3rd year of the General Training Diploma in Medical Sciences

Semester 1

Semester 2

UE7 GENERAL CANCEROLOGY
West Indies coordinator: Dr Carole Helissey, PH Head of Oncology Department, Hôpital Béjin, Paris
French Guiana coordinators: Pr Jean-Pierre DROZ - jpdroz@orange.fr / Dr Carole HELISSEY
ED : 20h 

UE8 IMMUNOPATHOLOGY AND IMMUNOINTERVENTION
West Indies coordinator: Pr Christophe Deligny, PU-PH in internal medicine, UA
French Guiana coordinators: Professor Maryvonne DUEYMES; Professor Loïc EPELBOIN - loic.epelboin@ch-cayenne.fr; Dr Dufens PIERRE-LOUIS - dufens.pierrelouis@ch-cayenne.fr; Professor Félix DJOSSOU - felix.djossou@ch-cayenne.fr; Professor Pierre COUPPIE - pierre.couppie@ch-cayenne.fr; Dr Romain BLAIZOT - romain.blaizot@ch-cayenne.fr
ED: 8.30pm 

UE10 HEMATOLOGY - HEMOSTASIS
West Indies coordinator: Pr Véronique Baccini, PU-PH in haematology, UA
French Guiana coordinators: Pr Olivier HERMINE - olivier.hermine@aphp.fr
ED : 20h

UE4 INFECTIOUS AGENTS, HYGIENE - GENERAL ASPECTS
West Indies coordinator: Professor Raymond Cesaire, University Professor of Virology, University of the West Indies
French Guiana coordinators: Pr Félix DJOSSOU - felix.djossou@ch-cayenne.fr; Pr Magalie DEMAR - mdemar@yahoo.com; Pr Christophe PEYREFITTE - cpeyrefitte@pasteur-cayenne.fr; Dr Vincent SAINTE-ROSE - vincent.sainte-rose@ch-cayenne.fr
ED: 47h
Bacteriology: 16 h
Virology: 10 a.m.
Parasitology: 8 hours
Mycology: 6 hours
General information: 7h

Free choice of teaching units (choice of 1 UE)

COMMUNITY HEALTH UNIT / HEALTH MEDIATION IN THE REGIONAL CONTEXT
West Indies coordinator :
French Guiana coordinators: Pr Maylis DOUINE - maylis.douine@ch-cayenne.fr
ED : 20h 

INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH UNIT
West Indies coordinator: Dr Marie Laure Lalanne Mistrih, MCU-PH in nutrition, UA
French Guiana coordinators: Pr Antoine ADENIS - antoine.adenis@ch-cayenne.fr
ED : 20h 

ANTIBIOTICS
West Indies coordinator: Pr André Cabié, PU-PH in infectiology, UA 58
French Guiana coordinators: Pr Félix DJOSSOU - felix.djossou@ch-cayenne.fr
Courses and Ed: 30 hours online

1st and 2nd semesters

EU Training in first aid and emergency care
Coordinator: Pr Jean-Marc PUJO; Pr Hatem KALLEL
Practical work: 18h

Courses

Number of hours for 1 student
Seven hours/day (full-time), 5 days/week, for 7 weeks, i.e. 245 hours.
During these full-time placements, students must be present on the placement site for 7 hours from Monday to Friday inclusive. A placement day starts between 8am and 9am, at the convenience of the head of department or head of unit.

Organisation:

• The practical courses take place during (as an indication) :
• the 2 weeks preceding the Christmas holidays
• the 2 weeks preceding the Mardi Gras holidays
• the 2 weeks preceding the Easter holidays
• one week in June

The reception services are :

• Anaesthesia
• Surgery
  • Digestive surgery
  • Orthopaedics-Traumatology
• Gynaecology and obstetrics
• Medicine
  • Cardiology
  • Dermatology
  • Endocrinology/diabetes
  • Hepato-gastro-enterology
  • Infectious and tropical diseases
  • Internal medicine
  • Nephrology
  • Neurology

• Paediatrics
  • Paediatrics
  • Paediatric emergencies
• Psychiatry
• Emergency, intensive care, continuing care, resuscitation
  • Adult intensive care
  • Adult emergencies
• Hospital laboratory (microbiology/haematology/immunology)
• Research laboratory

The host departments are located at the hospitals in Cayenne. Internships at the Kourou and Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni hospitals are possible on request, in a department that is approved for interns.

At least one placement in a "gynaecology-obstetrics", "medicine", "paediatrics", and "emergency, intensive care, continuous care, resuscitation" department is compulsory during the two years of the DFGSM (and "surgery" depending on availability). However, students may not do more than one placement in gynaecology-obstetrics or paediatrics.