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TermsandConditionsoftheEuropeanDiplomainRadiology(EDiR)
I. GeneralStatementII. EligibilityCriteriaIII. RequiredDocumentationIV. ApplicationDeadlinesV. ExaminationFeesVI. PaymentPolicyVII. ExaminationRegulationsVIII. ExaminationStructureIX. ExaminationLanguagesX. ScoringXI. ResultsXII. DataProtectionandPrivacyXIII. AwardoftheEDiRCertificateXIV. AppealsProcessXV. RepeatExaminationPolicy
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I.GENERALSTATEMENT
1. TheseTermsandConditionsserveasabindingcontractbetweentheEuropeanBoardofRadiology(EBR)andthecandidateoftheEuropeanDiplomainRadiology(EDiR)examination.
2. AllcandidatesmustfamiliarisethemselveswiththeTermsandConditionsbeforeapplyingfortheEDiRexam.
3. Bypayingtheexaminationfee,EDiRcandidatesagreetotheseTermsandConditions.
4. TheEBRreservestherighttomakethefinaldecisioninallmattersrelatingtotheEuropeanDiplomainRadiology,includingthefinaldecisionontheselectionofcandidates.
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II.ELIGIBILITYCRITERIA
5. Candidatesmustmeetthefollowingeligibilitycriteriainordertosittheexamination:Candidatesmustbecertifiedradiologistsorbeinatleasttheirfifthyearofnationalradiologytrainingatthetimeoftheexamination.Incaseswherethelengthofthenationalradiologytrainingprogrammeislessthanfiveyears,experienceasasupervisedstaffradiologistwillbeconsidered.Thetotalamountoftrainingandsupervisedpracticalexperiencemustbemorethanfouryearsatthetimeofapplication.
6. Thefinaldecisiononacandidate’sadmissionwillbemadebytheEuropeanBoardofRadiologyonacase-by-casebasis.
7. Ifanapplicantcannotmeetallentrycriteriabytheapplicationdeadline,theirregistrationfortheexaminationwillnotbeprocessed.
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III.REQUIREDDOCUMENTATION
8. ThefollowingdocumentsmustbesubmittedandreceivedbytheEBRofficebytheapplicationdeadlinegiven:
a. Aproofoftrainingindicatingthedurationofradiologytrainingandexpecteddateofcompletion(ifnotcompleted)issuedbythetraininginstitution.
b. Incaseswherethedurationofthetrainingprogrammeislessthanfiveyears,aproofofexperienceasasupervisedstaffradiologistisrequired.
c. Aproofofprofessionprovidedbythecurrentemployinghospital/institution(forcorrespondingmembersonly).
d. Ascannedcopyofthecandidate’spassport.9. CompleteddocumentsshouldbeprovidedinEnglish.10. Candidatesareresponsibleforthevalidityofalldocumentsandthe
applicationdata.
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IV.APPLICATIONDEADLINES
11. Theapplicationprocesswillbeclosedfourweeksbeforetheexaminationdateoroncetherearenomoreplacesavailable.
12. Allrequireddocumentationmustbesubmittedandreceivedbytheendoftheapplicationdeadline.
13. Eachapplicantwillbenotifiedwhethertheirapplicationhasbeenacceptedtwoweeksaftertheapplicationdeadlineatthelatest.
V.EXAMINATIONFEES
14. Theexaminationfeeisthetotalamounttobepaidbythemember,includingtheapplicabletaxes.ThefeesfortheEuropeanDiplomainRadiology(EDiR)examinationare:
a. €500forfullESRmembersandESRmembersintraining.b. €1,100forcorrespondingESRmembers.
VI.PAYMENTPOLICY
15. Fullpaymentmustbereceivedbytheendoftheapplicationdeadline.16. Onlyapplicationsforwhichfullpaymenthasbeenreceivedwillbe
accepted.17. Norefundscanbeprovidedifanapplicantwithdrawstheirapplication,
ordoesnotattendtheexamination.18. Ifanapplicantisunabletoattendtheexaminationduetoajustified
causeofforcemajeure,theEBRwillchargeafeeforre-assigningthecandidatetoadifferentexaminationdate.
19. Itistheultimatelycandidate’sresponsibilitytoensurethattheymeettherequirementsconcerningentrytoanyparticularcountryforattendanceattheEDiRexamination.TheEBRhasnocontrolandcannotacceptanyresponsibilityforthismatter.Therefore,ifavisaisrequired,goodpreparationinadvanceisrecommended.Thecandidatemustconsidercarefullywhetherthereisapossibilitythevisaapplicationwillberejectedornotprocessedintime.Examinationfeesarenotrefundedifnotificationofwithdrawalisreceivedaftertheapplicationclosingdate.
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VII.EXAMINATION
20. Theexaminationwilltakeplaceaccordingtotheschedule,exceptincircumstancesbeyondtheEBR’scontrol.
21. EDiRexaminationshavealimitednumberofplaces.TheEBRdoesnotofferwaitinglists.Examinationplacesareassignedaccordingtothe"first-comefirst-served"principle.
22. TheEBRdoesnottolerateanyformofacademicdishonesty.23. Sharinganyexaminationcontent,suchasquestionsandcases,with
futurecandidatesisstrictlyforbidden.24. CandidatesmustfollowtheinstructionsoftheEBRstaffatalltimes.25. Candidateswillreceivetheexaminationguidelinesandinstructionsprior
totheexamination.Failuretocomplywillresultinthecandidate’sdisqualificationfromtheexaminationandexclusionfromallfutureexaminationsoftheEBR.
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VIII.EXAMINATIONSTRUCTURE
26. Theexaminationwilltakeplaceinoneday.Ittestsknowledge,skillsandcompetenciesingeneralradiologyinthreecomponents:• Multipleresponsequestions(MRQs):Computer-basedexamination
(90minutes).• Shortcases(SCs):Computer-basedexamination(90minutes).• ClinicallyOrientedReasoningEvaluation(CORE):Practical-oriented
cases.Computer-basedexamination(90minutes).
IX.EXAMINATIONLANGUAGES
27. TheEDiRexaminationwillbeinEnglish.
X.SCORING
28.Themultipleresponsequestionsandthequestionswithintheshortcasescanbeintheformofanyofthefollowingtypes:
a. Multiplechoicequestion:Thereisonlyonecorrectanswer.• Scoring:Wrong–Correct:0%or100%
b. Multipleresponsequestion:Thereareoneormorecorrectanswers.• Scoring: Proportionalscoringaccordingtothefollowingformula:
(n.Correct)(t.Correct)
−(n.Incorrect)(t.Incorrect)
wheren.Correctisthenumberofcorrectanswersselectedascorrectbythecandidate,t.Correctisthetotalnumberofcorrectanswers,n.Incorrectisthenumberofincorrectanswersselectedbythecandidateascorrectandt.Incorrectisthetotalnumberofincorrectanswers.Thereisnonegativemarking.Theminimumscoreis0.
c. Imageannotationquestion:Labelledarrowspointingtofeaturesoranatomicalstructuresofanimagethathavetobematchedwiththeircorrespondinganswerfromalistofoptions.
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• Scoring:Proportionalscoring.Therearenopenaltiesforincorrectanswers.
d. Abnormalitylocationquestion:Animageisdisplayedandthecandidatehastoindicatewheretheabnormalityis.• Scoring:Wrong–Correct:0%or100%
29.Thescoringiscomputedasfollows:
Part1 = 0.3xSCs_ Score+ 0.7xMRQs_ Score
Part2 =CORE _ Score
a. SCs_Score:Meanofthescoresobtainedineachshortcase.Eachshortcaseisscoredfrom0%to100%.Eachshortcaseisscoredcomputingtheaveragescoreofallthequestionswithineachcorrespondingshortcase.
b. MRQs_Score:Meanofthescoresobtainedineachmultipleresponsequestion.EachMRQisscoredfrom0%to100%.
c. CORE_Score:MeanofthescoresobtainedineachCOREcase.EachCOREcasewillbegradedbytheassignedexaminerwith-2,-1,+1or+2.TheexaminerswillhavethepossibilitytogradesomeoftheCOREcaseswithunsafe.
d. Theunsafescorewillbeassignedwhentheanswerinvolvesacatastrophicerror(anerrorofobservation,interpretationormanagement)withmajorimpactonthepatient.
29.ThepassmarkofPart1andPart2iscomputedasfollows:
Pass_mark(PartX ) =Mean(PartX )− 0.5x(Standard _Deviation(PartX ))
30.Inordertopasspart1,thescoreinthisparthastobegreaterorequalthan
thepassmarkinthispart.
31.Inordertopasspart2,thecandidatehastofulfilltheminimumcriteria(see
paragrahp32)toobtainagreaterorequalscoretothepassmarkinthispart.
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32.Theminimumcriteriatopasspart2isasfollows:• Thecandidatehastocompleteallthecasesshown• Atleast50%ofthecaseshavetobepositive.• Thecandidatewillfailifanyofthesesituationsoccur:
o Thecandidatehastwocaseswithanunsafescore.o Thecandidatehasonecasewithanunsafescoreandone
casewitha-2.
33.InordertopasstheEDiRexaminationcandidatesmustpasseachpartoftheexamination.
34.Finalresultsshallbegiventocandidatesinaresultsreportand,inanycase,shallnotbepublishedforallcandidatesbutindividually.Theresultsreportincludesthecandidate’soverallscoreanddetailedresultsincomparisonwiththeaverageresult.
XI.DATAPROTECTIONANDPRIVACY
39. InaccordancewiththeSpanishDataProtectionRegulation(Law
15/1999ofDecember15,onPersonalDataProtection),thepersonaldatacollectedbytheEBRwillbeincorporatedintoafiledischargedbeforetheSpanishDataProtectionAgency.
40. CandidatesallowtheEBRtostoretheirpersonaldata.TheEBRshallnotusesuchpersonaldataforpurposesotherthanthoserelatedtotheEDiRexamination.
41. Candidatesmayexercisetheiraccess,rectification,cancellationandoppositionrights.Theexerciseoftheserightsmustbemadeinwriting,[email protected].
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XII.AWARDOFTHEEDiRCERTIFICATE
42. EDiRcertificateswillonlybeawardedtosuccessfulcandidateswho:a. Arefullylicensedandinactivepracticeastrainedradiologists(ESR
fullmembershiporcorrespondingmembershiprequired)OR
b. Havecompletedradiologytraining,withaminimumdurationoffiveyears,inanationallyaccreditedprogramme.Incaseswheretherelevanttrainingprogrammeislessthanfiveyears,creditforexperienceasasupervisedstaffradiologistwillbeconsidered.(Thetotaloftrainingandsupervisedpracticalexperiencemustbefiveyearsormore.)
c. AreESRactivemembersintheexaminationyear.
43. ThefollowingdocumentsmustbesubmittedtotheEBRofficeeitherduringtheapplicationprocessor,ifnotimmediatelyavailable,aftertheexamination,inordertoreceivetheEDiRcertificate:
d. Up-to-dateproofoflicencetopractiseinradiologyfromtheofficialnationalregistrationbody(forcorrespondingmembersandprivatepractitionersonly).
e. ACertificateofCompletionofTraining(CCT)fromanofficialnationalregistrationbodyortraininginstitutionindicatingaminimumoffiveyearsofradiologytraining.IfthetraininghasnotbeencompletedbeforetheEDiRexaminationistaken,thentheCCTmaybeprovidedaftercompletionoftraining.
f. AproofofmembershipoftheESR.
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XIII.APPEALSPROCESS
GeneralTerms
44. Regardingpart1(MRQsandshortcases),appealscanonlybemadeifthereisatechnicalproblemduringthetest.
45. Regardingpart2(CORE),appealscanonlybemadeifcandidatesmeetthefollowingcriteria:
- Thecandidatefulfillstheminimumcriteria.- Thecandidatehascompletedthe10cases.
Appealscannotbemaderegardingthecontentoftheexamination.
46. TheAppealsCommissionshallbecomposedofthreemembersco-optedbytheEBR.ThemembersshallincludeoneappointeefromtheESREducationCommittee,withrecognisedexpertiseinEuropeaneducationalstandards;oneappointeefromtheESRNationalSocietiesCommittee;andthecurrentEDiRScientificDirector.TheAppealsCommissionhastherighttoreceiveevidencefromnominatedexpertsorwitnesses.
47. TheAppealsCommission’sdecisionsarefinalandarenotsubjecttoreviewbytheEBR.
48. Ifacommissionrulesinfavourofacandidate,nocostswillbeincurredbythecandidate.IfitrulesinfavouroftheofficialEBRexaminationresult,costsinrelationtotheenquiryshallbebornebythecandidate.
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ProceduretoinitiateanappealprocessTheappealprocedurewilldependonthepartoftheexaminationthatisthesubjectoftheappeal.49. Candidatesmayonlyappealinrelationtothetechnicalaspectsofthe
examination.Noappealmaybemadeinrelationtothecontent.Appealscanonlyberequestedupto10daysaftertheexaminationresultshavebeensent.
XIV.POLICYONREPEATEXAMINATIONS
50. Anoverallpassinggradecanonlybeachievedbypassingeachpartoftheexamination.
51. AnEDiRcertificatewillonlybeawardedtocandidateswhopasstheEDiRexaminationandmeetalloftheeligibilitycriteria.
52. Candidateswhofailtheexammustre-sittheentireexaminationinordertoreceivetheEDiRcertificate.Resultsfromthepreviousexamwillnotbeconsidered.