Report on EBEORL-Exams 2014Klaus Albegger, Angelos Nikolau, Maria de la Mota

UEMS Annual ORL – Section and Board Meeting Dubrovnik 2.10.2014

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Written Exam Antalya 12.04.2014 (124 Cand.) Written Exam Warsaw 19.07.2014 (38 Cand.) Preview Oral Exam Vienna 29.11.2014 (144 Cand.) Written Exam Praha 07.06.2015 Praha Workshop Round Table EBEORL Review Meeting 27.-30.08.2014 Vienna E-learning Platform e-lefENT Cooperation Future Project: ECE (European Certified Examiner)

Topics

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Mardan Palace Hotel 10th Congress of European Laryngological society (ELS)

4Prof. Ferhan Öz , President of ELSAuthorities of the Turkisch ENT Society

Preparation of the exam

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Preparation of the exam rooms and registration

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124 Candidates for the written exam!!

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1 CandidateArmeniaBahreinIrelandNigeriaSpain

2 CandidatesCyprusIndiaKuweitPakistanPalestinaPortugalUK

Lebanon 3Jordania 4Egypt 6Iraq 9Syria 10

Saudi Arabia 25Turkey 47

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Europe 8

Non-Europe 116 6%

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Candidates Nationality Antalya 12.4.2014

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Results from the written Exam Antalya 12.04.2014

Candidates 124Passed 112 (90 %) Failed 12 (10 %)

Notes rangeAnzahl1 >90 2 (1.63%)2 >80 15 (12.2%)3 >70 60 (48.78%)4 >60 34 (27.64%)5 <60 12 (9.76%)

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Distribution of Points Difficulty

Refers to a statistical technique that helps instructors identify the effectiveness of their test items. In developing quality assessment and specifically effective multiple-choice test items, item analysis plays an important role in contributing to the fairness of the test along with identifying content areas that maybe problematic for the candidates.

Item analysis b

Item analysis b

Item Difficulty

Discrimination Index

Reliability of the Test = Crombach alpha

Distractor Evaluation

Proportion answering correctly

Example for an Exam Report: Difficulty

Discrimination Index b It is the difference between the proportion of the top scorers who got an item correct and the proportion of the bottom scorers who got the item right (each of these groups consists of about 33 % of the total group of candidates who took the test and is based on the candidates total score for the test). The discrimination index range is between -1 and +1. The closer the index is to +1, the more effectively the item distinguishes between the two groups of candidates.

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Colleagues from Erbil (Kurdistan/Iraq)

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Erbil

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Warsaw 18.07.2014

19Dinner with Prof.Dr.Romuald Krajewski, President of UEMS

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Prof.Dr. Kazimierz Niemczyk, Chairmen of the ENT-Department, Dean of the Medical Faculty

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Candidates Europe-Non-Europe

Europe Non-Europe

EU 15

Non-EU 23Sum 38

Candidates Nationality Written Exam 19.07.2014 Warsaw

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1 CandidateCyprusFranceGermanyIraqIrelandKuweitLebanonMaltaPalestinePoland

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Candidates Nationality WarsawSeries1 Series2

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Written Exam19.07.2014 Warsaw19 different Nations

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Results from the written Exam Warsaw 19.07.2014

Candidates 383 Repeating : 2 passed, 1 failed3 could not counted 32Passed 28 (87,5%) Failed 4 (12,5%)

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Written exam Europe-Non-Europe

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Nationality Candidates Written Exam 2014 EU Non-EU SumAntalya 8 116 124Warsaw 15 23 38Sum 23 139 162

Passed Antalya: 112; Passed Warsaw: 28; Sum 140

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Oral exam Vienna: 144 Candidates (Waiting list 1-2?)

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48 ex

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SUM1Round 6 Rounds

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540‘9 hrs

8.00-18.30

60 Examiners

15 Staff

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Meeting of the Review TeamVictoria Ward (UK), Loppönen Heikki (Finland), Dominik Wild (UK/Austria), Wolfgang Luxenberger (Austria), Klaus

Albegger (Austria)27.-30.8.2014 Vienna /Neustift/

Fuhrgasslhuber

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Members of the Review Team EBEORL-HNS1 Albegger Klaus Austria2 Bien Stanislaw Poland3 Cem Meco Turkey4 Eichhorn Thomas Germany5 Loppönen Heikki Finland6 Luxenberger Wolfgang Austria7 Neudert Marcus Germany8 Nicolaou Angelos Greece9 Pedersen Ulrik Denmark10 Pracy Paul UK11 Ward Victoria UK12 Wild Dominik UK/Austria

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Next Review Meeting27.-30.08.2015

Gumpoldskirchen

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Letter Part 1

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Letter Part 3

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Letter Part 2

The UEMS Office has received emails from successful candidates to the European Examination in Otorhinolaryngology requesting to certify their diplomas. We are delighted to use this opportunity to congratulate you for this achievement.

Letter Part 1

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First, we would like to stress that the UEMS Diplomas are not the titles of qualifications established by legal degree but should be considered voluntary labels of excellence awarded by the organisation of medical specialists. Their holders have demonstrated that they have reached a high level of competence in their discipline. The diplomas cannot in any way be considered a license to practise nor a title of qualification equivalent to the titles detailed in the Professional Qualifications Directive (2005/36/EC and 2013/55/EU).

Letter Part 2a

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Last year, several non-EU candidates who passed a UEMS Examination contacted the UEMS Office to help them "legalising" their UEMS diploma, as it was requested by Ministries of Health in their countries. Their aim was to work in a non-EU country. For that purpose, "legalising" a document is meant to authenticate it and has no impact or influence an the content of the document. lt is only an administrative process that proves that the document is authentic and has been issued by an officially-registered organisation and signed by the competent legal representative of this organisation.

Letter Part 2b

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The development and design of the European Board of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Examination (EBEORL-HNS) by Wolfgang Luxenberger et al., submitted European Archives ORL 2014

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Welcome to the British Association of Otorhinolaryngologists – Head and Neck Surgeon's e-learning for ENT - platform.

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EBEORL-HNS-ACTIVITIES

1.Meeting of the Review Team 5.-7.6.20152.Written Exam 7.6.20153.Workshop/ Round Table to inform about

the European ENT-Exam

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Quality of exams

Written exam

Quality of MCQ‘s

Viva Exam

Quality of examiners

Great DifferenceVery good UK!!

Training

EuropeanCertifiedExaminers

Solution

ECE

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Thank you for your attention!

If You are further interested in the European ORL Exams please contact me or Dr.Maria de la Mota

Prof.Dr.Klaus Albegger8010 Graz, Wartingergasse 37

Mobile +43 664 4222 865

e-mail: klaus@albegger-gruen.at

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Which muscle is most important in the Eustachian tube opening mechanism? (Please mark one answer!)A) Levator veli palatini muscle❑B) Tensor veli palatini muscle❑C) Stylopharyngeous muscle❑D) Tensor tympani muscle❑E) Stapedial muscle❑

Refers to a statistical technique that helps instructors identify the effectiveness of their test items. In developing quality assessment and specifically effective multiple-choice test items, item analysis plays an important role in contributing to the fairness of the test along with identifying content areas that maybe problematic for the candidates.

Item analysis b

Item analysis b

Item Difficulty

Discrimination Index

Reliability of the Test = Crombach alpha

Distractor Evaluation

Proportion answering correctly

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When the speech reception threshold is very high with respect to the pure tone average, it is most often due to which of the following diseases?(Please mark one answer!)A) Noise-induced hearing loss❑B) Presbyacusis❑C) Meniere's disease❑D) Mixed hearing loss❑E) Acoustic neuroma❑

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A 53-year old female complains of a swelling under the mandible for the last 6 months, which has grown in the last 2 months and has become harder an palpation.What is the most appropriate management? (Please mark one answer!)

❑ Treatment with antibiotics and anti-inflammatory drugs ❑ Sonographically guided fine needle aspiration ❑ Clinical observation of the inflammatory adenopathy ❑ Perform a routine sialography every two months ❑ Request a routine, regular check-up

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The most common cause of bilateral facial nerve paralysis in children is:

A) Lyme's disease❑B) Melkerson-Rosenthal syndrome❑C) Guillain-Barre syndrome❑D) Möbius syndrome❑E) Multiple sclerosis❑

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The best option to treat a Tl a vocal fold squamous cell carcinoma is: (Please mark one answer!)A) Radiotherapy❑B) Endolaryngeal surgery❑C) Chemotherapy❑D) Resection via laryngofissura❑E) ❑ Debatable according to the case

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