Learning outcomes - Advanced Master in Clinical Biology

The specialist candidate assistant pharmacist (pharmacien assistant candidat spécialiste - PHACS) in clinical biology programme is spread over five years and prepares students for employment in a private or hospital biological analysis laboratory, with the emphasis on aspects of research in the field of clinical biology. This academic training is accompanied by the compulsory submission to the Ministry of Public Health of a 60-month work placement plan, in accordance with Belgian legal requirements, which confers entitlement to an authorisation to practise clinical biology in the field of medical chemistry, haematology and microbiology.

On successful completion of this programme, each student is able to :

1 Laboratory management

1.a Understand and update pre-analytical, analytical and post-analytical processes.

1.b Anticipate long-term technical developments.

1.c Supervise technical staff (schedule management, training, recruitment, assessment, education fees, etc.).

1.d Coordinate tasks within a group of biologists.

1.e Ensure the preparation and monitoring of and compliance with the budget of a clinical biology laboratory.

2 Quality management

2.a Ensure the quality of the results of biomedical analyses.

2.b Develop and monitor compliance with quality assurance procedures.

2.c Ensure the traceability of services.

2.d Interpret the results of internal and external quality checks and improve the laboratory's performance.

2.e Be familiar with and understand the different standards for the validation of analytical methods.

3 Sense of responsibility

3.a Prevent, correct and manage cases of non-compliance and errors likely to occur during the analytical processes.

3.b Monitor the analytical protocols carefully and critically; be able to detect and respond effectively to any abnormal or pathological result.

3.c Integrate the various available medical data in order to validate the biological results produced by the laboratory.

3.d Take responsibility for decision-making

4 Communication

4.a Collaborate and communicate with other healthcare providers, particularly with the clinicians who are responsible for the patient.

4.b Manage internal and external disputes (complaints, claims, etc.) .

4.c Ensure the transmission of information within and outside the laboratory (new techniques, new analyses, etc.).

4.d Attend multidisciplinary clinical meetings.

4.e Read a scientific article from a critical perspective and understand the principles of evidence-based medicine

5 Ability to convey knowledge

5.a Write a scientific article (French/English).

5.b Present a scientific communication (French/English) in the field of clinical biology or another area of medicine .

5.c Provide training within or outside the laboratory.

5.d

Communicate as an expert-consultant with regard to other medical specialities

6 Ability to rapidly master a new area of expertise

6.a Apply their knowledge and skills in a new context .

6.b Familiarise themselves with and understand new technologies.

7 Mobility

7.a Be sufficiently independent to travel in Belgium and abroad.