The training course includes full time apprenticeships in recognised services and teaching centres. It lasts for at least six years, full-time, including three years of foundation studies in internal medecine and a higher training in Pneumology of at least three years. The apprenticeship project established by the university promoter must be approved by the ministerial validation committee for the speciality. These periods of practical training include being on call.

First part

President : Martin Buysschaert
Members : L. Delaunois, A. Ferrant, A. Geubel, Ph. Hainaut, F. Houssiau, Y. Pirson, M. Symann, J.-L. Vanoverschelde.

Second part

President : L. Delaunois
Members : COLLARD Philippe, LIISTRO Giuseppe, MARCHAND Eric, RODENSTEIN Daniel, SIBILLE Yves, VANDENPLAS Olivier. Un représentant des MACCS.

See the general admission requirements

Specific procedures :

Admission conditions
• 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 Pneumonology, 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 from outside the European Union are only allowed to register on the programme in the context of procuring a university certificate for partially specialised training for the duration of two years (if they are in the process of doing a specialisation in their country of origin) or for an in-depth specialised training course for the duration of one year (if they are already recognised as specialists in their own country).

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

Admission procedures
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.

Ouverture aux adultes

MINT Departement of Internal Medecine
First part
Academic Supervisor : Martin Buysschaert
Contact : Secretary's office for Internal medecine
Tel. 027641054
buysschaert@diab.ucl.ac.be
Second part
Academic Supervisor : Luc Delaunois
Contact : Service of Pneumology
Tel. 081423351
luc.delaunois@pneu.ucl.ac.be

Teaching Committees
First part
President : Martin Buysschaert
Members : L. Delaunois, A. Ferrant, A. Geubel, Ph. Hainaut, F. Houssiau, Y. Pirson, M. Symann, J.-L. Vanoverschelde.
Second part
President : L. Delaunois
Members : COLLARD Philippe, LIISTRO Giuseppe, MARCHAND Eric, RODENSTEIN Daniel, SIBILLE Yves, VANDENPLAS Olivier. One representative from the "MACCS".

Selection Committee
The Selection Committee for candidate assistant clinician specialist doctors (MACCS, in French) is composed of the members of the teaching Committee, to which are added two guest members and two co-opted members.

Parallel to the practical training, the specialist candidate will follow a university training programme organised as follows :

part - Foundation studies
Three years, full time, consisting of :
• Theoretical courses
• Seminars
• A period of supervised hospital training
The theoretical sessions of the first two years form part of the specific university training programme (FUS, in French).

part - Foundation studies
Three years, full-time, consisting of :
• Theoretical courses : These courses are given in the context of the inter-university "MC", grouping 7 faculties of medecine.
• Seminars
• A period of supervised hospital training

In addition, 15 hours of optional courses to be chosen from among :
INTR2291 Exploration fonctionnelle cardiaque[15h] (in French) Claude Hanet (coord.), Agnès Pasquet, Erwin Schroeder
INTR2292 Pulmonary function testing[15h] (in French) Giuseppe Liistro, Eric Marchand
MDTR3180 Evaluation d'incapacité de travail et invalidités[15h] (in French) Frédéric Bonbled
PNEU2110 Supplements of pneumology[15h] (in French) Yves Sibille, Olivier Vandenplas
PNEU2120 Clinical allergy[15h] (in French) Yves Sibille, Olivier Vandenplas

Semestrial clinical evaluations : these evaluations are established (in writing) by the practical training course supervisor of each candidate and aim to assess different items. The evaluations of all the candidates are reviewed during the two semestrial meetings of the ensemble of the practical training supervisors.

First part
At the end of theses three years of training, each candidate will be evaluated during the course of an interview aimed at testing his general knowledge acquired in Internal Medecine. Further to the application of the Royal Decree of 16 March, 1999, at the end of the first two years of training, the candidate will receive an attestation proving that he has successfully accomplished a specific university training course.

Second part
At the end of these three years of training, each candidate will be evaluated during the course of an interview aimed at testing the in-depth knowledge acquired in Pneumology. The writing of a thesis(20-25 pages) on a subjet of Pneumoloy. The instruction leaflet for the thesis is available at the secretary's office of the service. Publication of an article. Upon fulfilment of the above-described training requirements, the teaching committee will award the academic title in Pneumology.

This title does not replace official recognition by the ministerial validation committee. It attests the successful completion of an academic and scientific study programme in the context of a specialised training programme leading to this validation.

General presentation of the programme