2024-2025 / MSTG9076-1

Work placement

Duration

Number of credits

 Master in biomedicine, research focus17 crédits 
 Master in biomedicine, professional focus in biomedical data management17 crédits 
 Master in biomedicine, professional focus in quality assurance17 crédits 
 Master in biomedicine, professional focus in clinical research management17 crédits 

Lecturer

Collégialité

Coordinator

Christel Pequeux

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

This teaching unit consists of an internship of approximately 2 months carried out in a company preferably or an academic laboratory, in Belgium or abroad.

Whatever the option you choose, it is your responsibility to find your internship.

Be proactive!

Several options are available to you :

1) This internship is independent of your thesis and is to be completed in a company or an academic laboratory.


2) This internship is the continuation of your Master thesis performed in a company and is completed in the same company as the one in which you are doing your Master thesis.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

Professional experience in a company, deepening of skills, discovery of new complementary fields.

SWOT analysis.

Writing of an internship report.Presentation in 180 seconds. Development of a synthesis spirit and of an efficient presentation skills. respect of timing.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Successful completion of all learning units corresponding to baccalaureate and Master 1.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Learning activities and teaching methods will vary and depend on where the internship will be performed.

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

In face-to-face, the student will be required to follow the guidelines indicated by his/her internship promoter.

Course materials and recommended or required readings

Platform(s) used for course materials:
- eCampus


Further information:

A vademecum is available on the eCampus page of the MSTG9076 course, along with various practical information.

A selection of internship topics in companies is available on eCampus, with contact details. However, we emphasize that this list is not exhaustive, and we strongly encourage personal contacts with companies not included in the list. Please be aware that it is your responsibility to find your internship placement, and we are here to support you. Finding an internship can take time, so we encourage you to start applying as early as September.

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

oral exam

Written work / report

Continuous assessment

Out-of-session test(s)


Additional information:

An assessment will take place in several parts:

1) Evaluation of the student's behavior and skills during the internship by the promoter and his team (weighting: 30%)
2) Internship report (weighting: 40%; promoter, jury)
3) Oral presentation and answer to the jury's questions: My internship in 180 seconds (weighting: 30%; jury composed of academics and people from companies). A penalty of -1/20 on the final score will be applied if the timing of the presentation is not respected (up or down).

Contents of the report:

* Company presentation / Presentation of the scientific environment of the host laboratory
* Description of the specific department and its challenges / Description of the laboratory and its research themes
* Specific objectives pursued during the internship
* Strategy developed to achieve the objectives
* Tools used during the internship
* Work agenda
* Description of a typical week
* SWOT analysis of the intern related to the internship requirements

Work placement(s)

This learning unit is exclusively dedicated to the internship.

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

For the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) : www.facmed.uliege.be/rgpd

Contacts

Internship in a company or abroad :

Christel Péqueux
04 366 22 17
c.pequeux@uliege.be

 

Internship in an academic laboratory ULiège :
Rachelle Franzen
04 366 51 92
rfranzen@uliege.be

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