Duration
100h Pr
Number of credits
| Advanced Master in Medical Oncology | 20 crédits |
Lecturer
Collégialité
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
All year long, with partial in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
Supervised work in hospital 11 half days per week
In and outpatient care (hospitalisation, day care unit, consultations)
Diagnosis and treatment of all kind of solid tumors
Local and systemic treatment modalities (surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, trgeted therapy, immunotherapy, endocrine therapy): prescription, surveillance and management of side effects
Palliative systemic therapy
Full program: see moniteur belge
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Medical expert: best use of knowledge and realization of medical procedures in order to offer higest standard of care to the patient
Communication: good relationship with patients, family of patient, colleagues and other health care professionals
Collaboration: teamwork in the best interest of care to patient
Management: organization of patient care; optimal use of ressources available for patient care
Continued medical education: increase knowledge and participation to improve knowledge
Promotion of health: improve health and weel-being of patients
Professional care: respect of all deontological rules
Expected outcome:
Better understanding, in general, of pathology, diagnosis and treatment of each oncological pathology
Better scientific knowledge in the field of oncology
Work under supervision
Working and communication within a multidisciplinar team
Communication with patient, family and staff
Basic knowledge of scientific research
Analysis and interpretation of scientific data
Able to summarize a clinical problem, collect, analyze , interpret and report clinical data
Understanding of personal performance and impact on team work
Select appropiately diagnostic and treatment modalities
Interpretation of technical acts
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Training in general internal medicine (3 years)
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Supervision by medical oncologist (senior staff) (hospitalisation, day care unit and consultations)
For details: see training in internal medicine
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
All teaching activities are face-to-face
Recommended or required readings
Personal reading of reference books or journals should be done on a regular basis
The candidate has to take notes during the teaching activities
National interuniversity examination; according to the results additional evaluation locally can be requested (only in case of poor performance at the national examination)
Evaluation of the practice of oncology locally (maitre de stage)
Work placement(s)
Work placement obligatory during the whole year
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Contacts
g.jerusalem@chu.ulg.ac.be
003243668414