COVID-19 – Guidelines for the Faculty’s Operations During the New 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, the Faculty will not close its doors. Please find the guidelines regarding these new operating procedures below.
Last updated: 11/05/20 – 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 provided 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
- Administrative registration:med-inscriptions@umontpellier.fr
- Jardin des Plantes:med-jardindesplantes@umontpellier.fr
- Paramedical:med-paramedical@umontpellier.fr
- Elementary School (Cycles 1 and 2):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 / FMC:
How Classes Work
How the University Libraries and Study Rooms Operate
BU: 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 reason for your visit: to borrow or return materials, or to work on site. Please note: Written confirmation of your appointment (sent by email) is required to enter the library. This, along with your student ID and the special travel exemption form (available byclicking HERE), will serve as proof of your reason for visiting.
⚠️ A limited number of spots for on-site individual study are reserved for D4 students preparing for their ECNi exams, as well as for PASS/PACES students ⚠️
Due to the lockdown, extended hours in the evenings and on weekends have been suspended. However, within the university libraries, all services remain available, provided that health measures and protective protocols are followed: access to materials, use of self-service computers, printing/copying/scanning, Wi-Fi, interlibrary loans, and borrowing and returning materials at any location, etc. Librarians are available to answer questions online at boomerang.biu-montpellier.fr
Workrooms
⚡ More information about how study rooms will operate during the lockdown will be posted in this article soon.
How Thesis Defense Presentations Work
The format of thesis defenses has been modified: only the candidate will be permitted to defend their thesis in person, before the committee, in the traditional Salle des Actes of the Historic Building. A personalized travel exemption certificate will be provided to the candidate.
📧 More information will be provided at a later date via email to the affected interns.
How Internships Work
Semiology courses have been suspended until further notice in Montpellier and Nîmes.
The DFASM 1, 2, and 3 clinical rotations will continue as scheduled; the affected hospital 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-19, 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 health services is currently under discussion and review by the Regional Education Office. More information will be available soon.
⚡ More information on how internships and the health services will operate during the lockdown will be posted in this article soon.
How Exams Work
Exams scheduled to be held in person will proceed as planned. Students will be provided with a personalized certificate authorizing travel under exceptional circumstances. Details regarding the organization of the exams will be communicated 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 by email 📧
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