paediatric Surgeons registered into the European Register of Paediatric Surgeons in order to maintain their status of Fellows of the European Board of Paediatric Surgery (F.E.B.P.S.). After each 5 years period on the Register will be pointed out the names of Paediatric Surgeons that have attained the minimum standard of CME credits required in the same period and have forwarded them to the Board.
It is taken for granted, for Paediatric Surgeons in Countries which have an established system of CME crediting, that the Board will accept the methods of approving and reporting of CME activity which are already in place. Until the Board has overall jurisdiction in Europe, for these Surgeons a copy of the CME annual summary used in their Country could be forwarded to the Board for their records. It is nevertheless recognized that there are differences in the methods by which each Country assesses standards of surgical care and CME. This will by necessity require the Board to liaise with different organisations according to the Country in question when assessing the CME status of Paediatric Surgeons.
2.2. Verification of CME Activity
The Board will publish on its Internet website the appropriate documents for recording CME activity (§ 2.3.). Each registered Paediatric Surgeon willing to join the European CME program shall download the documents and fill it regularly. Completed forms should be mailed or e-mailed to the Board.
After completing 5 years of CME activity to the minimum recommended level required, a registered surgeon's name will be pointed out on the European Register with a specific mention of his/her CME accomplishment. The first list will be compiled in 2005 and it will be updated annually. Verification of a sample of the CME returns will take place for time to time.
2.3. How to record CME credits
There will be two forms of documentation for recording CME, a personal log book and an annual summary sheet, available on the Section website. The log book will be an ongoing record of activities in which will be recorded the nature and duration of each CME activity undertaken. From the log book, an annual summary will be completed which will be returned to the Board. The log book is the personal record of participation in CME. It is advised that this should be retained for seven years in case there is any dispute in due course about the central CME record and the surgeon’s inclusion on the list of those who have participated satisfactorily. In order to claim CME credits for external meetings, courses and distance learning programmes, the event must have been formally approved by the National Authority or by the Board for CME purposes prior to the event taking place.
Note: Implementation of items n. 2.2 and 2.3 has been temporarily delayed, waiting for the National systems to be settled and tested; the Section will then take care to collect via e-mailing the annual credit sheet, approved by the relevant National Accreditation Authorities, of the FEBPS willing to have their CME duties recorded on the European Register.(Zagreb General Assembly, 2004)
2.4. International CME activities
The participation in EACCME registered CME activities outside their own country by Paediatric Surgeons entitles them to the recognition of the credits they obtained by the Authority of their own country. Specialists apply for the recognition of these CME credits in the same way as for CME credits obtained in their own country (D9907).
2.5. Arbitration mechanism
Any disagreement in recording and awarding CME credits should be referred to the Chairman of the Board's Committee on CME. Appeal body against Chairman’s decisions will be first the Executive Committee of the Board and then –further disagreement should persist- the Executive Committee of the UEMS as well as the European Accreditation Council for CME.
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Future perspectives
This page represents an attempt to put the available paediatric surgery related internet sites in an order so that the interested paediatric surgeon can screen the information according to its relevance for our subject. This is strictly to separate from peering these sites.
However one of the subjects that UEMS is dealing with is the education of the interested student, trainee and professional with the ultimate goal of generally approved procedures for re-establishing health.
A continuous education of paediatric surgeons abuts on manifold barriers such as heterogeneous, individual educational requirements, geographic obstacles, financial problems, limitation of time, family obligations, carrier commitments etc.
Modern information technology with user friendly operating systems offers a promising approach for overcoming these difficulties. In addition the proliferation of personal computers opens an elegant method for an educational network. The number of medical professionals with access to Internet is estimated at about 50% and the access of institutions all over Europe, regardless of geographic position, over 95%.
Paediatric Surgeons in different European countries have different demands on the depth and detail of the requested information and specific paediatric surgical training is getting more difficult due to the expansion of medical knowledge. Redundancy of the presented contents and depiction of complex facts by printmedia accelerates this problem.
Multimedia technology offers a feasible possibility for making this wealth of knowledge easier to handle and present. These innovative training methods could contribute to a response to major socio-economic challenges facing the European Union by solving educational problems in a European dimension. The quality of life of the Union’s youngest citizens could thus be improved.
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4. Approval of CME events
4.1. Approval requirements
4.1.1. External formally planned CME
CME activities which will require beforehand formal approval are those listed in External formally planned CME (§ 1.3.). In order to qualify for CME approval an event should:
Be aimed at a defined target group(s);
Set out clear and relevant objectives;
Include a mechanism for evaluation - so that the organisers and presenters can obtain feedback on the relevance, quality and effectiveness of the activity;
Have an appropriate programme - which reflects the needs of the intended participants;
Reflect a broad consensus of current expert opinion;
Neither to be biased nor to be overtly promotional where there is a commercial sponsor;
Have a nominated organiser who will keep records of attendance and evaluation; Have a nominated organiser who will keep records of attendance and evaluation;
Meet the criteria for international accreditation of CME (D9908) in order to be recognised as Ext - 1 CME activity (EACCME registered formally planned interactive CME).
4.1.2. Internal CME
Internal CME activities (hospital-based CME activities) do not require formal approval unless they are aiming mainly at surgeons outside the hospital thus being regarded as Ext - 3 CME activities (Courses, Meetings, Seminars). The Board however expects such activities to be of good quality and well monitored. It is also envisaged that local mechanisms should be set in place to monitor local activities.
4.2. Application procedure for approval of CME events
4.2.1.
The main Authorities for the accreditation of providers of external formally planned CME and for the awarding of CME credits are the National Authorities designated for this purpose. The Board can assume these functions if no national professional CME Authority exists.
4.2.2.
If international participation is desired and if European credits are to be awarded, the provider of an external formally planned CME activity applies both to the National Authority and to the EACCME according to the relevant procedures (D9907-D9908). Once the CME activity is reported to the EACCME, the EACCME grants the European registration of this CME activity and communicates it to the appropriate national and other professional authorities.
Details on the procedure as well as Request form can be found at the EACCME Section in the UEMS website.
4.2.3.
If an event is approved someone from the approving body may ask to attend. In the case of distance learning programmes the organiser may be called upon to show the programme materials to the approving body. After a CME approved event has taken place, the organiser would be expected to retain a list of participants and a copy of the completed event evaluation for 2 years and to make these documents available to the Board and the Association if required.
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N E W S L E T T E R 2 0 0 7
Sections representation to the UEMS Central Executive Committee
Our President prof. Holschneider has been highly active as Representative of the Surgical Sections within the UEMS Central Executive Committee, together with prof. Greenhalgh of the Section of Surgery. In this capacity he strongly supported the position of the Sections in the general framework of the UEMS organisation and their initiatives such as European Examination and Site Visits, intended as main available ways to raise and to keep the standards of medical training in Europe.
The need of a standardisation of training is becoming more and more evident due to the increased exchanges of medical specialists throughout European Countries. This phenomenon raised a lot of problems because of evident inequalities of training and quality assessing among the different Countries: this leads to consider more in depth the issue of international recognition of the validity of the European Examinations, once thwarted and now just barely recognised by the UEMS headquarters.
Our Section will go on strongly supporting the request of voting right for the delegates representing the Sections and Boards in the UEMS Management Committee, to express at the highest level of our Organisation proposals and views coming out from the people directly involved in the patients care, European medical specialists.
Council for European Specialist Medical Examinations (CESME)
The 9-10/2/2007 our Section organised a Meeting in Glasgow, attended by representatives of 9 Sections already running European Examination as well as by the General Secretary of UEMS Bernard Maillet, to discuss different issues on the topic of European Medical Examination. A common Declaration was agreed upon, where it was also proposed to establish a Council for European Specialist Medical Examinations (CESME) as an advisory body to the UEMS and its Sections. The so-called Glasgow Declaration was then presented and discussed at the Presidents and Secretaries meeting in Brussels the 26th May; amended version was again discussed in the UEMS Executive Meeting in Bratislava the 11-12/10/2007, while two other meetings of the CESME were held in Brussels (16/6/2007 and 17/11/2007). Up to now 22 out of 38 Sections took part to these meetings.
The Glasgow Declaration is still waiting its final approval, but the issues raised by problem of European Examination and dealt within the Declaration are on top of the Agenda of our Section.
Site visits
Last Centers visited and approved are the Training Centers in Paediatric Surgery of Warsaw, Poland and Bern, Switzerland, raising the total number of approved Centres to 20 (1 Austria, 1 Czech Republic, 1 Denmark, 4 France, 3 Germany, 1 Hungary, 2 Netherlands, 1 Poland, 1 Portugal, 2 Spain, 1 Switzerland, 2 Turkey).
National Delegates have been invited to appreciate in full the importance for a Training Center to be recognised at European level, as a mark of excellence, and to foster the application from Centers in their Country not yet approved by the European Board. Actually, site visiting is the only way to assess the quality of Centres and to increase quality standards, also because National Authorities in many countries do not deal with this issue.
About the problem of setting the standards required by a Training Centre in Paediatric Surgery, discussion within the Section underlined how needed are them particularly now with our discipline so rapidly evolving with new technologies. This issue prompted some Countries such as UK to consider dividing Centres in two different branches, the first with few centres of excellence - devoted to advanced Paediatric Surgery and the second the average Centre dealing with ordinary Paediatric Surgery. While considering the basic requisites for a training centre it comes out the problem of the number of index cases to be dealt with by the trainees, not always available in different periods of the year: this also implies the need of fixing the maximum number of trainees each Centre can train at a time.
This problem presents different aspects in the different Countries. If the training is meant to prepare the trainee to enter private practice he will need to master only standard procedures for routine surgery; moreover, approbation of a Centre needs to take into account multiple factors, such as regional boundaries, catchments area, number of treated patients, facilities available, number of surgeons and their subspecialties, which are the results of the Centre (is there an audit system or not ?). Definition of the minimum standard for a Centre to be recognised is yet to be defined, as well as the number of trainees it can train at a time.
European Registry of Paediatric Surgery
After the extension to Romania and Bulgaria of the EU boundaries, it was decided to offer also to our Bulgarian and Romanian Colleagues the opportunity to apply for European Registration for established Paediatric Surgeons, with the same procedure and limitation applied for the last Countries admitted to EU, i.e. allowing them one year to register according to the rules set up for the first Registration. This was reserved for bona fide Paediatric Surgeons already established from at least three years in 1996, in other words for pediatric surgeons specialised before 31st December 1993. About the issue of amount of fee to be paid for registration, it was decided to reduce it to 25 euro instead of 35 pounds as formerly established, clearly specifying that this sum has to be intended as a fee and not as a coverage of the expenses for registration.
European Examination
In 2007 European Examinations part one (100 MCQ, preliminary screening) were held in Glasgow, Turin and Budapest; European Examination part two (clinical examination and vivas) were held in Istanbul, were 25 candidates were examined, 22 approved and 3 failed, and in Budapest with 24 candidates examined, all approved but one.
Two major problems were encountered: 1) difficulties in english fluency by some candidates, declaring a workable knowledge of english but on the contrary needing on the spot translation; 2) high number of candidates, involving a complex organisation.
Turkish Association of Paediatric Surgeons agreed to adopt the European Examination as National Examination, automatically approving at national level the Turkish successful candidates; locally organised national examination were performed with the same set of MCQ and general setting of European Examination.
The issue of admitting to the European Examination also candidates not EU citizens or not trained in EU was discussed: considering that it seems advisable to separate political issues from cultural ones, that keeping the European Examination as a high level standard improves the position of the UEMS towards foreign Countries, that in the Glasgow Declaration it was expressed a common position on this issue, it has been agreed that the Examination will be open also to non-EU citizens, recording the successful candidates in two different Registers for EU and non-EU citizens.
Syllabus in Paediatric Surgery
The long way to final approbation of the European Syllabus in Paediatric Surgery saw in 2007 the presentation of the third draft, the discussion of the fourth one and the collection of suggestions and amendments from the National Scientific Societies, summarised in the final draft that will be hopefully approved and published in 2008.
Topics emphasised in the last versions are the need to keep Urology within the umbrella of Paediatric Surgery; the opportunity not to compare and to copy the UK system for the whole Europe; not to impose guidelines so strict to make them impossible to follow; not to be too much specific in detailing procedures; to be very careful with minimum numbers of procedures to be performed.
EACCME/CME/CPD
In 2007 two events (Sevilla Hypospadias Course on Current Surgical Treatment and Live Surgery and European Congress in Torino) were approved and accredited by the EACCME.
The agreement signed with the UEMS headquarters is working smoothly and the accreditation of events approved by the Sections Committee is registered promptly, assuring a recognition also by the American AMA accreditation system.
European Working Time Directive
This issue raised a lot of discussions and practical proposals aimed to harmonise the formal requests of the Directive with the needs of a proper training of postgraduate students. The 48 + 12 working hours model was judged essential to allow enough time for good patient care as well as for research. Unfortunately, the huge amount of variables involved in this issue as well as the total impermeability of European Commission to the modifications suggested by the UEMS made any further discussion on this topic practically useless.
Section participation to Multidisciplinary Joint Committees
Our Section is involved in four Multidisciplinary Joint Committees, i.e. Paediatric Urology (MJCPU), Sport, Emergency Medicine and Hand surgery.
About MJCPU and particularly about the resolution of the Committee to register as Paediatric Urologist only Colleagues dealing with this subspecialty for more than 80% of their activity, it was raised the problem that many Paediatric Surgical Centres perform a lot of Paediatric Urology, but cannot by approved by the MJCPU because of the 80% rule. According to our representatives in the Committee also with this rule the work of MJCPU is running smoothly: the committee organised the European Exam in Paediatric Urology with now some 120 Fellows of the European Academy of Paediatric Urology. Seventeen candidates were rejected because devoting to Paediatric Urology less than 80% of their activity. Site visits were performed in three Centres while 3 are still in the waiting list; a system of recertification as a Fellow of the Academy through CME achievements was set in place.
No specific activities have to be reported for the other three MJCs.
UEMS / EUPSA relationship
Relationship between the Section and the EUPSA (European Paediatric Surgeons Association) continues to be very strict, both having the same goal to increase the quality of Paediatric Surgery in Europe. The main instrument of EUPSA is since many years the European Pediatric Surgical Scientific Congress. In addition, in the last year many further activities concerning the exchange of clinical experience and research activities were realised.
The Executive agreed to keep EUPSA and UEMS meetings in parallel in order to go on working together, but with a clear definition of whos who, the EUPSA a private scientific association and the UEMS a political one dealing with the European Commission.
The Syllabus is the example of a very important issue to be dealt with jointly; about the istitutionalisation of relationship between the two bodies, it was agreed that both Presidents will be reciprocally invited in the Executive Boards without voting rights.
Elections of the President and the Secretary
2007 has been the last year of term for the President Holschneider, for the Secretary Parigi and for two Executives, Aigrain and Lindahl. The General Council of the Section held in Turin elected Gian Battista Parigi (Italy) as new President for the term 2008-2011, Tomas Wester (Sweden) as Secretary for the same term, and re-elected Yves Aigrain (France) and Harry Lindahl (Finland) for another term as Executives.
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