COVID-19 – Guidelines for the Faculty’s Operations During the Second Lockdown
As of October 30, 2020, France is once again under a nationwide lockdown. This has impacted the Faculty’s operations, but unlike during the last lockdown, it will not be closing its doors. Please find the details regarding these new arrangements below.
Last updated: 11/5/20 – 9:38 a.m.
The Faculty is not closing its doors
Unlike during the first lockdown, the university will not close its doors.
Services will continue to be available in person, and some service counters will be open by appointment (please contact the relevant department to schedule an appointment).
During remote work, services will continue to operate as usual, and all departments can be reached by email (see the directory below).
Places in Montpellier
- Business inquiries: med-activites-commerciales@umontpellier.fr
- General affairs, logistics, security:med-affaires-generales@umontpellier.fr
- Audiovisual Department:med-audiovisuel@umontpellier.fr
- Contact:med-communication@umontpellier.fr
- Administrative Directors and Assistant Directors:med-direction@umontpellier.fr
- Finance Department:med-financier@umontpellier.fr
- Registration:med-inscriptions@umontpellier.fr
- Jardin des Plantes:med-jardindesplantes@umontpellier.fr
- Paramedical:med-paramedical@umontpellier.fr
- Elementary School (Grades 1–6):med-scol-1-2@umontpellier.fr
- Human Resources Department:med-serv-pers@umontpellier.fr
- Thesis Management:medecine-theses@umontpellier.fr
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Continuing Education Management – CPD / CME:
How the courses work
How the University Libraries and Study Rooms Work
Library: Access by reservation only
After a temporary closure to reorganize their operating procedures, the UM university libraries will reopen on Thursday, November 5, 2020, subject to certain conditions:
- ⚠️ Access to the university libraries is limited to borrowing and returning materials and individual study on site. Access to group study rooms is therefore temporarily suspended;
- ⚠️ Access is by appointment only: users must therefore reserve a time slot for borrowing/returning items or a study space, either through Affluences or by email, depending on the library in question
⚡ For reservations made by email, please indicate the purpose of your visit: borrowing/returning materials or working on-site. Please note: written confirmation of your appointment (sent by email) is required to enter the library. This will serve as proof of your visit, along with your student ID and the travel exemption certificate (available byclicking HERE).
⚠️ A limited number of spots for on-site individual study are reserved for fourth-year medical students preparing for their ECNi exams, as well as for PASS/PACES students ⚠️
Due to the lockdown, extended evening and weekend hours have been suspended. However, within the university libraries, all services remain available, provided that health measures and protective equipment are followed: access to materials, use of self-service computers, printing/copying/scanning, Wi-Fi, interlibrary loans, contactless borrowing and returns, etc. Librarians are available to answer questions online: boomerang.biu-montpellier.fr
Workrooms
⚡ More information about how study rooms will operate during the lockdown will be posted here soon.
How Thesis Defense Presentations Work
Thesis defenses will be conducted differently: only the candidate will be permitted to defend their thesis in person, in the presence of the committee, in the traditional Salle des Actes of the Historic Building. A personalized exemption certificate allowing travel will be provided to the candidate.
📧 Further details will be provided at a later date via email to the residents concerned.
How Internships Work
The semiology courses in Montpellier and Nîmes have been suspended until further notice.
The DFASM 1, 2, and 3 clinical rotations will continue as scheduled; the affected hospital-based students will continue their training in full within the hospital departments.
For all students who may come into contact with patients infected with SARS-CoV-2, it is important to note that strict adherence to preventive measures during their clinical rotations provides effective protection against the risk of infection.
The continuation of the health service is currently under discussion and review by the Regional Education Office. More information will be available soon.
⚡ More information about how internships and the health services will operate during the lockdown will be posted here soon.
How the exams work
In-person exams will proceed as scheduled. Students will be provided with a personalized exemption certificate allowing them to travel. Details regarding exam arrangements will be sent directly to the affected students via email 📧
The interregional ECN exams (DFASM3) will take place as scheduled on November 20, 2020; the exams will be administered remotely. The exam schedule and organizational details will be sent via email 📧
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