Programme management
CHIR Département de chirurgie
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Academic Supervisor : Paul Van Cangh
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Contact person : B. Van Hove
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Secretary's Office for the Urology Service
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Tel. 02 764 14 11
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E-mail : vanhove@chex.ucl.ac.be
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Teaching Committee
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President : P. Van Cangh.
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Members : FEYAERTS Axel,
LORGE Francis,
OPSOMER Reinier-Jacques,
TOMBAL Bertrand, WESE François-Xavier. One representative from the "MACCS".
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Selection Committee
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The Selection Committee of candidate assistant specialist doctors (MACCS, in French) 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 specific
professional title of Specialist Doctor in Urology (Ministerial Decree of 18.07.1979, published on 07.08.1979).
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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 Urology, 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 the medical offer for the public, published on 14.06.2002, applies
to those candidates wishing to obtain the title of Specialist
Doctor in Urology (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 includes full time
apprenticeships
in recognised services and teaching centres. It lasts for at least six
years, full-time, including two years of foundation studies and four
years of higher studies.
The apprenticeship project established by the university promloter 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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First part - Foundation studies
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Two years of training aimed at familiarising the candidate with the various domains of surgery.
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Cf. programme of the first part of the specialised diploma studies in general surgery
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The candidate will follow the courses in general surgery
to which he will add an optional course in the domain of Urology,
Nephrology, Andrology and Gynecology.
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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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Four years of studies consisting of :
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Theoretical
courses : Surgical procedures and techniques in Urology for adults and
children. Endoscopic techniques in Urology. Functional problems in Urology and in
masculine Sexuology.
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Seminars: Seminar on Urology
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A period of supervised hospital training : Clinical demonstrations of Urology
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Options
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Evaluation
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.
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Annual evaluation in the context of the inter-university
courses on Urology. The final evaluation will be taken into
consideration for the recognition of specialists by the Ministerial
Validation Committee. It also involves an annual
communication to a congress on Urology, a
publication in an Urological journal and an end of course
thesis.
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Upon fulfilment of the above-described training
requirements, the teaching committee will award the academic title in Urology.
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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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