A Guide to The American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Examination
As daunting a prospect as it seems having to sit for an examination in a
country other than your own and, for many Europeans, not in their first
language, the American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive
Surgery (ABFPRS) Examination held in Washington DC, I commend it to all
Facial Plastic Surgeons in Europe as we strive towards formal
certification in our specialty. Whilst being challenging, it is fair,
well constructed and impeccably run. It represents the only highly
validated Facial Plastics examination in the world and the European
Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery have now adopted it as a required part
of the Certification process. This report seeks to encourage and guide
future European surgeons in taking this worthwhile and important career
step.
The Board examination is a requirement for all seeking
certification in North America. It is obligatory for Fellows of the
American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery programme
(AAFPRS) as part of their training but is otherwise taken by any other
surgeon aiming at Board Certification in the specialty. All examiners
have previously taken the examination themselves. It is important to
emphasize that European candidates will only be eligible for
certification by the EAFPS and not the ABFPRS.
IFFPSS United International Certification Application
The new IFFPSS certification process has now been running successfully
for a couple of years now and as the application process and eligibility
criteria have now been formalised, I thought I would update you on
this. Notably, it has changed significantly from prior years so it is
important that all potential applicants are aware of these differences.
IFFPSS
certification is now a global certification process allowing
standardisation of the individual member association’s applicant’s
credentials. All applicants from the member societies (the EAFPS being
one of these) will need forwarding by the individual Credentials
committee….