10 ECTS credits
300 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 6021870ENR 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
Clinical sciences
Educational team
Yvan Vandenplas
Inge Gies (course titular)
Activities and contact hours
80 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
200 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

Discussion of the diagnosis, treatment, prevention and prognosis of diseases mentioned in level 2.  

The ASO is more extensively instructed in a broad 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” basic education.  

Course material
Digital course material (Required) : Hand-outs van de zittingen, tijdschriften in het vakgebied
Additional info

WORKING METHODS 

  • Attend daily change of shifts 

  • Interactive seminars, organized in the domain of the internship (at least 1x 1h per week), weekly postgraduate sessions of the department of pediatrics on Wednesday and Friday 

  • The ASO should give at least 2 presentations (1 clinical, 1 research) at the Wednesday noon training each academic year 

  • LOK: 4x/year half a day of local quality groups (LOK is a group of physician colleagues who share and critically evaluate their practices to improve health care quality) 

  • Journal clubs: 1x/week 1h of Journal clubs in pediatrics 

  • Postgraduate Pediatrician meetings, organized by the 4 Flemish universities: food training 

  • Attendance in at least 70% of the meetings is required (daily change of shifts not included) 

  • Attend and pass the NLS (Neonatal Life Support) and APLS (Advanced Pediatric Life Support) course 

Learning Outcomes

Insight

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

Skills

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.  

Attirudes

OLR 17: Keeps further developing and improving 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:

  • Schriftelijk examen with a relative weight of 50 which comprises 50% of the final mark.

    Note: Schriftelijke toetsing op eind basisopleiding: meerkeuze vragen met een wegingsfactor 1 en aldus 50% van het eindcijfer.

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

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

    Note: Portfolio: met een wegingsfactor 1 en aldus 50% van het totale eindcijfer.

Additional info regarding evaluation

The evaluation is composed of the following category: 

The exam counts for 100% of the final mark: 

Within the exam category, the following tasks are to be completed: 

  • Portfolio (including discussion with ASO) with a relative weight of 1 and hence 50% of the final mark  

  • Written examination at the end of the basic education: multiple choice with a relative weight of 1 and hence 50% 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: Paediatrics (only offered in Dutch)