10 ECTS credits
300 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 6021871FNR 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
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 expert plus.  

The ASO is more extensively and theoretically 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” level expert plus.  

Course material
Course text (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 7 Belgian universities: gastro-enterology and neonatology colleges 

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

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge

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.  

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 met functioneringsgesprekken en evaluatiegesprek aan het einde van het niveau expert plus (100%)

Additional info regarding evaluation

Portfolio with performance interviews and assessment interview at the end, level expert plus (100%).  

PASS/FAIL 

 

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)