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General practice is a clinical specialty oriented towards primary care, with its own distinctive features: a varied activity embracing all fields of medicine, a comprehensive and longitudinal approach, focused on the individual at any age, and intervening at an early and undifferentiated stage in the development of disease. General practitioners are the central players in their patients' health, establishing a lasting and privileged relationship of trust with them.
Training
After 100 years of teaching medicine, the University of Namur has been offering, since October 2024, an opportunity to specialize in general medicine on the Namur campus.
A unique opportunity for students to continue their course of study at a Faculty that makes proximity and quality teaching its watchwords.
The advantages of a Specialized Master's degree at UNamur
A joint degree with UCLouvain
to unite the strengths and expertise of our two universities.
Raising awareness of general medicine in rural areas
and its specific features: intensity of the doctor-patient relationship, more frequent technical procedures, less use of emergency rooms...
Active teaching, including healthcare simulation
by immersion in simulated situations as close as possible to practical reality.
Mentoring by an experienced doctor
from the choice of the student, who is careful to prepare him effectively for his future profession, while remaining attentive to the balance between his professional and private life.
Tutor and supervisor area
Become a tutor
Host a 3rd-year bachelor trainee
During their 3rd-year bachelor's degree, UNamur students accompany a GP in the field for 3 weeks.
This stage is an opportunity to establish, for the first time, contact with a patient, to demonstrate listening skills, to put professional secrecy into practice, to appreciate how theoretical knowledge is put into practice, to apply certain basic procedures, but also to reflect on their future personal medical practice.
Are you interested in hosting an intern?
Contact the Faculty of Medicine: administration-medecine@unamur.be
Becoming an internship supervisor
Hosting a general medical assistant
Discover the 3 conditions for becoming a training supervisor.
Create your Fordoc account and register for training courses
Discover the procedure for creating your Fordoc account to register for training courses and download certificates.
Maintain your accreditation as a training supervisor
Participate in training courses for training supervisors.
Rural medicine at UNamur
L'Observatoire Universitaire en Médecine Rurale (OUMRu)
Medical shortages are a major public health issue in rural areas. The Observatory's mission is to gain a better understanding of the dwindling supply of general practitioners, particularly in shortage areas in Wallonia, and to identify realistic and concrete avenues for solutions by giving a voice to players in the field.
UNamur makes a commitment in the face of the medical shortage in rural areas
To meet the challenge of the uneven geographical distribution of GPs, UNamur is innovating by offering rural internship sites that combine accommodation, transport facilities and supervision by experienced GPs.
An immersion in general medicine in the heart of new regions, to awaken the desire to settle in rural areas.
The literature clearly shows that internships in rural areas increase the chances of new installations in these areas, which concentrate the major areas of shortage. It is therefore an important lever for combating the geographical maldistribution of GPs and guaranteeing accessibility to care.
In collaboration with the CCFFMG and the OUMRu, we are developing "all-in-one" formulas to offer students internship schemes offering supervising doctors, accommodation and transport.
"Community integration" is also an important aspect: students need to be able to interact with patients and medical structures in the region. Local players are also expected to promote the region.
Dr Dominique Henrion
Contact
Are you a general practitioner, a politician, a stakeholder in a rural area, or a private citizen?
Don't hesitate to get in touch with our project manager
Aurélie Strickaert: aurelie.strickaert@unamur.be