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