10 ECTS credits
300 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 6021960FNR 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
Siddhartha Lieten (course titular)
Activities and contact hours
80 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
200 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

Deepening in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of: 

  • Frailty  

  • Geriatric syndromes  

  • Complex cases that affect more than 2 organ systems 

  • Additional mental and social problems 

Additional info

WORKING METHODS 

  • Interactive seminars and journal clubs: (at least 1x/week, 1h) organized at the internship department of Geriatrics 

  • LOK: 4x/year half a day of local quality groups in Geriatrics (LOK is a group of colleague physicians who share and critically evaluate their medical practicing to improve the quality of care) 

  • Belgian Interuniversity Course in Geriatric Medicine (BIUCGM): 4x/year 1 full day organized by the Belgian Association for Geriatrics and Gerontology (BVGG) 

  • Two two-day congresses per year, organized by the BVGG (‘Journées d’automne’ and Winter-meeting) 

  • An international congress per year (financed by WOK and GIFT accounts UZ Brussels) 

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.  

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 (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: Geriatrics (only offered in Dutch)