FAQs on EBNEN

By successfully completing the EBNEN programme, candidates will receive an official certification and an EU-wide recognised accreditation in neuroendocrine neoplasia medicine by the governing body UEMS. This programme is comparable to other European Board offers organised by the UEMS in association with other medical societies.

Applicants are required the meet the following criteria in order to be consider eligible candidates for the training:

• Medical Profession; doctor who has completed their general professional training
• Fellowship or equivalent in competency. The candidates should all have a national qualification, e.g. Board in Gastroenterology in their specialty prior to entering the program (Specialist in NEN Medicine).
• ENETS membership in good standing.

No, you may start an EBNEN fellowship anytime.

Please apply via the ENETS website: Information for Trainees

The fellowship itself does not cost anything. Costs will incur only when an EBNEN fellow candidate applies to sit the examination. For more details, please visit the website.

The EBNEN must be completed within a training institution located in the EU. Please look at our current list of training institutions. Provided you are accepted by a training institution to complete a fellowship, you do not need to be an EU citizen.

Yes, if you are a NET expert, EBNEN trainer at a training institute, you may complete a fast-track fellowship. It is necessary to ensure that you have completed all sections of the logbook and that this has been completed before applying to sit an examination.

We welcome our trainers and colleagues to complete a fellowship – please reach out to the EBNEN board or ENETS office (info@enets.org) if you are interested in starting a fast-track fellowship.

No, it is not compulsory for EBNEN trainers to have completed a fellowship during the initial phase of the project. However, it is highly desirable that all EBNEN trainers take advantage of and complete a fast-track EBNEN fellowship over the next five years until 2030.

Yes, EBNEN trainers may also be examiners - at least in the initial phase of the project until a good stock of trainers and examiners has been built up slowly over time.

No, there is no remuneration for trainers and training institutions.

This is left to each individual trainer and training institution to decide.

A training institution must be accredited with competent National Medical Boards, in agreement with UEMS and ENETS standards, and should possess an adequate infrastructure and offer qualitative and quantitative clinical exposure. They are also required to have an internal system of medical audit or quality assurance, with written general guidelines on patient care associated activities. Optimally, they should be member(s) of one or more European Reference Networks (ERNs) and accredited as ENETS Centers of Excellence (CoE).

Therefore, eligible training institutions will be:

• Institutions that have already been accredited as ENETS Centers of Excellence (CoE), or
• Equivalent institutions able to meet the training requirements with expertise and infrastructure comparable with ENETS Centers of Excellence (CoE) must be approved by ENETS in order to be able to participate in the NEN specialist training programme.

No, this is not an issue at all. It is up to each training institution to decide if they offer fellowship placements to either internal, or external trainees, or both.

Yes, training institutions should be based in Europe (incl. UK, Norway, Switzerland, etc.).

This is left to each individual trainer and training institution to decide.

Fellows and training centers are responsible for any funding. ENETS is not in the position to offer bursaries.

No, it is not compulsory for EBNEN examiners to have completed a fellowship during the initial phase of the project. However, it is highly desirable that all examiners take advantage of and complete a fast-track EBNEN fellowship over the next five years until 2030.

Please register your interest directly with the ENETS Office at info@enets.org. Examiner and trainer requirements are the same. For more information, please refer to the information for trainers webpage.

For the initial phase, exams will take place once a year in March within the framework of the annual ENETS conference. The first set of exams is planned for 2026.

In March 2026 during the 23^rd Annual ENETS Conference.

Yes, EBNEN trainers may also be examiners - at least in the initial phase of the project until a good stock of trainers and examiners has been built up slowly over time.