Training structure
Medicine Department (Nîmes campus), Faculty of Medicine
Presentation
The third cycle of medical studies is accessible through the National Ranking Exam (ECN). Depending on their ranking, students choose their future specialty from among 11 disciplines:
- medical specialties
- surgical specialties
- general medicine
- anesthesia - resuscitation
- medical biology
- medical gynecology
- obstetrics and gynecology
- occupational medicine
- pediatrics
- psychiatry
- public health and social medicine
Each discipline corresponds to one or more Specialized Studies Diplomas (DES).
The State Diploma of Doctor of Medicine is awarded after:
- validation of the Specialized Studies Diploma
- Successful defense of a thesis at the end of the internship, during which the student takes the Hippocratic Oath.
see:
DES (Specialized Studies Diplomas) Medicine
DESC (Diploma of Specialized Studies) Medicine
The duration of postgraduate studies varies from 3 years (general medicine: Bac +9) to 5 years (other specialties: Bac +11).
https://facmedecine.umontpellier.fr/etudes-et-formations/etudes-en-medecine/theses/
Admission
Capacity
And after
Continuing education
Professional integration
Medical studies offer a variety of career opportunities:
- hospital and private practice
- hospital, teaching, and research
- self-employed and salaried
- administrative (medical advisor, forensic medical examiner, etc.)
- industrial research