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Register now for the ESMO Examination 2024

The main session of the ESMO Examination 2024 will be held on Saturday 14 September 2024 (17:30-20:00 CEST) during the ESMO Congress 2024 in Barcelona, Spain

Parallel sessions will be held in: Athens (Greece), Baghdad (Iraq), Biratnagar (Nepal), Cairo (Egypt), Chennai (India), Heidelberg (Germany), Istanbul (Turkey), Ljubljana (Slovenia), Milan (Italy), Moscow (Russian Federation), Paris (France), Thun (Switzerland).

The Exam 2024 will be available in English, French, Spanish and Slovenian. Please choose the preferred language in your registration.

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The ESMO Examination is open to MD`s who are ESMO members or members of the AIO and/or DGHO (Germany) and to members of the FMH (Switzerland).

Exam registration fees and deadlines

Deadline

ESMO Members

AIO, DGHO, FMH Members

Early registration: 8 April 2024

€70.00 + VAT (if applicable)

€350.00 + VAT (if applicable)

Late registration: 8 July 2024

€250.00 + VAT (if applicable)

€350.00 + VAT (if applicable)

About the Exam

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The ESMO Examination is a valuable assessment tool for practicing medical oncologists and an excellent opportunity for medical oncologists in training to assess their knowledge. The ESMO Examination is the written part of the Board Certification in Medical Oncology in Switzerland and Slovenia. In all other countries the ESMO Examination certifies an excellent knowledge in the field of Medical Oncology according to the criteria of the European Society for Medical Oncology.

The ESMO Examination has no legal standing since only national authorities can grant physicians the right to practice.

Successful candidates will be certified for five years. After five years recertification can be attained either by re-taking the ESMO Examination (on passing, recertification is valid for a further five years) or for ESMO members participation in the ESMO Medical Oncologist’s Recertification Approval (MORA) which is a proof of continuing medical education – allowing ESMO members to remain certified in medical oncology. If approved, the recertification is also valid for five years.

CME Points

The ESMO Examination is accredited with 50 category 1 ESMO-MORA CME points.

Examination Format

Questions cover all fields of medical oncology, including: basic elements of tumour path histology, epidemiology and biology. Besides all cancer types, the ESMO Examination includes practice-oriented issues on diagnosis, staging, management, evaluation and prognosis of cancer patients.

  • Written Examination of 150 minutes
  • 100 multiple choice questions are divided as follows:
    • 75 type A questions
    • 25 type K' questions
  • Pass score: according to the Rasch procedure, the pass score will fluctuate around 60% (empirically ± 5% than in previous years) to keep exam difficulty comparable from year to year

Preparing for the Examination

To prepare for the ESMO Examination, we recommend that applicants follow scientific updates published in the major oncology journals, including Annals of Oncology and ESMO Open, and other educational material produced by ESMO.

The OncologyPRO Tumour Sites Portal groups ESMO resources according to the disease or the topic area and will help you find the educational material more easily.

Webcasts from the ESMO Academy 2023 can also be accessed via OncologyPRO. (ESMO members and event attendees)

Privacy Policy

No information about the participation to the ESMO Examination or the obtained results will be communicated to third parties unless authorised by the candidate and only if requested.

ESMO Examination 2023

Read the report from the 2023 ESMO Examination

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