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The complementary master's programme of General Medecine aims to further basic knowledge acquired during the PhD programmes for the management and accompaniment of health problems encountered on the first level of health care, and by means of supervised apprenticeship periods, study summaries, seminars and supervised pieces of work. It prepares the candidate to obtain the professional title of General Practitioner.

The total length of the specific training programme in General Medecine cannot be for less than 3 years (Ministerial Decree of 1/10/2002, European Directive 2001/19/CE).The length of the training programme is at least two years after having acquired the degree of Doctor in Medecine. The first year of the DES may be validated by following the 4th study year of the PhD programme in Medecine, with the "General Medecine" orientation.

Besides theoretical and practical sessions, it includes full-time training periods carried out with general practitioners or in hospital services, approved by the Ministry for Public Health and recognised by the Faculty of Medecine. The student degree holders who have successfully followed the "General Medicine Orientation" in the 4th year of studies of their PhD in medecine, obtain the credit of 6 months apprenticeship in an approved hospital service and 6 months work experience with a recognised General Practitioner or in a recognised centre for primary care.

The graduate students who have not followed the "General Medecine" orientation in the 4th year of PhD studies in medecine must follow the programme described below during the course of the DES. The length of the work experience in a hospital is a minimum of 6 months and a maximum of one year for the ensemble of the training. Apprenticeships in developing countries are authorised and counted as a quarter of their length. These training periods may only concern one year of the complementary training (Ministerial Decree of 06/04/1999). Apprenticeships in a country of the European Community are authorised for the maximal duration of one year (Ministerial decree of 06/04/1999).

Doctors enrolled on the Complementary Master's programme of General Medecine will be awarded, at the end of their studies, not only the Diploma for Specialist Studies in General Medecine, but also the title of Recognised General Practitioner, from the Ministry of Public Health. This title entitles access to a specific nomenclature (higher level of reimbursement of fees) and is necessary in order to obtain the right to practise general medecine within the countries of the European Union.

President : D. Pestiaux
 
Members : P. Chevalier, Ph. Heureux, C. Minguet, D. Vanthuyne et Ch. Vanwelde. Un représentant des candidats spécialistes en médecine générale.

See the general admission requirements

Procédures particulières :

Admission conditions
Before being authorised to embark on the specialised training programme in General Medecine, (MEGE 2MC), the doctor in medecine must prove that he has followed, in a continuous way, 200 hours of recognised lectures (Ministerial Decree of 03/05/1999) organised by a university centre for General Medecine (CUMG).

Furthermore :
• The applicant must hold the degree title of Doctor in Medecine or be a Doctor from a member country of the European Union authorising medical practice in Belgium.
• The applicant must be in possession of a document attesting that, at the end of the selection exams, he was retained as a specialist candidate in General Medecine, in a Belgian medical faculty.

The juridical context and practical procedures regarding these selection tests can be obtained from the secretary's office. Degree holders or graduates from outside the European Union may only enrol on this programme with the aim of obtaining a university certificate for partial specialised training of one year's duration.

The Royal Decree of the 30.05.2002, relating to the planning of the medical offer published on the 14.06.2002, applies to those candidates wishing to obtain the title of Specialist Doctor in General Medecine (those candidates are thus counted among the general practitioner candidates or specialists in the context of the numerus clausus).

Admission procedures
Information can be obtained from the secretary's office for the complementary masters' programmes CUMG (Brigitte Zuyderhoff). Applications for admission must be addressed to the academic supervisor. The organisation of the entrance selection tests is arranged in accordance with the calendar and the general examination rules and regulations.

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CEMD Permanent teaching Committee for the School of Medecine
Academic Supervisor : Dominique Pestiaux
Contact person : Brigitte Zuyderhoff
Tel. 02 764 53 45
E-mail : Brigitte.Zuyderhoff@cumg.ucl.ac.be

Teaching Committee
President : D. Pestiaux
Members : P. Chevalier, Ph. Heureux, C. Minguet, D. Vanthuyne et Ch. Vanwelde. One representative from among the candidate specialists in General Medecine.

Selection Committee
The Selection Committee is composed of the members of the Teaching Committee, to which are added two guest members and two coopted members.

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Mandatory Optional Courses not taught this academic year Periodic courses not taught this academic year Periodic courses taught this academic year Two year courses
Click on the course code to see detailed informations (objectives, methods, evaluation...)
						Year
						1	2
Programme de type 1 (120credits) Ce programme s'adresse aux étudiants qui ont suivi avec fruit la totalité de la formation théorique et pratique prévue dans la finalité spécialisée et l'option "médecine générale" de la 4e année d'études du master en médecine. Ce programme comprend 2 années de stages à temps plein (stage hospitalier ou stage chez le généraliste).
Première année d'études (60credits) Le stage hospitalier ne peut dépasser une année (maximum 3 à 6 mois selon la spécialité dans le même service) (A.M. 08/07/1999, art. 7). L'étudiant qui choisit le stage hospitalier en première année ne peut donc plus le choisir en deuxième année.
MEGE9302	Stages de médecine générale chez le généraliste  (in French)	N.		48credits		x
MEGE9301	Stages hospitaliers de médecine générale  (in French)	N.		48credits		x	x
MEGE3030A	Séminaires de pratique accompagnée (1ère partie)  (in French)	N.		3credits		x
MEGE3001	Travail de fin d'études (1ère partie)   (in French)	N.		9credits		x
Formation complémentaire (2credits) Un cours de spirométrie de base est accessible aux médecins qui le souhaitent :
PNEU3110	Compétence en spirométrie  (in French)	Jean-Marie Degryse, Giuseppe Liistro (coord.)	15h	2credits		x
Deuxième année d'études (60credits) Le stage hospitalier ne peut dépasser une année (maximum 3 à 6 mois selon la spécialité dans le même service) (A.M. 08/07/1999, art. 7). L'étudiant qui choisit le stage hospitalier en première année ne peut donc plus le choisir en deuxième année.
MEGE9303	Stages de médecine générale chez le généraliste  (in French)	N.		48credits			x
MEGE9301	Stages hospitaliers de médecine générale  (in French)	N.		48credits		x	x
MEGE3030B	Séminaires de pratique accompagnée (2ème partie)  (in French)	N.		3credits			x
MEGE3002	Travail de fin d'études (2ème partie)  (in French)	N.		9credits			x
Programme de type 2 (120credits) Ce programme s'adresse aux étudiants qui commencent leur formation en médecine générale après la 4e année du master en médecine. Ce programme s'organise comme suit : A) 1 année de cours + des stages chez le généraliste B) 1 année d'études étalée automatiquement en 2 années de stages à temps plein (hospitalier ou chez le généraliste).
Première année d'études (60credits)
Cours obligatoires (16credits)
MED2380P	Prescriptions médicales (pratique)  (in French)	N.	16h	2credits		x	x
MEGE2101	Séminaires de médecine générale  (in French)	Philippe Heureux, Cassian Minguet, Dominique Pestiaux, Daniel Vanthuyne (coord.)	22h	2credits		x	x
MEGE2000	Parcours de formation et tutorat  (in French)	N.	20h	2credits		x	x
MEGE3021	Seek, medical literature and quality of care in general practice  (in French)	Pierre Chevalier	20h	2credits		x	x
MEGE3040	Logistic organization of a general practice  (in French)	Didier Thillaye du Boullay (coord.), Charles Vanwelde	16h	2credits		x	x
MEGE2121	Special questions from the general practice attachment  (in French)	Philippe Heureux, Cassian Minguet, Dominique Pestiaux, Daniel Vanthuyne (coord.)	16h	2credits		x	x
MEGE2122	Technical Skills and Aptitudes in General Practice  (in French)	Daniel Vanthuyne, Charles Vanwelde (coord.)	16h	2credits		x	x
MEGE3011	Advanced aspects of primary care  (in French)	Cécile Bolly, Dominique Lamy, Jean Laperche (coord.), Michel Vanhalewyn	20h	2credits		x	x
Formation complémentaire organisée par la médecine générale (5credits)
MEGE2432	Workshop of sensibilisation to patient-doctor relationship in Family Practice  (in French)	Dominique CHARLIER, Philippe Heureux (coord.), Dominique Pestiaux, Christine Reynaert, Emmanuel de Becker	16h	2credits		x	x
PEDI2190	Complementary training in preventive medicine of infant and young child  (in French)	Dominique BECKERS, Eddy Bodart, Pierre-Louis DOCQUIER, Naima Deggouj, Geneviève FRANCOIS, Françoise Smets, Françoise Smets, Dominique Tennstedt, David Tuerlinckx (coord.), David Tuerlinckx (coord.), Demet Yuksel	30h	3credits	2q	x	x
Autre formation complémentaire (2credits)
PNEU3110	Compétence en spirométrie  (in French)	Jean-Marie Degryse, Giuseppe Liistro (coord.)	15h	2credits		x	x
Stages et séminaires (44credits)
MEGE9304	Stages de médecine générale chez le généraliste  (in French)	N.		41credits		x	x
MEGE3030C	Séminaires de pratique accompagnée  (in French)	N.		3credits		x	x
Deuxième année d'études (60credits) Le stage hospitalier ne peut dépasser une année (maximum 3 à 6 mois selon la spécialité dans le même service) (A.M. 08/07/1999, art. 7).
MEGE9302	Stages de médecine générale chez le généraliste  (in French)	N.		48credits		x	x
MEGE9301	Stages hospitaliers de médecine générale  (in French)	N.		48credits		x	x
MEGE3030A	Séminaires de pratique accompagnée (1ère partie)  (in French)	N.		3credits		x	x
MEGE3030B	Séminaires de pratique accompagnée (2ème partie)  (in French)	N.		3credits		x	x
MEGE3001	Travail de fin d'études (1ère partie)   (in French)	N.		9credits		x	x
MEGE3002	Travail de fin d'études (2ème partie)  (in French)	N.		9credits		x	x

First year
• Exams for those students beginning their studies in General Medecine and
• Evaluation by the work training supervisor leading the practical support seminars for all candidates

Second year (and third year)
• Evaluation by the work training supervisor leading the practical support seminars
• Evaluation of certification carried out by the jury of the programme involving the defence of a personal piece of work before an inter-university jury. (MEGE3001 End of course project).

Further to the application of the Royal Decree of 16 March, 1999, the candidate will receive, at the end of the first two years of training, an attestation proving that he has successfully accomplished a specific university training course.  The necessary attestation for obtaining the title of recognised General Practitioner, can only be awarded at the end of the years of the Complementary Masters.