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Based on European standards of training and care as established by ESGO. ESGO provides supervision for accredited training and has been running hospital recognition for excellence in training and care while accrediting centres across Europe.
The centres ESGO accredited as European Training Centres in Gynaecological Oncology are authorised to provide certified training.
As of Sep 2016, ESGO has set new rules for the application process of hospital accreditation for training in the subspecialty, since the prerequisite of accreditation for basic training in obstetrics and gynaecology is not required anymore.
Only centres that meet the above requirements can start the application process for ESGO accreditation by initiating the digital application via REDCap.
Interested to be part of the growing network of ESGO accredited centres for training in the subspecialty?
Together with the Application should be submitted:
- Formal Training programme and tutorship of the centre - Latest Year Report or equivalent data, reflecting the quantitative requirements.
As part of the process, to be eligible for the subspecialty training a centre must:
View the full detailed requirements
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Committed to the cause of excellence in care and education, since 2010 ESGO aims to establish multidisciplinary standards for care in training and ovarian cancer surgery, and acts as the European authority in the field of gynaecological oncology.
Requirements of gynaecological oncology increased, surgery has become more complex, oncological care has become more multidisciplinary and evidence is required also for modules and assessments during training.
The ESGO “new” Curriculum (compulsory as of January 1, 2021) has been mainly based on and around competence and structure of the general basic training in obstetrics and gynaecology.
The eLogbook has been provided for training in gynaecological oncology and is compulsory for all fellows undergoing the ESGO certified training.
Note that:
The portfolio must be completed within four (4) years after the formal start of training. Retrospective fulfilment of the criteria, e.g., completion of the portfolio over years of oncological practice without a registered and defined training programme, is not allowed.
The ESGO Curriculum can be downloaded HERE
For any further information about the new Curriculum please feel free to contact the ESGO office
Special regime for subspecialty accredited training in the UK and the Netherlands
ESGO recognises the local subspecialty training of RCOG (UK) and NVOG (NL) as a full equivalent of ESGO accredited training and ESGO does not run neither audit nor certification of hospitals
The ESGO training centre accreditation regular administrative fee is 1.100 EUR for centres from High Income Countries (HIC) and 500 EUR is due from applicant centres from Low and Middle Income Countries (LMIC). Please consult the list of LMIC countries as of the World Bank.
In addition, training centres who wish to become recognized are asked to pay for travel expenses and hotel of the visitors. Besides, extra expenses, i.e. the PCR Tests are covered by the hosting centre. · Claim form together with original bills are sent to the visited centre by visitors directly.
The regular administrative fee of the Re-accreditation process, both the on-site visit and the online tele-visit is 1.100 EUR for centres from High Income Countries (HIC) and 500 EUR is due from applicant centres from Low and Middle Income Countries (LMIC).
However, if the same centre has already been accredited for Ovarian or Endometrial Cancer surgery, the fee is as follows:
* Any of the following Centre (Re)Accreditations: Training, Ovarian or Endometrial Cancer Surgery
After another 5 years (10 years since the first accreditation) the re-accreditation will again be done by a physical on-site re-visit.
Apply now for re-accreditation!
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“I am so honored and happy to be part of the ESGO effort to improve the quality of care of all women with gynecologic cancers across Europe and beyond. One way to reach the goal is our process of institutions' accreditation for subspeciality training. We invite you to consider the (re)accreditation of your institution if not yet done! We are here to help you.”
Maja Pakiz, ChairESGO Training & Certification Committee
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