10 ECTS credits
300 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 6021860ENR for all students in the 1st and 2nd semester at a (E) Master - advanced level.

Semester
1st and 2nd semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Pass/Non pass
Can retake in second session
Yes
Taught in
Dutch
Partnership Agreement
Under interuniversity agreement for degree program
Faculty
Faculteit Geneeskunde en Farmacie
Department
Supporting clinical sciences
Educational team
Ramses Forsyth (course titular)
Activities and contact hours
80 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
200 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

The ASO is more extensively instructed in a wide array of domains within the specialism, necessary for the applications in practice that are dealt with during internships and relate to the final objectives as defined under “physician” level expert plus. These domains relate to autopsy-, biopsy-, cyto- and molecular pathology 

The ASO is to operate with increasing autonomy and complexity, in a scientifically founded manner.  

Course material
Practical course material (Required) : Handouts van seminaries, tekstboeken (aanwezig in de dienst), tijdschriften in vakgebied (aanwezig in de dienst, in de VUB bibliotheek of in Pubmed), en documentatie van de producenten van toestellen en reactieven.
Additional info

WORKING METHODS 

  • Interactive seminars, organized in the field of the internship, concerning the fine-tuning of equipment and skills, work organization, background information…. 

  • Multidisciplinary staff- and department meetings 

Learning Outcomes

Insight

OLR 1: Has acquired profound medical knowledge and insights in the specialism.  

skill

OLR 2: Has acquired the skills, inherent to the specialism, and applies these correctly. 

OLR 19: Satisfies the general and specific final objectives, inherent to the specialism, concerning diagnostics and syndromes/diseases.  

Attitudes

OLR 17: Keeps further developing and improving own skills. 

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Other Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

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

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

    Note: Portfolio (inclusief bespreking met ASO): met een wegingsfactor 1 en aldus 100% van het totale cijfer

Additional info regarding evaluation

The evaluation is composed of the following task category: 

Portfolio (including discussion with ASO): relative weight of 1 and hence 100% of the final mark 

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: Pathological Anatomy (only offered in Dutch)