Additions in Emergency medicine, part 2

10 ECTS credits
300 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 6021932FNR 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

Ives Hubloue (course titular)

Activities and contact hours

50 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
120 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study

Course Content

​The ASO is more extensively instructed in the following topics:  

• ATLS – Advanced Trauma Life Support/ETC: European Trauma Course 

• Point of care ultrasound in emergency medicine: rush protocol, eFAST, vascular access 

• equipment for prehospital care 

• free airways  

• endocrine emergencies  

• intoxications: general approach – antidotes 

• trauma in pregnant women 

• urological emergencies  

• urologische urgenties  

• obstetric and gynecological emergencies 

• serious electrolyte disorders 

• emergencies due to environmental factors  

• advanced disaster medicine and management  

• pediatric emergencies: stridor, meningitis, moisture policy  

• legislation of urgent medical assitance and 100-system  

• juridical and deontological aspects: professional secrecy, forced admission, death certificate, refusal of treatment, certificates, DNR-policy, roadworthy-ness  

• crime scene management  

• clinical pharmacology: 

• use of a formulary in the hospital where the ASO operates, treatment of acute drug reactions, anaphylaxis and skin eruptions. 

• side-effects of common drugs 

• ​Radiocommunication (see also communicator)

 

Course material

Digital course material (Required) : Tijdschriften in het vakgebied
Digital course material (Required) : Uptodate en evidence based databanken ( www.uptodate.com; www.accessmedicine.com,.. ).

Additional info

Working methods

​Bedside teaching 

Mortality & Morbidity Cases (4x 1,5h per year) 

Course on point of care ultrasound in emergency medicine – POCUS = 16h theory + 50h self 

Basic Course Disaster Management – 20h 

Webex: interuniversity videoconferencing 2x per month 0.5h. 1x case report, 1x literature review (also with peripheral hospitals). In 2 years 1x 5h self.  

Tintinalli-sessions: 1x per week 2h (once a year 10h self, for own session) – substantive deepening of the basic manual “Emergency Medicine, a comprehensive study guide” 

Daily debriefings: 2h/day 

Continued interuniversity education (Flemish Academy for Emergency Medicine): 4 classes per year (whole day: 6.5h) – preparation for European Board Exam Part A (exam taken in year 4, 5 or 6) – spread over 2 years 

ALS-scenarios – no recertification, skills are actively maintained through continuous medical education in ALS (4h per month, occurs in between depending on workload)  

​ATLS or ETC – 16h

 

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 diseases/disorders 

 

Attitudes

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:

• Board exam with a relative weight of 50 which comprises 50% of the final mark.
  
  Note: (50%) Europees Board Exam

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 functioneringsgesprekken en evaluatiegesprek aan het einde van het niveau (50%)

Additional info regarding evaluation

• 50% European Board Exam  

• Portfolio with performance interviews and assessment interview at the end, level expert (50%) 

PASS/FAIL 

FAIL for 1 part = FAIL for the whole course   

 

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: Emergency Medicine (only offered in Dutch)