There are considerable variations among countries in Europe and beyond as regards the provision of comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services. A joint study conducted by EBCOG and ESCRH revealed a notable absence of educational programs and instruction materials tailored specifically for doctors and allied health care professionals in several countries. This deficiency clearly impedes in capacity building and implementation of comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services based on respect of sexual and reproductive rights and promotion of sexual health for all. Besides mother and childcare, these must include family planning, safe abortion, STI prevention, prevention of and care for victims of sexual violence.
There is a special focus on the young people whose sexual and reproductive health is of utmost importance to the society as a whole.
The EBCOG/ESCRH Joint Committee for Training and Exams in Sexual and Reproductive Health has created diploma and fellowship curricula and exams for all health care professionals involved in sexual and reproductive health care. A detail program for different healthcare professionals with different objectives and with different needs that will be a strong contribution towards the improvement of basic and advance care on sexual and reproductive health.
First Level: Diploma Exam
Examination Date
The Diploma examination will be held virtually on 18 April 2026. The deadline to apply 1 April 2026.
Apply for the examination here: https://registration.ortrac.com/application/form/edsrh-april-2026
Who can apply
Health professionals working in the field of reproductive health care: nurses, midwives, general practitioners, family doctors, community gynecologists, residents of ObGyn and General and Family Medicine. All eligibility criteria can be found here: https://ebcog.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/DiplomaEligibility062024FINAL.pdf
About The Exam
Online exam consisting of 1 paper. The exam will be held once a year unless decided otherwise. The exam will be remotely monitored and invigilated.
Paper 1 – Basic Knowledge (40 Questions) & Applied knowledge (40 Questions)
- Total 3 hours with no Break.
- The exam consists of Multiple choice questions (MCQs – True of False).
- As it is an online exam there will be no venue and can be taken from home.
- The pass mark will be calculated from the average score of the candidates by subtracting 0.5 SD.
Cost:
- 400.00 Euro for Doctors
- 300.00 Euro for Residents, Midwives, Pharmacists
Preparation for the Diploma exam:
A Pre-Exam Course: more information to come on future courses.
The Course shall enable participants to:
- Understand the physiology of reproduction and how contraceptive methods impact these processes
- Learn about the basics of Sexual Health Care
- Learn about the 4 basic characteristics of contraceptive methods: Efficacy, Benefits, Tolerability and Health risks
- Learn about Hormonal Contraceptives
- Learn about Non-Hormonal Contraceptives
- Learn about the elements of women centered contraceptive counselling and care
- Learn about individualized counselling for healthy women, women in different life phases women with special health conditions
- Learn about individualized counseling groups with special needs
- Learn about basics of abortion care, post abortion contraception
- Learn about STI prevention, screening and care
Other sources of information:
- Handbook of Contraception and Sexual and Reproductive Health (Eds J. Bitzer, T Mahmood)
- TTT Courses of ESCRH: https://escrh.eu/education/training-improvement-programme/
- WHO handbook on contraception: https://www.who.int/health-topics/contraception#tab=tab_1 ; https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9780999203705
Second level: Fellowship Curriculum and Exam
About The Exam
The exam consists of 2 parts.
The exam consists of two Parts. Part 1 is a knowledge based assessment (KBA) examination and Part 2 is an Objective Structured Clinical examination (OSCE).
Part 1 Exam (KBA)
13 June 2026
The Part 1 KBA Exam will be held 13th June 2026. The deadline to register is 1 June 2026.
The exam assesses knowledge (KBA) and is computer based.
It will be an online exam with no venue (Remotely and Virtually Invigilated Exam – RIVE)
Passing this exam is necessary to sit the Part 2 Exam.
Part 2 Exam (OSCE)
TBD
Part 2 is an OSCE exam.
Information on the next examination will be announced.
Who Can Apply
- Obstetricians and Gynecologists with special interest in SRH Care
- Specialist in public health who have special interest in sexual and reproductive health
- Specialist in genito-urinary-medicine, sexual medicine and sexologists
- General practitioners/family physicians with special interest in SRH Care who have already passed diploma examination in SRH Care
All eligibility criteria can be found here: EFSRH – Fellowship Eligibility FINAL ; EFSRH – Fellowship Log of experience FINAL
About The Exam
Structure of the Part 1 (KBA) exam:
Online exam consisting of 2 papers
- Paper 1 (2.5 hours) (50 Questions) (Modules 1-12)
- Paper 2 (2.5 hours) (50 Questions) (Modules 13-25)
- Total 5 hours plus 1 hour Break
- The two papers consist of Single best answer (SBAs) and Extended Matching Questions (EMQs)
- Number of SBAs per paper: 30
- Number of EMQs per paper: 20
Cost:
Part 1: 600.00 Euro
Part 2: EU residents – 700 euros; Non-EU residents: 800 euros.
More Part 1 information available here.