1. 10 year Exams 2009 - 2018 ORAL PASSED FAILURE RATE Mannheim, Germany
PLACE
TYPE
DATE
PARTICIPANTS
PASSED
FAILURE RATE
Mannheim, Germany
PART I
29/06/2009 80 69 14
Pamplona, Spain
05/06/2010 52 47 10
Vienna, Austria
PART II
01/09/2010 77 70
Barcelona, Spain
02/07/2011
121
101 17
19/11/2011
103 12
Toulouse, France
18/06/2012
109 98
10/11/2012
117 40
Nice, France
27/04/2013 49 43
01/09/2013 6
23/11/2013
110 85 23
Antalya, Turkey
12/04/2014
124
112
Warsaw, Poland
19/07/2014 38 28 13
29/11/2014
149 
108  27
Prague, Czech Republic
07/06/2015
134 7
07/11/2015
163
119
Istanbul, Turkey
30/04/2016 97 75 22
Genoa, Italy
11/06/2016 65 54
05/11/2016
145
106 26
Bahrain
18/03/2017
102 21
Paris, France
24/06/2017 86 71
07/10/2017
36  20 44
11/112017
135
100 35
London, UK
19/05/2018 29
Part I
16/06/2018 51
10 year Exams
ORAL

2. 83% Pass rate Written Exams 2009 - 2018 Mannheim, Germany, 2009 86%
Pamplona, Spain, %
Barcelona, Spain, %
Toulouse, France, %
Nice, France, %
Vienna, Austria, %
Antalya, Turkey, %
Warsaw, Poland, %
Prague, Czech Republic, %
Istanbul, Turkey, %
Genoa, Italy, %
Bahrein, %
Paris,France, %
Barcelona,Spain, %
London,UK, %
Istanbul.Turkey, %
Pass rate
Written
Exams
83%

3. 77% Vienna 2010 90% Vienna 2011 88% Pass rate Vienna 2012 60%
Oral exams
77%

4. HOW MANY CANDIDATES HAVE PASSED BOTH PARTS
HOW MANY CANDIDATES HAVE PASSED BOTH PARTS? (2017) EBEORL-HNS FELLOWS (FEBEORL-HNS)
738

5. Explanation of markings for the candidate
1. Failure (Candidate has no concept in the mangement of the disease, even with promting. Not able to give correct answers.
2. Marginal failure (Candidate gets the basics right, needs a lot of promting. Borderline. Not adequate. Less than enough to pass.
3. Pass (Demonstrates good working knowledge. Needs some promting. No great mistakes. Unable to answer not crucial questions.
4. Very good-pass-excellent (Knowledge in a systematic and convincing way. Able to discuss differnet benefits and disadvantages of different options

6. Total 16 points in each table (consensus)
Total of 11 means pass for a table
Total of 10 or less in one table means complete failure of the candidate in the whole exam
Total score in 3 tables less than 33 (out of max. 48) means failure of the exam
Marginal cases( borderline candidates) will be discussed at a head office review.

7. BORDERLINE CANDIDATE
A candidate must as a general rule gather at least 33 points from all 3 tables and at least 11 points in each table.
If the candidate gets 33 points in total or more, but 10 points in one table, he/she is a borderline candidate.( pass depend on the examiners comments and the result of the written exam)
If the candidate gets 32 points in total with 10, 11 and 11 in the 3 tables he is also a borderline candidate.(Pass depend on the examiners comments and the result of the written exam)

8. HEAD OFFICE REVIEW Chairman + 2 Senior members of the board
Board members Vienna 2017
HEAD OFFICE REVIEW  
Chairman + 2 Senior members of the board
Review the examiners’ notes
Request the candidate’s performance in the written part (10% score above passing rate)
All failed candidates will have the opportunity to talk with either Klaus Albegger or me.
We can explain to the candidate why they failed. We can not change the result of their exam.

9. WHAT CAN WE DO TO ATTRACT MORE EUROPEANS
To continue improving the exam
To have esteemed examiners (as we do) from all over Europe
To find ways to propose refunding of the successful candidates by their countries (Austria and Greece for example)
To have close contact with important organizations or scientific societies
To persuade countries that have no end exam after training, to ask their trainees to undergo the exam

10. Asking the national societies to persuade the committees responsible for doctors’ employment that the EBE diploma is an important qualification.
The first step to achieve this goal is to officially accept the EBE diploma as equal to the national one.
To standardize the level of the exam and to increase its reputation in order to become a esteemed worldwide qualification (this needs time, continuous evaluation, effort and dedication)

11. Does your country recognize the EBEORL-HNS ?3 14 14

12. Do you use the EBEORL-HNS as equivalent to your national exam ?3 2 26

13. Future plans
E-LEARNING
Victoria Ward
Leeds

14. “performance and not competence should be evaluated in the future” ?

15. Assesment of performance
OSCE (Objective – Structured – Clinical - Examination)
Simulation (growing popularity)
360 gr. assesment
Skills Tracking (longitunal performance- use of logbooks)
Team performance ( aiming at closing the gab between the guidelines of best practice and what the individual department do in practice).

17. Thank you for your attention!