Diplôme de formation approfondie en sciences médicales (DFASM) - Médecine at Nantes Université

The DFASM is the second cycle of medical studies, aiming at the generic skills needed to practise later and a general clinical training compatible with taking up an internship post whatever the post obtained after the national internship competition.

Faculty: UFR Médecine et Techniques Médicales  |  Duration: 3 years (DFASM 1 to 3, 6 semesters, 120 ECTS, master level), Nantes  |  Study mode: full-time; compulsory hospital placements; language of instruction: French  |  Intake: September  |  Location: Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France

What you will study

DFASM1 (53 ECTS) covers teaching units such as practice of medicine, public health and human and social sciences, gynaecology, mental health and addictive behaviours, nervous system, skin, pneumology, cardiology, vascular medicine, endocrinology-nutrition, urology and medicines and non-drug therapies; DFASM2 and DFASM3 continue with clinical training and placements.

Career pathways

Entry to the internship (third cycle) through the national classifying examination.

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