HARMONISING STANDARDS

“I am delighted to announce that the 2014 examinations have once again attracted the highest ever number of candidates from more European countries than ever before. I want to say thanks and to pay tribute to you – the candidates and the examiners – because without you, the EBO would not exist. Thank you for your commitment to the EBO and to the European spirit which is really what this organisation is all about,” said Catherine Creuzot-Garcher, president of the EBO.

Held every year in Paris, the EBOD examination is designed to assess the knowledge and clinical skills requisite to the delivery of a high standard of ophthalmic care both in hospitals and in independent clinical practices.

Addressing the assembled audience, Jean-Francois Korobelnik, president of the French Society of Ophthalmology (SFO), said that SFO was honoured to host the EBO exams every year and he looked forward to continued collaboration in
the future.

“As the president of the SFO I would like to welcome you all to Paris. This year we have made changes to make some more room available for the candidates and the examiners and I am very happy that everything went smoothly and that over 90 per cent of the candidates have succeeded in passing the examination,” he said.

Congratulating the candidates on their achievement, Prof Christina Grupcheva, Chair of the Education Committee of the EBO, said that the EBO was proud to have played its part in promoting a pan-European qualification that was increasingly recognised in the majority of countries in the region.

“It is not always easy to share across borders with so many different languages and cultures, but the EBO has shown that it is possible to harmonise standards and training for the benefit of our profession and also our patients in our respective countries,” she said.