Certificat interuniversitaire "Humanitarian surgery in austere environments"

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Information

Professor Jean-François BRICHANT
Anaesthesia - Intensive care
CHU - B35 - Quartier Hôpital
Avenue de l'Hôpital 1 - 4000 Liege
Phone : 04/366 71 79
e-mail address: jfbrichant@ulg.ac.be

Conditions and pre-requisites

The training is available to holders of a master in medicine and a specialised master in surgery (or students in at least their fourth year of this specialisation).
Knowledge of English is compulsory.

Courses programme

1. Preparatory work (165 hours of student work - 5 credits)

a. Review of human anatomy, with particular respect to musculo-skeletal and vascular anatomy

b. International Humanitarian Laws - IHL (ICRC e-learning training Center)
https://www.icrc.org/en/about-the-online-training-centre
- Basic rules and principles of IHL (8 modules with evaluation)
- Thematic module 1 : Health care in danger, the legal framework

c. Thematic module 2 : Rights and responsibilities of health-care personnel in armed conflicts and other emergencies

d. ICRC textbooks (2 volumes) on war surgery

e. Manuel de Chirurgie humanitaire

f. Top Knife. The art and craft of trauma surgery

2. Humanitarian Surgery Course (130 hours - 5 ECTS) :

a. 90 hours of face-to face classroom ¿ 3 credits

b. 45 hours of student work for subject approval ¿ 2 credits

c. 5 hours of sudent knowledge assessment

Registration fee

- 850 EUR for research and teaching assistants
- 1250 EUR for surgeons in office