Training Structure
School of Medicine (Nîmes Campus), Faculty of Medicine
Overview
Admission to postgraduate medical studies is based on 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 - Critical Care
- clinical biology
- medical gynecology
- obstetrics and gynecology
- occupational medicine
- pediatrics
- psychiatry
- public health and social medicine
Each discipline corresponds to one or more Diplôme d'Etudes Spécialisées (DES).
The state-awarded Doctor of Medicine degree is conferred upon completion of:
- the awarding of the Diploma of Specialized Studies
- the successful defense of a capstone thesis at the end of the residency, during which the student takes the Hippocratic Oath.
See:
DES (Diplomas of Specialized Studies) in Medicine
DESC (Diploma in Complementary Specialized Studies) in Medicine
The duration of postgraduate studies ranges from 3 years (general medicine: 9 years of education after high school) to 5 years (other specialties: 11 years of education after high school).
https://facmedecine.umontpellier.fr/etudes-et-formations/etudes-en-medecine/theses/
Admission
Capacity
And then
Continuing Education
Employment Placement
Career paths for medical school graduates take various directions:
- hospital-based and private practice
- healthcare, teaching, and research
- self-employed and salaried
- administrative (medical advisor, forensic medical expert, etc.)
- industrial research