EACVI/AEPC Online Certification Exam - Congenital Heart Disease Echocardiography (Echo CHD)

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Registration information

In order to respect exam capacity, registrations will be managed on a first-come, first-served basis.

We encourage you to register online as early as possible to guarantee a seat.

Registration for all ESC administered exams closes 15 days before the examination with no exceptions. 

However, registration may close earlier when the exam capacity is reached.

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Registration requirements

Before paying, candidates have to complete a questionnaire where they must declare the name of their supervisor and provide information on their training.

Registration fees

If you are eligible for the second resit fee please contact us before registering.

Please read the Terms and Conditions.

*To benefit from Silver Member fees you must be a validated Silver Member before registering for the exam. This fee is only available to Silver Members - for further information please go to the membership page. 

**AEPC Member fee: An upload of a copy of your valid AEPC Membership official statement of the current year will be requested during the registration process. Your pre-registration will be validated and confirmed only upon this mandatory document.

***To benefit from EACVI Fellow fees you must be a validated EACVI Fellow before registering for the exam. This fee is only available to Fellows of the EACVI. 

****Please note that the resit fee is reserved only for candidates who have sat and failed the exam in the past and cannot be used by candidates under any other circumstances.

*****This fee will apply only if it is the candidate's third attempt at the exam and the second resit in the last five years (i.e. since your first exam attempt). In all other cases, the resit fee will apply if the candidate failed the exam once or failed the logbook in the last five years.

If candidates are not in this five-year restrictive period, the full price will apply.

Important – healthcare companies or third-party agencies

Please note that healthcare companies or third-party agencies cannot use a delegate’s My ESC account or create a delegate My ESC account for registering their delegates. This will result in the cancellation of the registration of your delegate. This is individual registration only.

Candidate confirms that this is a purchase as an individual, and that the billing address is correct. Candidate understands that after payment has been made, changes to the invoice details will not be possible.

Payment and general conditions

All registration fees are quoted in euros (€) and include national applicable VAT. Payment in any other currency will not be accepted. Credit card payment available only.

Registration fees are based on the date of receipt. The prices indicated are only applicable if both registration/request form and payment are received before the registration deadlines, otherwise, the higher onsite fee will be applied.

Registrations will be acknowledged by email upon receipt of payment and a valid candidate email address (make sure your My ESC account profile is up to date and ensure that no third-party email address is linked to your registration). 

Cancellation policy and conditions

If a participant wishes to cancel his/her registration for the certification exam he/she should contact us.

Please take careful note that the cancellation policy on refunds is as follows:

Up to four weeks before the exam start date and upon receipt of written cancellation request, a refund of fees minus a 30% administrative charge will be processed.

If the cancellation request is made less than four weeks before the exam start date, no refund will be granted.

Should a candidate not attend the exam for whatever reason, no further claims for reimbursement or waiving of fees can be made. Similarly, no right to further claims or waiving of fees will arise should the ESC be obliged to alter the exam proceedings.

By registering for the exam, each candidate waives his/her rights to claim any compensation from the ESC. The organiser cannot be held liable for any hindrance or disruption of exam proceedings arising from political, social or economic events, or any other unforeseen incidents beyond their control.

Under no circumstances will the ESC be liable for indirect damages or costs.

Registration of a candidate entails acceptance of these conditions.