FMH Hematology

Read about the most important things attaining the specialist title "FMH Hematology" (as of October 2021).

Timeframe

6 years split up into:

• 2 years general internal medicine (1 year in an A clinic)
• 3 to 4 years Hematology (3 years in a hospital with laboratory diagnostic activity, at least 2 years in an A-clinic
• Optional: 1 year oncology, pediatric hematology/oncology, MD PhD

Compulsory Courses

• Communication Course (Krebsliga, ligue contre le cancer, lega contra il cancro)
• Two Compulsory Courses according SGH/SHH

https://www.sgh-ssh.ch/sgh-veranstaltungen/sgh-generalassembly/ 

• SOHC

Publication

• First or Last author of a "peer-reviewed" publication
• Dissertation counts

Foreign Occupation

• Up to two years can be accredited

Part Time 

• Possbile, at least 50% pensum

FMH Examination

Consisting of an oral and a written part

Written Examination

• Multiple Choice consisting of the "European Hematology Exam" from the EHA

Oral Examination

• The written EHA-Examination must be passed prior to the registration
• Exemplary process: Integrative discussion of findings of an example case at the microscope, discussion of diagnostics & therapeutic options using 2-3 case vignettes (benign and/or malignant hematology), analysis and interpretation of constellations/global tests of hemostaseology