Programme management
NOPS Département de neurologie et de psychiatrie
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Academic Supervisor : Jean-Yves Hayez
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Contact person : A. Ferooz
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Secretary's office for the faculty committee PSYC
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Tel. 02 764 20 44
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Teaching Committee
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President : J.-Y. Hayez
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Members : D. Charlier, A. D'Alcantara, E. De Becker, V.
Dubois, Ph. Kinoo, A. Luts, A. Masson M.-C. Nassogne, A. Seghers, et
Ph. van Meerbeeck, N. Zdanowicz. One representative from the "MACCS".
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Selection Committee
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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.
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Study objectives
This complementary master's programme aims to prepare
doctors to become officially recognised holders of the specific
professional title of Specialist Doctor in Psychiatry, orientation
: Infanto-juvenile (Ministerial Decree of 03.01.2002, published
on
21.02.2002).
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Admission conditions
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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.
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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 Psychiatry, orientation : 5nfanto-juvenile, in a Belgian medical faculty.
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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 themedical offer for the public, published on 14.06.2002, applies
to those candidates wishing to obtain the title of Specialist
Doctor in Psychiatry, orientation : Infanto-juvenile (those candidates are thus counted
among the general practitioner candidates or specialists in the context
of the numerus clausus).
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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.
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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 alternates theoretical courses with
apprenticeships.
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.
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Programme content
Parallel to the practical training, the specialist
candidate will follow a university training programme organised as
follows :
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Foundation studies : General Psychiatry
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The training includes theoretical and clinical studies of the various branches of Psychiatry, i.e.:
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clinical psychology and general psychopathology
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anatomy and pathological anatomy, physiology, biochemistry and endocrinology related to psychiatry
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clinical and biological psychiatry and psychopharmacology
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psychotherapy
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social psychiatry; the organisation psychiatric care in and out of hospital, the legal aspects of psychiatry
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the diagnosing and
treatment of psychiatric illnesses in
children, adolescents, adults and old people
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technical diagnostic procedures proper to psychiatry and interpretation thereof
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legal psychiatry, or scientific and clinical expertise in psychiatry as applied to civil penal matters
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The first two years form part of the specific university training programme (FUS, in French).
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Higher studies : Psychiatry in Children and Adolescents
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Theoretical courses : Indepth questions on infanto-juvenile psychiatry
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Seminars : In-depth seminar on infanto-juvenile psychiatry
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Hospital training : Case studies on infanto-juvenile psychiatry
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Apprenticeships : at least 36 months of infanto-juvenile psychiatry and at
least one year to be carried out in a recognised acute psychiatric
service treating principally children and adolescents.
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In addition, the student will choose optional courses or
seminars, subject to the approval of the teaching committee. The
student is likewise encouraged to enrol on the specialised diploma
course in Psychotherapy (PCLI 3DS).
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Evaluation
Regular evaluation of each candidate by means of discussions with his training supervisor.
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At the end of his 2nd year of training, the candidate
will be evaluated in accordance with the quality of his
apprenticeship and his evaluation scores for the different modules of
his theoretical training. Further to the application of the Royal
Decree of 16 March, 1999, at the end of his first two years
of training, the candidate will receive an attestation proving that he
has successfully accomplished a specific university training course.
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At the end of his 5th year of training, the candidate
will be evaluated on the basis of a thesis or at least an article
that he has had published in an international review and of which he is
the principal author.
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Upon fulfilment of the above-described training
requirements, the teaching committee will award the academic title in Psychiatry, orientation : Infanto-juvenile.
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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 study programme in the context
of specialised training leading to this validation.
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