The European Society of Neuroradiology / ESNR is a professional society organising European neuroradiologists. The Society organises Annual Scientific meetings - ESNR Congress, common European Training courses in neuroradiology - European Course of Neuroradiology (ECNR) and is a forum for professional development of European Neuroradiology. Visit ESNR The European Board of Neuroradiology / EBNR is a function of ESNR being built and organised to develop and apply standards of training and practice of Neuroradiology in Europe. EBNR will be an important factor in building the infrastructure necessary for the project of the European Master of Neuroradiology. A European Board A European Board is a body set up by the relevant UEMS/Specialized Section or any other institution, e.g. ESNR, with the purpose of guaranteeing the highest standards of care in the specialty concerned in the EU member states by ensuring that the training of specialists is raised to an adequate level. This aim is achieved by the following means: - Recommendations for setting and maintaining standards of training, - Recommendations for training quality, - Recommendations for setting standards and recognition of training institutions, - Monitoring of the contents and quality and the evaluation of training in the EU member states, - Facilitation of exchange of trainees between the EU member states, - Facilitation of free movement of specialists in the EU. European Board of Neuroradiology - EBNR The European Board of Neuroradiology is such a European Board established by the European Society of Neuroradiology charged with the above tasks within the specialized medical field of Neuroradiology. Without authorisation by UEMS the EBNR can not issue any legally binding rules or regulations but may develop standards of training that can be recognized and followed on a voluntary basis by institutions training neuroradiologists within or outside EU. Neuroradiology is in many European countries a sub-speciality under Radiology. Thus any neuroradiologists, except in Portugal, must first be a qualified radiologist and following additional training, may become a certified neuroradiologist. Thus certification of neuroradiologists is in many countries an issue for radiology. The European Board of Neuroradiology has developed and adapted charters of training, examination, certification, continuing professional development, visitation and accreditation for neuroradiology. These documents are modelled on the corresponding UEMS documents. Further documents are under development. The goal of European Society of Neuroradiology, through its EBNR, is to offer a European examination in neuroradiology that is being built on generally accepted charters of training and certification. This examination is not to replace the present national examinations, if available, but to offer an additional value by adhering to standards of training and practice that may be at a higher level than is used in some European countries today. The examination is voluntary and carries no legal status but is, most importantly, through EBNR approved, supported and generally accepted by leading neuroradiologists throughout Europe. The European Examination in Neuroradiology has several parts, its format regulated in detail by the examination committee. Access to the oral part of the examination is regulated by the Certification committee. European Examination in Neuroradiology a) Written examinations that are concluding each course in an entire cycle of ECNR or a single written examination concluding an entire cycle (4 courses) of ECNR. b) An oral examination concluding the European Examination in Neuroradiology. Master of Neuroradiology This is an independent academic degree of which the program is developed in cooperation with EBNR and adopted by a European university or medical school. A mandatory part of this program is the attendance of a full cycle of ECNR and having passed the written part of the European Examination in Neuroradiology. For the time being, only one such program is available in Europe, at the Karolinska institute in Stockholm Sweden. A similar program is available at the Hospital de Sant Pau in Barcelona, Spain. More information about the Master of Neuroradiology in Stockholm is available below! Olof Flodmark Chairman of the European Board of Neuroradiology Visit EBNR		Radiological training programmes in Europe European training charter for Clinical Radiology and subspecialities General Assembly, Geneva ESNR Working Groups Junior Membership

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