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Editorial
. 2024 Apr 24;67(1):e39.
doi: 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2024.1746.

Benchmarking Psychiatry in Europe and beyond: The European Board Exam of Psychiatry

Andrew Brittlebank  1 , Livia De Picker  2   3 , Krzysztof Krysta  4 , Asilay Seker  5   6 , Ilaria Riboldi  7 , Cecile Hanon  8 , George Alexandru Stercu  9 , Egor Chumakov  10 , Jerzy Samochowiec  11 , Geert Dom  3   12   13 , Marisa Casanova Dias  6   14   15
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Benchmarking Psychiatry in Europe and beyond: The European Board Exam of Psychiatry

Andrew Brittlebank et al. Eur Psychiatry. .
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Conflict of interest statement

A.B. is the Immediate Past President of the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS) Section of Psychiatry, K.K. is the Vice President for Training, and M.C.D. is the President. G.D. is the President of the European Psychiatric Association (EPA) and L.D.P., C.H., and J.S. are board members. C.H. is the Chair of the EPA Committee on Education and G.S. is a committee member. E.C. is co-chair of the Early Career Psychiatrists Committee of EPA and A.S. is a committee member. A.S. is a Past President of the European Federation of Psychiatric Trainees (EFPT). The remaining authors declare none.

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Figure 1.
Workflow and timeline of the European Psychiatry Board Exam.
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Thematic analysis of the qualitative feedback of trainees and early career psychiatrists on a Board Exam of Psychiatry. EBEoP, European Board Exam of Psychiatry; *, Themes; **, Subthemes.
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