Duration
1 year
Training Structure
School of Medicine
Overview
All information regarding the program description, organization, contacts, fees, and registration procedures can be found on the Faculty of Medicine’s DU/DIU website: https://du-diu-facmedecine.umontpellier.fr/
Once you're on the home page, select the name of the DIU.
Admission
Registration Procedures
Obtaining authorization to enroll is essential.
Enrollment authorization issued by the academic advisor after submitting an application on the DU-DIU website: https://du-diu-facmedecine.umontpellier.fr/
Target Audience
• Initial training:
- Students in the DES program in Cardiovascular Medicine who have successfully completed their second year (beginning of the third year)
- International students enrolled in the DFMS/DFMSA programs: cardiology specialty
• Continuing Education:
- Physicians with a DE degree who hold a DES in Cardiology and Vascular Diseases, a DES in Cardiovascular Medicine, or a Certificate in Cardiology
- Physicians with a DE degree who hold a DES in Anesthesiology and Resuscitation, a DES in Intensive Care and Resuscitation, or a DESC in Medical Resuscitation
-Doctors of Medicine (DE) who hold the DES in Nephrology
-Doctors of Medicine (DE) who hold the DESC in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery or the DES in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
-Doctors of Medicine (DE) who hold the DES in Internal Medicine
-Registered nurses (RNs): RNs working in a unit specializing in heart failure or responsible for the care of transplant or ventricular assist device (VAD) patients (VAD coordinator), as verified by a letter from the department head / Clinical Nurse Specialist in Chronic Diseases
-Upon individual exemption granted by the Academic Committee: a medical specialist may be authorized to prepare for the DIU, given a particular interest in this continuing education program (e.g., DES or DESC in Emergency Medicine, etc.)