Date: Sunday, 07 June 2009
Venue: XXVIII EAACI Congress in Warsaw

The EAACI provides a European examination for Allergology and Clinical Immunology. It will take place for the second time at the EAACI meeting 2009 in Warsaw (June 7th). It will last for about 120 minutes for ca. 100 MC-questions.

Scope of EAACI examination:
Following the initiative of UEMS to standardize the training curriculum of allergologists/clinical immunologists in Europe (Allergy 59:579-588, 2004), the EAACI examination aims to further improve the standards of our speciality by providing an European examination in Allergology and clinical Immunology.
Such an examination could
• help to harmonize the educational level of Allergology-Clinical Immunology through-out Europe,
• give an input for the standardization of the professional examinations for specialization in Allergology-Clinical Immunology among European national societies
• help small membership societies in the provision of a regular written examination at a constant high international level
• identify those colleagues able to fulfill the standards

The EAACI examination does not replace or substitute the currently existing national examinations that are regularly held by national societies. It is not a license to practice in a European country.

Admission to the examination:
The EAACI examination is open for members of the EAACI.

Mode of examination:
The examination will consist of a questionnaire with multiple-choice questions. It will comprise questions in Allergology (70%) and basic/ clinical Immunology (30%), all in English language. The questions will be carefully formulated and reviewed by an international board of experts in allergology and clinical immunology, together with a specialized, professional institution (institute for medical teaching, IML, Bern, www.iml.unibe.ch), which also supervises the evaluation of the examination.

The background of required knowledge will be based on the currently existing modern textbooks, preferably but not exclusively in English. Furthermore, a list of recent publications related to the possible questions will be provided. The examination will not contain a practical part.

Costs of the examination*:
€ 250.-
*reduction possible upon request
(if you are not a current EAACI member, you have to become one).

Evaluation of the EAACI-examination:
The examination will be evaluated by the IML. Information about the achieved points will be provided within 4 weeks after the exam. A certificate will be provided if the examination was passed successfully.

Legal aspects:
The registration for the examination implies the acceptance that the result of the examination is ultimate and no legal debate of the final decision is possible.

Application:
Time for application to the 2nd EAACI examination in Warsaw (Sunday, June 7th, 2009, probably at 10.00) will be February 1st 2009 to April 1st, 2009.

Click here to download the Application Form!
Click here to download The Blueprint (a catalogue of topics to be learned for the exam)
Click here to download the List of Literature
Click here to download a Sample Question