• Accreditation
• About accreditation
• Accredited activities
• Accreditation survey

About accreditation

One of the Society's most important educational activities is the accreditation of continuing education courses. The aim of the EONS accreditation team is to improve the quality of continuing education courses offered to cancer nurses throughout Europe and to provide a mark of professional recognition. This year accreditation has been updated in line with the EU Bologna agreement and the widening range of educational events and programmes that nurses attend. To help those completing the forms a help guide has been developed, FaCET: Facilitating Cancer Education and Training, which provides information and resources for developing cancer educational courses.

Accreditation forms have been developed for:

• Educational programme of study: defined as no less than 40 hours of educational study and this may be made up of several smaller modules or delivered as an integrated programme of academic study
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• Educational event: defined as the provision of a scientific meeting, conference, course, workshop or satellite symposium of no more than 40 hours educational study
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• Educational resource for patients: defined as health promotion or education materials aimed at either cancer prevention or supportive and palliative care
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• Distance learning educational programme: defined as education provided remotely using published materials including print, Web or CD-Rom resources
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Why apply for accreditation of educational courses or programmes with EONS?

The wide recognition of EONS to national societies provides access to:

• European educational standards for practice and educational advice
• Assistance in effective cross-country mobility among European cancer nurses
• Objective evaluation of the quality of cancer nursing courses/educational materials across Europe
• Guidelines based on cancer nursing education framed within EONS curricula Post-basic
• Cancer Nursing curriculum 2005 and EONS Cancer in Older People curriculum 2006.
• Minimises the risk of courses being developed in isolation from the wider European perspective
• An incentive to attract participants from other countries
• Publication of accredited courses/ educational events on the EONS website.

Accreditation fees and payment

Programme	EONS members Associate members Sustaining members	Non-members Non-partners
Distance learning	€200	€500
Patient education resource	€200	€500
Educational event	€300	€1000
Programme of Study	€400	€1000

Application submission fee

• The application submission fee is non-refundable.
• The accreditation procedure starts as soon as the accreditation fee has been drafted on the EONS account. Please don't send cheques or cash amounts.

Bank account information:

KBC Bank N.V kantoor Wemmel
Limburg Stirumlaan 26
1780 Wemmel, Belgium
Account number : 436- 2169601-61
Swift Code : KREDBEBB
IBAN: BE 62 4362 1696 0161

Please include the payment accreditation fee, name institution and course on your reference.

Accreditation process:

• To start the process download the appropriate application form
• Please read the criteria used by reviewers to assess the quality of the applications. You can download the criteria on the top right corner of this page. Applications will be accepted in the following languages: English, French, German and Spanish.
• Applications will not be accepted if the application form is not properly completed or if the appropriate fees are not included.
• 3 copies of the application and 2 copies of any curriculum, patient education or accompanying distance learning resources as requested on the forms should be submitted.
• Only typed or printed applications will be accepted.
• The application form must be dated and signed.

Once submitted the process of EONS accreditation takes 4-6 weeks:

• Applications will be appraised independently by 2 reviewers.
• All applications will be treated in the strictest confidence.
• A decision will be made to accept, reject or ask for modifications of the application.
• Modifications are requested within 3 weeks of feedback.
• No discussion will be entered into regarding Council's final decision.
• If the course is approved by the Accreditation Council, the words “EONS APPROVED” can be used on all materials associated with the course.
• If the recipient misuses or abuses the EONS quality stamp, legal action may be taken.
• EONS reserves the right to ask for a report of quality assurance of educational programmes or make further inquiries about the course.
• Once accreditation has been awarded, the recipient must not make major changes to the educational course or materials without informing the EONS Accreditation Council in writing.
• Accreditation for educational programmes and distance learning programmes, will be awarded for a period of 5 years. Educational events and patient educational resources are accredited for 2 years.
• Applications should be sent to the EONS’ address shown on this page, if possible by e-mail.