Academic Supervisor : Liliane Marot

Contact : Dermatology Unit Service

Tel 02 764 33 24 ou 02 764 33 40

E-mail Liliane.Marot@derm.ucl.ac.be

President : L. Marot

Members : M. Lambert, JM Lachapelle, D. Tennstedt, et R. Vanwijck. One representative from the "MACCS".

The Selection Committee for specialist candidate 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. (J.-F. Denef et J. Rahier).

This complementary master's programme aims to prepare doctors to become officially recognised holders of the specific professional title of Specialist Doctor in Dermato-Venereology (Ministerial decree of the 15.09.1979, published on 26.09.1979).

• 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 Dermato-Venerealology, in a Belgian medical faculty.

The juridical context and the practical procedures for 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 the 30.05.2002, relating to the planning of the medical offer for the public, published on the 14.06.2002, applies to those candidates wishing to obtain the title of specialist doctor in Dermato-Venereology (those candidates are thus counted among the general practitioner candidates or specialists in the context of the numerus clausus).

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.

The training course includes full time apprenticeships in recognised services and teaching centres. It lasts for at least four years, full-time, at least two years of which will be carried out in a hospital-linked service (with consultations) and at least one year in a polyclinic. 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.

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

Two years of training, consisting of :

• Theory : Complements of Dermatology (DERM2120), Professional Dermatoses (MDTR3230), Elements of Dermatology (DENT2410)
• Seminars : Seminar on Dermatology and seminar on Dermatopathology and Cutaneous Immunopathology
• Supervised clinical training : Dermatology Polyclinic (in series)

In addition :

inter-university conferences on the physiology and the physiopathology of the skin

inter-university conferences on the pathology and therapeutics of skin diseases

Two years of training consisting of :

• Theory : Plastic Surgery (CHG2200), Specialised medical expertise problems (MEX2100, partim 9h)
• Seminars : Seminar on special dermatology questions
• Supervised clinical training period : Demonstrations and protocols regarding pathology in dermatological anatomy, Complementary training on preventative medecine for infants and young children (PEDI2190, 4h)

In addition :

inter-university conferences on the pathology and therapeutics of skin diseases

An evaluation of the knowledge acquired is carried out at the end of this first period. It is completed by means of a national exam (inter-university) relating to fundamental biological knowledge on dermatology.

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.

A final evaluation is carried out, in the form of an interview.

The writing of one publication, minimum (principal author in an international review with peer review).

Upon fulfilment of the above-described training requirements, the teaching committee will award the academic title in Dermato - Venereology.

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 specialised training leading to this validation.