Programme management
MNOP Département de morphologie normale et pathologique
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Academic Supervisor : Jacques Rahier
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Contact : Secretary's office for the Unit of Special Pathological Anatomy
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Tel. 02 764 17 12
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Teaching Committee
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President : J. Rahier
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Members : COSYNS Jean-Pierre, DELOS Monique, GALANT
Christine, GODFRAIND Catherine, MARBAIX Etienne, NOEL Henri, SEMPOUX
Christine, WEYNAND Birgit. A representative from the "MACCS" .
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Selection Committee
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The Selection Committee for candidate specialist
assistant 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.
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Study objectives
This complementary master's programme aims to prepare
doctors to be recognised holders of the special professional title
of Specialist Doctor in Pathological Anatomy. (Ministerial Decree of 26.04.198, published on the 01.07.1982).
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Admission conditions
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Applicants must be university
graduates in medecine or doctors from another member country of the
European Union authorising medical practice in Belgium.
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Applicants must possess a
document attesting that, at the end of the selection process, they were
selected as specialist candidates in Pathological Anatomy in a Belgian faculty of medecine.
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The juridical context and practical procedures regarding
these selection tests can be obtained from the secretary's office.
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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).
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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 Pathological Anatomy (those candidates are thus counted
among the general practitioner candidates or specialists in the context
of the numerus clausus).
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Admission procedure
Admission applications must be addressed to the academic secretary.
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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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General structure of the programme
The training course includes full time apprenticeships
in recognised services and teaching centres. It lasts for at least five
years, full-time, and is divided up into two years of foundation
studies including specific university courses, followed by three years
of extended
studies. The apprenticeship project established by the university
promoter must be approved by the ministerial validation committee for the
speciality. These apprenticeships include being on call.
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Programme content
Parallel to the practical training, the specialist candidate will follow a university programme organised as follows :
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First part - Foundation studies (FUS)
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These two first years of studies consist of :
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Theory : Complements of Pathological Anatomy, Clinical Cytology, Pathological Histochemistry and Cytochemistry
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Seminars
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Supervised hospital ward training : Demonstrations and protocols regarding
pathological anatomy (autopsies and surgical specimens )
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Practical
training periods in pathological anatomy in laboratories approved by
the Ministry of Public Health, recognised by the Teaching Committee for
Pathological Anatomy. This training includes practising
and interpreting autopsies from a macro and
microscopic point of view and examining surgical specimens as well as
the anatomo-pathological bases of legal medecine.
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Second part - Further training
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Three years of studies, consisting of :
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Theory : questions on special pathological anatomy,
special pathological anatomy of the nervous system and muscles
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Seminars : seminars on special pathological anatomy, seminar on dermatopathology and cutaneous immunopathology
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Supervised
hospital ward training : Demonstrations and protocols regarding
histodiagnosis in special pathological anatomy, including
neuropathology
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Apprenticeships in approved laboratories concentrating on examining biopsies
and cytological material within various sectors of pathology.
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Evaluation
Exams at the end of the first and second parts of the programme, aimed at
evaluating the candidate's abilities in the domains of morphological analysis and
diagnostic conclusions.
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Further to the application of the Royal Decree of 16th
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 programme. The exam focuses on
autopsy pathologies and surgical pathology.
The cases selected for the exam are
presented by the candidate during one of the
service seminars.
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The exam for the
2nd part
focuses on the analysis
of pathological cases from various sectors, as well as the writing of a thesis on a subject linked to pathological anatomy.
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The evaluations are carried out by the ensemble of the
pathologists from the sectors concerned who have participated in the training programme.
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Upon successful fulfillment of all the above-described
training requirements, the teaching committee will duly award the
academic title in Pathological Anatomy.
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This title does not replace official recognition by the
ministerial validation committee. It attests the successful completion of
an academic and scientific programme in the context of specialised
training leading to validation.
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