EduCom Minutes 2026-03-12

Welcome

• Participants

• Meeting Link - https://meet.google.com/dsj-oasx-cpp

• 09:00am - 10:00am CT, Chicago time (16:00 - 17:00 CEST, Brussels time)

• Agenda

Agenda is approved? Minutes of last meeting are approved?

Exam updates

• Exam status update- reviewing progress from the ToDos of the last meeting:

• ToDo (2026-02-17): Aaron will ask Mohannad Hussain to cover radiology and provide information to Werner
• Decision (2026-02-17): We will provide the exam for “newcomers” at the Connectathon

• Option 1 (2026-02-17): We will provide the exam for “newcomers” without changes. Candidates get the option to take the renewed exam that we will provide later in the year!? They would then get the certificate?
• Option 2 (2026-02-17): We do quick fixes on the exam to take out questions that are severely outdated. A exam review team will do these changes under coordination from Werner:

• Decision (2026-02-17): We will try the quick fix towards Option 2. The review team will provide a report until the next meeting 12th March. We will then decide to go for Option 1 or Option 2.
• ToDo (2026-02-17): Werner will provide exam questions for review via secure channel to the exam review team.
• ToDo (2026-02-17): Aaron will coordinate with Sophia about the day and time of the exam at the Connectathon in Brussels. He will provide this to Werner.

Schema, Exam and Syllabus

(copied here from last agenda)

• (ToDos from 20th January 2026 were to provide document versions for public review - completed)
• See the draft documents available for [public comment on Google Drive]:

• [IHE_CPP_Processes_V0.22_ForComment.docx]
• Werner has provided text to describe the AI augmented process of updating the exam.
• There sure are other issues the require updates - please revise!
• [IHE_Foundations_Exam_Syllabus_V1.1_ForComment.docx]
• See the comments in the draft. We need to plan how to revise the sections of the syllabus, so that the required expertise and knowledge comes in.
• The document is still open for comments and will remain open for the time being

• The Syllabus of the IHE Foundations Exam is a “General purpose introduction”

• It establishes the “common language”
• Werner reports that those who took the exam were happy with this. It has served the purpose.
• Once we have updated the IHE Foundation Level Exam, we will explore the market, also looking for additional, more technical levels
• We will be happy about “market” information, to receive further input. Let us use opportunities to collect input:

• Connectathon in Brussels March 2026
• There will be a Connectathon in October 12-16 2026 in Washington DC

Planning towards the Connectathon in Brussels March 2026

• Status of planning the "Education" session at the CAT in Brussels? Any news?

• Is the program of the session available anywhere?

Any other business

none

Next call

xxth April 2026, 10am CT (Chicago), 4pm CEST (Brussels time) - to be scheduled

IHE Education Committee