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2025-2026 / QUAL0431-1

Internal and external audits

Duration

10h Th, 20h Pr, 10h SEM

Number of credits

 Master in biomedicine, professional focus in quality assurance3 crédits 
 Master in biomedicine, professional focus in quality assurance4 crédits 

Lecturer

Yannick Labeye

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

The internal and external audit course aims to provide future quality assurance professionals with essential theoretical knowledge. It aims to provide the basic tools and knowledge required by anyone who will be an auditor or auditee. To this end, the course will consist of the following chapters (non-exhaustive list):

- Introduction

- The audit process: general information

- Standards and guidelines

- How to shedule an audit planning

- Preparing for an audit

- Conducting an audit

- The audit report

- The action plan

- Monitoring the action plan

 

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

At the end of the course, students will have acquired the basic knowledge required to perform audits (internal or external).

The Internal/External Audits course is an integral part of the specialized focus on quality assurance and is complemented by all the other courses in the Master's program. It therefore only makes sense within an integrated vision of Quality Assurance.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

None

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The course consists of theoretical classes that incorporate practical case studies. Active participation in the various classes and participation in the exercises carried out during the theoretical classes is required.

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

Face-to-face course


Further information:

Face-to-face course


Additional information:

faculty schedule.

Course materials and recommended or required readings

Platform(s) used for course materials:
- MyULiège


Further information:

Course materials will be made available during the course. No reading is recommended.

Students are advised to familiarize themselves with the following websites: Eudralex: https://health.ec.europa.eu/medicinal-products/eudralex/eudralex-volume-4_en ICH: https://www.ich.org/ CFR: https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/cfrsearch.cfm ISO: https://www.iso.org/fr/home.html

ISO 19011

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

written exam ( open-ended questions ) AND oral exam


Further information:

Exam(s) in session



All sessions combined

- In person

Depending on the number of students, assessment will be oral or written (open-ended reflection question) and will account for 70% of the final note.


Additional explanations:

Oral or written exam (1st and 2nd sessions) covering the theoretical concepts addressed in the various classes as well as the documentary audit report produced.

 

Students are also required to produce a documentary audit (writing an audit report), which will account for 30% of the final note. It is due in December.

Work placement(s)

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

none

Contacts

Teacher : Yannick Labeye

Email address : ylabeye@uliege.be

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