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UEMS Board of Thoracic Surgery Exam 2025

24 January 2025 by
UEMS Board of Thoracic Surgery Exam 2025
Bertrand Daval

Dear candidate,

Over the last couple of months, representatives of the former UEMS - European Board of Thoracic Surgery (EBTS) and the EACTS - European Board of Cardiothoracic Surgery (EBCTS) came to an agreement to join the efforts to come towards a single European Board Examination in Thoracic Surgery.

Therefore, the Unified European Board of Thoracic Surgery (UEBTS) was created.

We want to inform all ESTS members of this opportunity to take this examination.

The exam consists of two parts:

-    Part 1 written Multiple Choice Questions: this will result in Membership of UEBTS (MUEBTS)

-    Part 2 oral Clinical Case Questions: this will result in Fellowship of UEBTS (FUEBTS)

The Part 1 exam will take place at a European examination facility on 16th September 2025 (further news on the exact locations to follow).

The Part 2 exam will take place in Budapest, Hungary on Saturday, 24th May 2025 at the occasion of the 33rd Annual Conference on General Thoracic Surgery organized by ESTS.

Applications are open until 7th February 2025. For more information on the new examination format and to apply, please visit our website.

The exam will assess Level 1 outcomes across the entire syllabus in addition to the Level 2 outcomes of the General and Thoracic content of the syllabus. You will be tested on your knowledge, interpretation of investigations, management, and judgement by pairs of examiners working together. 

The Unified Thoracic Surgery Examination organised by UEBTS is supported by EACTS & ESTS.

We thank you for your interest in taking the EBTS examination.

Sincerely,

Prof dr Nuria Novoa, President UEMS Board Thoracic Surgery

nuria.novoa@usal.es


Prof dr Dirk Van Raemdonck, President UEMS Section Thoracic Surgery

dirk.vanraemdonck@uzleuven.be