The "basic training" (also called "common core") of this program includes 2 years. Each year is sanctioned by a test. Admission to the 2nd annual block requires the complete success of the 1st annual block.
The basic training of the specialist candidate in clinical biology is versatile: it includes theoretical and practical teaching supplemented by supervised internships in each of the three areas of clinical biology: medical chemistry (including hormonology, toxicology and monitoring therapy), microbiology (bacteriology, mycology, parasitology, virology) and hematology (including coagulation, hemostasis, cytology and blood banking). Applications of immunology in these three areas are also included.
Additional training in human biology as well as training in sampling techniques are included in these first two years.
The candidate specialist will be required to attend or participate in didactic and scientific activities, as indicated by the Commission.
During their studies, specialist candidates participate in the guards assigned to them.
During full-time internships in the three areas of clinical biology for a minimum of 6 months for each of them, theoretical and practical lessons are given simultaneously. Their distribution between the different blocks of the specialization is shown below.
In addition to the basic training, the candidate specialist continues with three years of training corresponding to the "higher education" provided for in the appendix to the Royal Decree of 3-9-84. All internships must be carried out with internship supervisors approved for this purpose by the Ministry of Public Health, and in approved internship services.
The higher education is dedicated to:
either for three years in one of the three areas of clinical biology;
or for three years in addition to two or three areas of clinical biology, the higher education in each of these branches not being able to be less than one year.