1. ORL TRAINING IN THE EU Updated september 2007

2. BASIC TRAINING

4. ORL TRAINING INCLUDED IN BASIC TRAINING AUSTRIABELGIUMCYPRUSCZECH REPUBLICDENMARKESTONIAFINLAND 28 N/A2835 FRANCEGERMANYGREECEHUNGARYIRELANDITALYLITHUANIA 1 2422 ----2 LUXEMBURGMALTANORWAYPOLANDPORTUGALROMANIASERBIA N/A 3922 4 3 SLOVAK REPUBLICSPAINSWEDENSWITZERLANDNETHERLANDSTURKEYUK 22 3-6 ---- 2-5 2-41 All these results are in weeks

5. PRE-SPECIALIST TRAINING AFTER GRADUATION IN MEDICAL SCHOOL AUSTRIABELGIUMCYPRUSCZECH REPUBLICDENMARKESTONIAFINLAND 1 - 3 1,5001,50,52 FRANCEGERMANYGREECEHUNGARYIRELANDITALYLITHUANIA 101220,251 LUXEMBURGMALTANORWAYPOLANDPORTUGALROMANIASERBIA 0251102 SLOVAK REPUBLICSPAINSWEDENSWITZERLANDNETHERLANDSTURKEYUK 0 021 002 All these results are in years

6. SPECIALIST TRAINING IN ORL/HNS

7. SELECTION OF TRAINEES

8. NUMBERS / MANPOWER Inhabitants (Mill.)ENT-SpecialistsENT/InhabitantsTrainees/year Trainees at any one time Trainees per year/ENTSpecialists Austria8.14001:20.000differsdiffers, 25 in 2007 Belgium 10.45501:19.000 8401,45% Croatia 4,4 n/a Cyprus 0.7521:13.000- 3 Czech Republic 10.27481:14.000 15 -2,01% Denmark5.43201:17.000 24 55-607,50% Estonia 1.4961:15.000 1,54-51,56% Finland 5.23181:16.000 7302,20% France59,826001:23.000 25-40 60-801,23% Germany 82.554201:15.000 20010003,69% Greece11.012501:9.000-- Hungary 10.18001:13.000 15601,88% Ireland4.0401:100.000 2 215,00% Italy 57.650091:11.000 853401,70% Latvia2.3--- n/a Lithuania 3.43201:11.000 7-822-242,50%

9. NUMBERS / MANPOWER Inhabitants (Mill.)ENT-SpecialistsENT/InhabitantsTrainees/year Trainees at any one time Trainees per year/ENT Specialists Luxembourg 0.4281:14.000-- Malta 0.48 + 31:36.0001 every two years 44,55% Netherlands 16.23721:44.000 241086,45% Norway 4.53141:14.000 20806,37% Poland 38.213111:29.000 402003,05% Portugal 10.44701:22.000 6-10501,70% Rumania 21.77941:27.000 422105,29% Russia 150.040001:38.000n/a Slovak Rep.5.44001:14.000 15503,75% Slovenia 2.0801:25.000n/a22 Spain41.921001:20.000 602402,86% Sweden 9.05731:16.000151002,60% Switzerland7.23501:21.000 10-15603,43% Turkey 70.725511:28.000 100 4003,92% United Kingdom 59.56141:97.000 453507,33%

10. EXAMINATION IN ORL/HNS

11. Written15 Oral19 Theoretical18 Practical12 Type of exit examination Local in hospital 2 University8 National14 Voluntary1 Compulsory/obligatory17

12. LOG-BOOK

13. TRAINING FACILITIES / TRAINER

14. DEDICATED TIME

15. CERTIFICATION OF ORL SPECIALISTS

16. SALARY

17. EUROPEAN WORKING TIME DIRECTIVE

18. How many? CYPRUSESTONIALITHUANIAROMANIASERBIAPORTUGALSLOVAK REPUBLIC 524-482010no criteria1256 CZECH REPUBLICTURKEYMALTASWITZERLANDPOLANDSPAINIRELAND unlimitedas much as the trainees wants55not oficiallyup to 80-100no criteria48 weekend on-call

19. EUROPEAN WORKING TIME DIRECTIVE AUSTRIABELGIUMCYPRUSCZECH REPUBLICDENMARKESTONIAFINLAND 25-4520182530-4028 FRANCEGERMANYGREECEHUNGARYIRELANDITALYLITHUANIA 35263024423035 LUXEMBURGMALTANORWAYPOLANDPORTUGALROMANIASERBIA 30-40as needed26252125 SLOVAK REPUBLICSPAINSWEDENSWITZERLANDTHE NETHERLANDSTURKEYUK 28372520242030 HOLIDAYS ALLOWED (IN DAYS PER YEAR)