6 ECTS credits
170 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 6014670FNR 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
Om een inschrijving te kunnen nemen voor 'Aanvullingen in Psychiatrie, deel 1' moet men ingeschreven en geslaagd zijn voor '005799' en '006016'.
Taught in
Dutch
Faculty
Faculteit Geneeskunde en Farmacie
Department
Clinical sciences
Educational team
Nathalie Vanderbruggen (course titular)
Activities and contact hours
10 contact hours Lecture
80 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
200 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

The ASO further investigates a wide range of domains within the specialism required for the practical applications listed under problem-solving skills and abilities:

Etiopathogenesis

a) Neuropsychology

b) Genetics

c) Neurosciences

Being able to perform differential diagnostic process

Having the interpersonal attitudes to establish a good therapeutic relationship.

Pharmacology:

a) GGZ

b) Psychiatric diagnostics

c) Psychodiagnostics

d) Antidepressants: Koen Demyttenaere

e) Mood stabilizers

f) Urgency

g) Hypnotics, sedatives, anxiolytics

h) Stimulants / dependence

i) Antipsychotics

Anxiety disorders and obsessive-compulsive disorder

Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders

Drug-related and addictive disorders

Depressive and Bipolar Mood Disorders

Eating disorders

Sex / gender

Somatic symptom disorder and related disorders

Psychotherapy

Suicide

Consultative and Liaison Psychiatry

Gerontopsychiatry

Neurocognitive disorders

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Neurobiological developmental disorders - mental retardation

Disruptive, impulse control and other behavioral disorders

Sleep-wake disorders

Ethics and Deontology / Insurance Medicine

Forensic psychiatry

Transcultural psychiatry

Personality disorders

Course material
Handbook (Recommended) : DSM-5, Handboek voor classificatie van psychische stoornissen, American Psychiatric Association, 3e, Boom Uitgevers Amsterdam, 9789024447503, 2022
Digital course material (Required) : Slides van presentaties
Digital course material (Required) : Wetenschappelijke literatuur
Handbook (Recommended) : New Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry, Michael G Gelder, Nancy C Andreasen, Juan J López-Ibor Jr, John R Geddes, 2e, Oxford University Press, 9780198713005, 2020
Handbook (Recommended) : Psychofarmacotherapie, Michel Dierick, Stephan Claes, André De Nayer, Paul Cosyns, Eric Constant, Daniel Souery, Academia Press, 9789038218588, 2012
Additional info

WORKING METHODS

Self study

Inter-university training (15x per year 4h = 120h for 2 years)

Seminars (every two weeks (about 15 times a year) + 1 seminar a year is given by the ASO itself)

Learning Outcomes

INSIGHT

OLR 1 - Has in-depth medical knowledge and understanding of the specialty

SKILLS

OLR 2 - Has acquired the skills specific to the specialism and applies them correctly

OLR 19 - Meets the general and specific final objectives, specific to the specialty, concerning diagnostics and syndromes / disorders

ATTITUDES

OLR 17 - Continuously develops and improves own skills

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 50% of the final mark.
Other Exam determines 50% of the final mark.

Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Portfolio met beoordelingsgesp with a relative weight of 50 which comprises 50% of the final mark.

    Note: Portfolio met beoordelingsgesprek

Within the Other Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Kennistoets type interuniversi with a relative weight of 50 which comprises 50% of the final mark.

    Note: Kennistoets type interuniversitaire toetsing eind 2e opleidingsjaar

Additional info regarding evaluation

Performance appraisals and evaluation at the end of expert level with the supervisor (including check attendance and active participation in the lectures (attendance list)) 50%

Inter-university exam at the end of expert level (after 2 years) 50%

PASS / FAIL. Fail for 1 part = fail for entire OO 

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: Psychiatry, Adult Psychiatry (only offered in Dutch)