Board Certification in Hormone Therapy
The Board Certification in Hormone Therapy is a unique, international, evidence-based, official certification for physicians.
What is assessed?
This exam is an excellent theoretical training, which will help physicians improve their skills and know-how to diagnose, treat, and follow-up the 12 most frequent and important hormone deficiencies, including:
- Medical history issues to know, to be able to spot when each hormone deficiency started
- Anamnesis: The psychological and somatic symptoms, and the physical signs of each hormone deficiency and its excess.
- Laboratory tests: The tests to do with designation of the most useful ones (including for each lab tests deficient, optimal and reference values expressed in all the various units used in your laboratory such as mg, µg, or nmol)
- Diseases: The diseases facilitated by these hormone deficiencies
- Hormone treatments:
- The hormone supplements to treat these deficiencies: doses, various types, and routes of administration with designation of the most efficient ones
- How to start the treatment and adapt the treatment
- Indications, contraindications, safety tips
- How to improve the hormone levels without hormone supplements: with information on diet, nutrients, lifestyle, etc.
- Follow-up:
- Which tests to do in the follow-up and how to interpret them
- How to solve all the treatment problems patients may experience during treatment
- Applications of treatment of disease typical to men and women: The hormone and nutritional treatments of prostate hypertrophy, breast cysts, endometriosis, etc.
- Evidence-based: An extensive review of the scientific literature on hormone therapies, including on the hot topics on hormone therapy, which strongly support physicians in applying these therapies in their practice
The hormone therapies that are evaluated are the following: melatonin, growth hormone, vasopressin, oxytocin, thyroid, IGF-1, cortisol and glucocorticoids, DHEA and androstenedione, pregnenolone, aldosterone, insulin, estrogen and progesterone in women, testosterone in women and men.
Who can acquire this exam?
Physicians of all medical disciplines who want to certify their skills in hormone therapy. Other health-professionals may apply (depending on their area of expertise) upon acceptance from the scientific committee. Kindly join a CV and an explanation of your approach for approval.
Which books should I study?
The two following books need to be purchased and reviewed:
Note: Only 12 of the 18 hormone deficiencies and their therapies need to be studied for the examination.
Estimated time to study the learning material?
- Experienced physicians: 70-140 hours
- Inexperienced: 100-200 hours
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About the exam…?
- Has to be taken in Dr. Hertoghe’s Clinic in Brussels, Belgium.
- Multiple-choice questions and answer (one answer possible per question)
- Negative points (-0,2) for wrong answers, 1 point for a good answer, no points for no answer
- A minimum score of 60% is required
- Difficulty level: Fair. 70-80% of candidates are estimated to pass the exam at their first trial
Sample questions
Download here a few sample questions.
What is the fee?
540€ for the learning material + 1500€ for the examination