The International Federation of Infantile and Juvenile Gynaecology (FIGIJ) has created the international recognition of the specialty of Infantile and Juvenile Gynaecology for physicians specialising in different areas and interested in this field. This specialty is recognised by some European Universities in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Greece and France, in Canada in North America and in Argentina, Venezuela and Chile in Latin America. There are many other universities in different countries that offer courses in this area, as is the case in almost all the European countries, the USA, Hong Kong in China, Australia and New Zealand, together with some specialised Centres in India, Philippines and Malaysia.
The purpose of IFEPAG is to encourage Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Endocrinologists, Paediatricians, Paediatric Surgeons, Specialists in Adolescence and Family Practice Physicians to work in Infantile and Juvenile Gynaecology and to do research in this field. The first examination (IFEPAG) took place in 1997, at the 7th European Congress of Infantile and Juvenile Gynaecology in Vienna, and was created by Prof. Dr. George Creatsas, Chairman of FIGIJ.
The coming IFEPAG examination in 2024 is shown in the table below.
Summary of IFEPAG deadlines
| Important dates | XXXVII IFEPAG EURAPAG 2024 Thessaloniki, Greece | XXXVIII IFEPAG ALOGIA 2024 Lima, Peru |
|---|---|---|
| Announcement | 1 August 2023 | 11 Nov 2023 |
| Registration deadlines | 31 Jan 2024 | 30 April 2024 |
| Approval to Written exam | 16 Feb 2024 | 10 May 2024 |
| Online trial of Written exam | 23-24 Feb 2024 | 17-19 May 2024 |
| Written exam | 9 Mar 2024 | 1 June 2024 |
| Release of Written exam result | 22 Mar 2024 | 30 June 2024 |
| Oral Exam (Online or on-site) | On-site 5 June 2024 | 25 September 2024 |
The next table shows the distribution of candidates to IFEPAG by, place, year, countries, type of the examination and success rate.
IFEPAG fellows Directory by year, country and email [pdf]
IFEPAG Passing list 2012 to 2023 [pdf]
CANDIDATES BY EXAM AND PART I/II OF IFEPAG
| IFEPAG | Lugar Place Local | Year Ano | Nº Países Countries | Total Candidat. | Part I | Part II | No aprobado Not Approved Não aprovado | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nº | % | |||||||
| 1 | Viena | 1997 | 6 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 22.2 |
| 2 | Helsinki | 1998 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 30.8 |
| 3 | La Habana | 1999 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 4 | – | – |
| 4 | Praga | 2000 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | – | – |
| 5 | B. Aires | 2001 | 10 | 40 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 10.0 |
| 6 | Firenze | 2002 | 5 | 10(*) | 7 | 3(*) | – | – |
| 7 | Asunción | 2003 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | – | – |
| 8 | Santiago-Chile | 2003 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 5 | – | – |
| 9 | Athens | 2004 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 6 | – | – |
| 10 | Cartagena-Colombia | 2005 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11.1 |
| 11 | Budapest | 2006 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – |
| 12 | Philippine | 2006 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 14.2 |
| 13 | Sao Paulo | 2007 | 10 | 24(*) | 16 | 10(**) | 1 | 3.8 |
| 14 | St. Petersburg | 2008 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | – | – |
| 15 | Panama | 2009 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | – | – |
| 16 | Montpellier | 2010 | 9 | 18 | 15 | 3 | – | – |
| 17 | Bulgaria | 2011 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | – | – |
| 18 | Santiago-Chile | 2011 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | – | – |
| 19 | Rome | 2012 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 1 | – | – |
| 20 | Montevideo | 2012 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | – | – |
| 21 | Hong Kong | 2013 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | – | – |
| 22 | Lime | 2013 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 14.2 |
| 23 | London | 2014 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 16.7 |
| 24 | Costa Rica | 2015 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 1 | – | – |
| 25 | Florence | 2016 | 6 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 14.3 |
| 26 | Montevideo | 2017 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | – | – |
| 27 | Vilnius | 2017 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | – | – |
| 28 | Hong Kong | 2017 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | – | – |
| 29 | Paraguay | 2019 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16.7 |
| 30 | Manila | 2019 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 16.7 |
| 31 | Melbourne | 2019 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 10 | – | – |
| 32 | Online (COVID-19) | 2020 | 7 | 11 2(****) | 10 2(****) | 9 1(****) | 1 | 9.1 |
| 33 | Rotterdam & Zoom | 2021 | 4 | 7 2(****) | 7 2(****) | 5 1(****) | – | – |
| 34 | Online (COVID-19) | 2022 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 50 |
| 35 | Buenos Aires & Online | 2022 | 7 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 18.8 |
| 36 | Belgrade | 2023 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 11.1 |
| Total | – | – | 334 | 243 | 145 | |||
| Candidates applying for: | 264 | 160(***) | ||||||
| Nº Approved | 243 | 145 | ||||||
| % Approved | 92.0 | 90.6 |
(**) 2 candidates IFEPAG II, previously I
(***) 4 candidates IFEPAG I-II, were given II in different place
(****) Another 2 candidates passed IFEPAG I & II written exam. They continued oral examination in XXXIII IFEPAG
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