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Medical Oncologist's Recertification Approval

The ESMO Medical Oncologist's Recertification Approval (MORA) is a continuing medical education certificate that allows ESMO members to remain certified in medical oncology.

Why recertify?

• Recertification is necessary for medical oncologists, to remain professionally certified by the leading professional European society in the field of medical oncology, ESMO.
• Recertification guarantees that a certified medical oncologist has continued to update her/his knowledge and continues to possess the necessary skills and standards for the practice of medical oncology.

Who can recertify?

• ESMO Full and Junior members who have passed the ESMO Examination, which entitles them to receive the ESMO Certificate in Medical Oncology. 

How to recertify?

• Re-taking the ESMO Examination (passing means recertification for 5 years)
  or
• Adhering to the ESMO-MORA program (whose recertification is valid for 5 years).
  In this case the complete application form - which can be downloaded from this page - should be sent to the ESMO Head Office together with a copy of the certificates.

What is the ESMO-MORA certificate?

• A 5-year certificate
• Consisting of 250 hours of continuing medical education

Requirements for the ESMO-MORA certificate

• A total of 250 hours of continuing medical education (CME) including:
• minimum 120 hours of ESMO-MORA Category 1
• meetings or activities organized by ESMO or a sponsor accredited by ESMO.
  20 of these hours should consist of attendance at an ESMO event such as: ESMO Congress, ESMO Conference Lugano (ECLU) or ESMO Symposium.
• The AoO (Annals of Oncology) on-line CME test is accredited with 6 ESMO-MORA points cat. 1 (copy of the result sheet to be provided).
• minimum 80 hours of MORA Category 2 education (such as patient-centered activities, teaching other medical and healthcare professionals, self-assessment examinations and reviews, self-instructional materials, use of databases and other computer-based materials in connection with patient care activities). AIO points are counted as MORA Category 2.
• other accepted CME activities
• remaining 50 hours consisting of either MORA Category 1 or Category 2 education
• CME must occur in a single, consecutive period of time and be reported in 1-hour blocks (one credit point is assigned for one hour of participation in a CME activity).
• There are no set reporting periods. Medical oncologists may apply whenever they have completed the required hours of CME. But this must be latest within the 5^th year of the certification validity.
• There is no minimum reporting time. The CME points reported must have been accumulated maximum within the 5^th year of the current certification validity.
• MORA recertification will then be valid for the next 5 years.

 Example:

1. ESMO Examination taken and passed in 2000
2. The 5-year certification valid for the period 2001-2005
3. MORA points to be accumulated in 5 years (2001-2005)
4. MORA recertification application to be submitted early 2006
5. MORA recertification valid for the following 5 years (2006-2010)

• Applicants should be working at least 50% as medical oncologists.
• Applicants are expected to read an average of 2 hours per week of authoritative medical literature.