Special Interest Training

Overview Special Interest Training

The special interest training modules are specialised educational tracks that centres can incorporate into their subspecialty certification programmes. These modules are designed to facilitate dedicated training in specific non-surgical areas of gynaecological oncology.

 

Modules available:

  • Diagnostic and Interventional Ultrasound
  • Systemic Treatment

 

Centres can apply for accreditation in one or both special interest training modules at the time of seeking accreditation as a training centre. Accreditation in these modules cannot be attained without also having or seeking accreditation as a training centre.

 

How to apply

  • Follow the steps to apply for accreditation as a training centre
  • Indicate your interest in either of the two special interest training modules directly in the application form
  • Fill out the required information and submit your application

 

Already ESGO-accredited as a training centre?

If you have a current valid accreditation, you will have to reapply for accreditation with your updated data and a training programme for the special interest training module(s). However, the fee for reaccreditation will be waived and your accreditation extended.

 

Requirements

Volume criteria for each additional special interest fellow:

  • 50 additional new cancer cases per year
  • 25 additional radical surgical cases per year

Diagnostic and Interventional Ultrasound

  • ≥ one educational supervisor meeting EFSUMB level III criteria
  • access to high-quality ultrasound equipment and software
  • access to advanced interventional procedures
  • systematic integration of ultrasound findings into the multidisciplinary team discussion and patient management plans
  • abdomino-pelvic ultrasound staging in all new patients
  • at least 150 new cases of abdominopelvic ultrasound staging per year of which at least 10 are vulvar cancer cases
  • at least 20 ultrasound-guided biopsies per year
  • at least 30 ultrasound-guided therapeutic interventional procedures per year

Systemic Treatment

  • an educational supervisor for special interest training with ≥ 5 years’ experience in systemic treatment or specific certification
  • infrastructure for administration of anticancer agents
  • capacity to manage treatment‑related toxicities, including ICU support
  • at least 1,000 systemic therapy administrations per year

Get in touch

If you have any questions, you can email us at adminoffice@esgo.org.