6 ECTS credits
170 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 6014556FNR for all students in the 1st and 2nd semester at a (F) Master - specialised level.

Semester
1st and 2nd semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Pass/Non pass
Can retake in second session
Yes
Enrollment Requirements
Alvorens men kan inschrijven voor 'Aanvullingen in Dermatologie en Venereologie, deel 2' moet men geslaagd zijn voor 'Aanv in Dermato&Ven 1' en voor 'Probl opl vermogen&vaardigh in Dermato&Ven 1' EN moet men ingeschreven of geslaagd zijn voor 'Probl opl vermogen&vaardigh in Dermato&Ven 2'.
Taught in
Dutch
Faculty
Faculteit Geneeskunde en Farmacie
Department
Pathology/molecular and cellular medicine
Educational team
Denis Pierard
Ilse Weets (course titular)
Activities and contact hours
10 contact hours Lecture
50 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
40 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

-To study and interpretate clinical scientific research related to diseases/syndromes relevant for the end terms of the training  as specified under 'medical expert' level 3

-To function with increasing independence in increasingly complex situations with a scientifically based attitude

Work forms:

-seminars postgraduate courses clinical biology, internal medicine, pediatrics (on yearly basis: 1h/week

-symposia organized by the belgian scientific societies for clinical biology (BVKB,BVKC) or of other medical specialisms (3 days/year)

-attendance of (inter)national symposia and congresses is decided in concertaion with head of respective departments clinical biology

Course material
Digital course material (Recommended) : Proceedings
Practical course material (Recommended) : tijdschriften vakgebied
Digital course material (Recommended) : Wetenschappelijke verdieping in Klinische Biologie - deel 2, handouts
Additional info

Proceedings, handouts, scientific journals, textbooks, databases, quality handbook available online and at the library of the departments of clinical biology

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

The clinical biologist in training broadens and develops his/her scientific knowledge in his/her own domain of expertise

He/she integrates own scientific findings and translates them to clinical practice (publication, guidelines)

He/she participates in quality improvement in clinical biology based on scientific evidence and critical appraisal of literature

More specific competences:

-to acquire thorough knowledge of the specialism (II2)

-to participate in clinical scientific research (II8)

-to interprete, analyze and report scientific knowledge (critical appraisal of the literature, evidence based medicine, clinical epidemiology) (II9)

-to perpetuate a scientific attitude (II10)

-to meet the general and specific end terms of the specialism relevant for diagnosis, therapy, prognosis and prevention of diseases/syndromes (III12)

-to participate in relevant scientific research as part of the master thesis (IV14)

--to effectively communicate medical and scientific information (III8)

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
SELF Practical Assignment determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the SELF Practical Assignment category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Portfolio met evaluatiegesprek with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

    Note: Portfolio met evaluatiegesprekken aan de hand van een checklist

Additional info regarding evaluation

Portfolio with face-to-face evaluation with checklist

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Specialist Medicine: Clinical Biology (only offered in Dutch)