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The ESGO Accreditation in Endometrial Cancer Surgery is an award attributed to institutions that can offer patients the specific skills, experience, organisation, and dedication required to achieve optimal levels of surgical care.
The ESGO accreditation is based on completion of the ESGO Quality indicators and a scoring system which has been designed and validated within the International Expert Panel in 2021 (Quality indicators for the surgical treatment of endometrial carcinoma, IJGC, November 18, 2021).
Only centres that meet the QI requirements can be awarded the ESGO accreditation in Endometrial Cancer Surgery.
Centres receiving ESGO accreditation will be entitled to:
Centres interested in being accredited are required to:
Complete and meet the Criteria defining standard accreditation.
The List of Criteria for Endometrial cancer surgery accreditation can be downloaded here:
1. Application is digitalized via REDCap. Once you start the application process an invoice will be generated and sent to your centre.
Note that you will receive emails with active hyperlinks to the forms you will need to complete as part of your application. If your institution email server blocks such emails you should consider using an alternate email address, such as your personal email address, that will allow emails with active hyperlinks to come through.
2. Along with centre-level data, kindly submit a pseudo-anonymised dataset containing all patients treated for endometrial carcinoma in the last three (3) calendar years.
3. Further provide:
Here you can find the Self-assessment form which you will need to fill in your REDCap application.
In case any questions arise please kindly email us centre.accreditation@esgo.org
There is a (re)accreditation administrative fee of 1.100 EUR due for the Endometrial cancer surgery (re)accreditation for applicant centres from High Income countries and 500 EUR for centres from Low and Middle Income Countries. (Please consult the list of LMIC countries as per the World Bank).
However, if the same centre has already been accredited for Training or Ovarian Cancer surgery, the fee is as follows:
* Any of the following Centre (Re)Accreditations: Training, Ovarian Cancer Surgery, Endometrial Cancer Surgery or Cervical Cancer Management
In addition, a formal acceptance and commitment to pay the travel expenses of the expert in a random full-day audit that might be necessary in exceptional cases.
After an initial check, the Application is submitted to a jury (3 members, rotating every 2 years) outside the country of the applicant institution.
The review and evaluation will be processed via the REDCap platform.
As the maximum score is 143, centres meeting 80% (score ≥115 points) of the maximum score are proposed for certification to the ESGO Centre Accreditation and European Database Committee, which makes the final decision.
Accreditation is valid for 5 years, subject to renewal as a result of maintenance of the standards.
Centres of Excellence Award
Some high-volume and high-quality accredited centres can in addition apply for the “Centre of Excellence” award.
A Centre accredited as a Centre of Excellence may then build a network for education, training, and research.
The Requirements for GO accreditation for endometrial carcinoma surgery as a Centre of Excellence are here
Take into account that also the following criteria must apply:
Need further information? Contact the ESGO Administrative Office.
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