Programme management
MINT Département de médecine interne
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Academic Supervisor : Pierre Scalliet
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Contact : Secretary's Office for radiothérapie
oncologique
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Tel. 02 764 47 26
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E-mail scalliet@rbnt.ucl.ac.be
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Teaching Committee
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President : P. Scalliet
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Members : GREGOIRE Vincent,
KIRKOVE Carine,
RENARD Laurette,
RICHARD Françoise. One representative from the MACCS.
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Selection Committee
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The Selection Committee is composed of the
members of the Teaching Committee, to which are added two guest members and two coopted members.
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Study objectives
This complementary master's programme aims to prepare
doctors to become officially recognised holders of the particular
professional title of specialist Doctor in radiotherapic-oncology
(Ministerial decree of 08.12.1980 published on 03.03.1980,
modified by the ministerial decrees of 24.07.1990 and
11.04.1999).
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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 Cardiology, 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 the 30.05.2002, relating to the planning
of the l'offre médicale published on the 14.06.2002, applies
to those candidates wishing to obtain the title of specialist
doctor in Radio-therapy oncology(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.
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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 comprises full time
apprenticeships
in recognised services and teaching centres. It lasts for at least five
years, full-time, including at least two years of foundation studies and at least three years of higher studies.
The apprenticeship project established by the university
stage coordinator 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 his practical training, the specialist
candidate will follow a university training programme organised as
follows :
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First part - Foundation studies
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Two years of studies consisting of ("basic" subjects) :
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Theoretica
courses : Atomic Physic, nuclear physics and
radiation, Dosimetry and radiotherapy, general and special
Radiobiology, Basic notions of
radio-protection, Complements of radio-protection, special
questions on radio-protection, Current techniques in irradiation,
Radiophysicochemistry, Radiogenetics.
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Seminars
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A period of supervised hospital training
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The theoretical sessions of the first two years form part of the specific university training programme (FUS, in French).
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Second part - Higher studies
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Three years of studies consisting of ("clinical" subjects ) :
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Theoretical
courses : Complements in cancerology,
Complements inchimiotherapy and antitumoral hormonotherapy,
Radio-therapy Techniques (including physical, dosimetrical,
radiobiological bases and clinical aspects), Tumour Pathology and
radiopathology, Pharmacology
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Seminars : Seminars on diagnosing cancer
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A period of supervised hospital training : Oncology Policlinic (Oncological Chemiotherapy)
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Evaluation
First part
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An evaluation of knowledge on the "basis" subjects is carried out at the end of the second year.
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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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Second part
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An evaluation of knowledge on the "clinical" subjects
corresponding to the higher studies is carried out at the end of the
fifth year.
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By way of reminder, an evaluation of knowledge is
carried out on a national level at the end of the fourth year. This
aims to test the "clinical" topics corresponding to the studies of the
second part of the training course.
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A
dissertation
(level of undergraduate, or a publication
juged to be equivalent) is required. This will then be defended in public.
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Besides this, an attestation of competence in
radio-protection and in the basic disciplines (physics of
ionizing rays, dosimetry, radiobiology) issued by the University is compulsory to obtain the
ministerail recognition allowing the use of ionizing rays in
radiotherapy.
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Upon fulfilment of the above-described training
requirements, the teaching committee will award the academic title in radiotherapy-oncology.
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This title does not replace official recognition by the
ministerial validation committee. It attests to the successful
completion of an academic and scientific study programme in the context
of specialised training leading to this validation.
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A
Ph.D
in medical
sciences, orientation : radiotherapy-oncology may be undertaken by the
candidates who have obtained more than a 70% score in the exams and who
have presented their undergraduate dissertation. This Ph.D (clinical
orientation) must be of the standard level required for a Ph.D in terms
of its originality and volume of data contained.
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