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COVID-19 – Provisions relating to the functioning of the Faculty during the renewed lockdown

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As of October 30, 2020, France is once again under general lockdown. This has impacted the Faculty's operations, but unlike during the last lockdown, it will not be closing its doors. Please find the provisions relating to these new operating procedures below.

 

Last update: 11/05/20 – 09:38

The Faculty is not closing its doors

Unlike during the first lockdown, the faculty will not close its doors.

Services will continue to be provided in person, and some counters will be open by appointment (please contact the relevant department to make an appointment).

Remote working has not affected the operation of our services, and all departments can be contacted by email (see directory below).

Sites in Montpellier

 

How the lessons work

 

  • EACH STUDENT AND STAFF MEMBER HAS A ZOOM ACCOUNT

    Every student and teacher at the Montpellier-Nîmes Faculty of Medicine has a Zoom license provided by the University of Montpellier. 

    To attend classes/meetings/tutoring sessions, simply create your Zoom account 💻 using your university email address: prenom.nom@umontpellier.fr for staff and faculty, or prenom.nom@etu.umontpellier.fr for students.

    ZOOM UM License

  • CMs GO REMOTE

    Lectures will be entirely online starting Monday, November 2. ECNi preparation lectures are also affected by this change. ⚠️ No students will be allowed to attend lectures in person at the faculty. ⚠️

    Classes will be held on ZOOM. The CM schedules will remain the same as those originally planned. A virtual room has been created for each lecture hall. Simply log in to the virtual room corresponding to the physical room originally scheduled. The addresses of the virtual rooms will be communicated to each class by email. 📧

  • EDS GO REMOTE

    Tutorials will be entirely online starting Monday, November 2. ⚠️ No students will be allowed to come to the faculty in person to attend a tutorial. ⚠️

    Classes will be held on ZOOM. The ED schedules will remain the same as those originally planned. A virtual room has been created for each ED room. Simply log in to the virtual room corresponding to the physical room originally scheduled. The addresses of the virtual rooms will be communicated to each class by email. 📧

  • TUTORING SESSIONS ARE NOW BEING CONDUCTED REMOTELY

    Tutoring sessions will be entirely online starting Monday, November 2. ⚠️ No students will be allowed to come to the faculty in person for tutoring sessions. ⚠️

    Sessions will be held on ZOOM. Tutors will communicate the details of their new sessions directly on their usual social media accounts. Follow them!

    • ATSM (Montpellier-ADV)
    • ATP (Montpellier – Flahault)
    • TSN (Nîmes)

  • SOME PRACTICAL WORKSHOPS ARE STILL BEING HELD IN PERSON

    Certain practical classes that are essential to student training will continue to be held in person on an exceptional basis. Non-essential practical classes will be postponed to a later date or canceled.

    The students concerned will be provided with a certificate of exceptional travel, which they must carry with them in case of inspection during their journey.

    ⚠️ Only students with this certificate will be allowed to enter the campus to attend their practical classes. ⚠️ Students affected by these practical classes will be notified by email. 📧

    Public transportation will operate in strict compliance with health requirements: masks must be worn 😷, hands must be washed regularly, social distancing measures must be observed, and capacity will be reduced to 50% of its initial capacity.

 

How the university libraries and study rooms work

BU: access by reservation

After a temporary closure to reorganize their reception conditions, the UM university libraries will reopen on Thursday, November 5, 2020, under certain conditions:

  • ⚠️ Access to university libraries is limited to borrowing/returning documents and equipment and individual work on site. Access to group study rooms is therefore temporarily suspended.
  • ⚠️ Access is by appointment only: users must therefore reserve a loan/return slot or a workstation, either via Affluences or by email, depending on the university library concerned.
Reservations on Affluences for the UPM Medicine Library Reservations on Affluences for the Nîmes Medicine Library Reservations by email for the History and Medicine Library

⚡ For reservations by email, please indicate the reason for your visit: borrowing/returning documents 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 reason for visiting, along with your student card and the travel exemption certificate (available byclicking HERE).

⚠️ A quota of places for individual work on site is reserved for D4 students preparing for their ECNi exams and for PASS/PACES students. ⚠️

The lockdown has led to the suspension of extended opening hours in the evenings and at weekends. However, all services are available within the university libraries, in compliance with health measures and protective measures and equipment: access to documents, use of freely accessible computers, printing/photocopying/scanning, Wi-Fi, interlibrary loans, undifferentiated borrowing and returns, etc. Librarians are available to answer questions online: boomerang.biu-montpellier.fr

 

Workrooms

⚡ More information on how workrooms will operate during lockdown will be added to this article shortly.

 

How thesis defenses work

The thesis defense process will be impacted: only the candidate will be allowed to defend their thesis on site, in the presence of the jury, in the traditional Salle des Actes of the Historic Building. A personalized exemption certificate will be provided to the candidate.

📧 More information will be provided at a later date by email to the interns concerned.

 

How internships work

Semiology courses are suspended until further notice in Montpellier and Nîmes.

The DFASM1, 2, and 3 internships are continuing, and the hospital students involved are continuing their training in full within the hospital departments.

For all students who may come into contact with patients carrying SARS-CoV-2, it is important to note that strict adherence to protective measures during their internships is an effective guarantee of protection against the risk of infection.

The continuation of the health service is currently under discussion and approval by the Board of Education. More information will be available soon.

⚡ More information on how internships and health services will operate during lockdown will be added to this article shortly.

 

How the exams work

Exams scheduled to be held in person will go ahead as planned. Students will be provided with a personalized certificate authorizing them to travel. The conditions for organizing the exams will be communicated directly to the students concerned by email.

The interregional ECN exams (DFASM3) will still take place on November 20, 2020, and will be conducted remotely. The exam schedule and organizational details will be communicated by email.

 

We will keep you informed of updates to this article on our social media channels: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram. Follow us!

 

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COVID-19 – Provisions relating to the occupancy of classrooms and lecture halls

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Due to the health situation, the implementation of the circular from the Ministry of Higher Education stipulates that the capacity of classrooms must be reduced by 50% at the Montpellier site. More information in this article.

 

Update October 23, 2020: Like the Montpellier site, the Nîmes site has just been placed on high alert.

The measures are therefore extended to the Nîmes site. See relevant paragraphs below.

Lectures

Lectures are held in person with control of the number of students present and compliance with the maximum capacity of 50% of seats occupied.

Specific provisions for PASS/PACES Montpellier

PASS: Lectures are held in person with a maximum of 50% of the room's capacity, respecting a 1-in-2 seating arrangement. Lectures will be available on Moodle during the day.

PACES: Lectures are already digitized.

Specific provisions for PASS/PACES Nîmes

PASS: Two lecture halls are available on the ADV site and one lecture hall on the Flahault site; students who cannot find seats will have access to the courses on Moodle. Access to the lecture hall will be restricted once all seats are occupied.

PACES: Lectures are already digitized.

Specific provisions for the first cycle in Montpellier

A survey will be conducted the day before classes begin to determine your position in terms of in-person attendance. Other students will be able to follow the course on Zoom or Moodle after recording, as far as possible.

Specific provisions for the first cycle in Nîmes

Lectures are held in person with a maximum of 50% of the room's capacity and respecting a 1 in 2 seating arrangement.

Students who are unable to find a place will have access to the courses on Moodle.

Specific provisions for the second cycle in Montpellier

Lectures are held in person with a limit on the number of students present (100 per lecture hall or 25 per classroom for the ADV health campus and 50% capacity for UPM classrooms and lecture halls). We therefore offer you the option of alternating between in-person and online attendance. You will receive information specific to your EU or MI from the university administrators or secretariats. Students who are unable to attend classes in person will have access to recordings as soon as possible for DFASM1 and 2 classes. For EU1 and EU 10 of DFASM3, a Zoom link will be sent to you.

For students currently enrolled in MIC, the organization remains unchanged.

Specific provisions for the second cycle in Nîmes

Lectures are held in person with a maximum of 50% of the room's capacity, occupying every other seat.

Students who are unable to find a place will have access to the courses on Moodle.

For the best-of events, large-capacity rooms or amphitheaters will be used to allow in-person attendance with attendance monitoring.

Provisions relating to the midwifery program in Montpellier

When accommodating the entire class is not compatible with the reduced capacity of 50%, classes will be held as follows:

– Odd week: Group 1 in person + Group 2 remotely
– Even week: Group 1 remote learning + Group 2 in-person learning
Teachers will therefore have to organize their classes accordingly, i.e., in a hybrid format for half of the class in person and for the other half remotely via the Zoom application.
As a reminder, group 1 corresponds to the first half of the alphabetical list of students, and group 2 corresponds to the second half. (You will receive the list of your class specifying the groups from your academic advisor shortly.)
In all cases, the distancing required by this new configuration must be respected.

 

Tutorials

EDs will take place in ED rooms with a maximum of 50% of seats occupied.

Specific provisions for PASS/PACES Montpellier

PASS: Tutorials are held in person with a maximum of 50% of the room's capacity, respecting a 1 in 2 seating arrangement. Only students registered in the scheduled group will be allowed to enter the classroom. You must therefore strictly adhere to the group to which you have been assigned.

An ED session will be recorded and posted on MOODLE when all sessions for an ED have been completed (i.e., at the beginning of the following week).

PACES: Tutorials are held in person with a maximum of 50% of the room's capacity, respecting a 1-in-2 seating arrangement. Only students registered in the scheduled group will be allowed to enter the classroom. You must therefore strictly adhere to the group to which you have been assigned.

If the maximum number of entries into the room is reached, additional students will be denied access but will be able to find the video of the session on Moodle.

Specific provisions for PASS/PACES Nîmes

PASS: Two lecture halls are available on the ADV site and one lecture hall on the Flahault site; students who cannot find seats will have access to the courses on Moodle. Access to the lecture hall will be restricted once all seats are occupied.

PACES: Tutorials are held in person with a maximum of 50% of the room's capacity, respecting a 1-in-2 seating arrangement. Only students registered in the scheduled group will be allowed to enter the classroom. You must therefore strictly adhere to the group to which you have been assigned.

If the maximum number of entries into the room is reached, additional students will be denied access but will be able to find the video of the session on Moodle.

Specific provisions for the first cycle in Montpellier

Where possible, EDs will be held in lecture halls to allow as many students as possible to attend in person. You will be informed of the guidelines by email via your school.

Specific provisions for the first cycle in Nîmes

Tutorials are held in person with a maximum of 50% of the room's capacity and 1 seat in 2.

Students who are unable to find a place will have access to the courses on Moodle or, depending on the circumstances, will be able to follow the ED remotely if a ZOOM link is included in the ENT schedule.

Free EU courses are held in person for the entire group. The layout of the rooms allows for compliance with the principle of 50% of maximum capacity.

Specific provisions for the second cycle in Montpellier

Starting the week of October 12, classes and EDs will be held in a hybrid format, with 50% in person and 50% remotely via ZOOM for all grades. This link will be sent to you before classes begin.

Specific provisions for the second cycle in Nîmes

Tutorials are held in person with a maximum of 50% of the room's capacity, respecting a 1-in-2 seating arrangement.

Students who are unable to find a place will have access to courses on Moodle or, depending on the circumstances, will be able to follow the ED remotely if a ZOOM link is included in the ENT schedule.

Provisions relating to the midwifery program in Montpellier

When accommodating the entire class is not compatible with the reduced capacity of 50%, classes will be held as follows:

– Odd week: Group 1 in person + Group 2 remotely
– Even week: Group 1 remote learning + Group 2 in-person learning
Teachers will therefore have to organize their classes accordingly, i.e., in a hybrid format for half of the class in person and for the other half remotely via the Zoom application.
As a reminder, group 1 corresponds to the first half of the alphabetical list of students, and group 2 corresponds to the second half. (You will receive the list of your class specifying the groups from your academic advisor shortly.)
In all cases, the distancing required by this new configuration must be respected.

 

 

Tutoring Sessions

Montpellier

Classrooms and lecture halls will be occupied at 50% of their maximum capacity. There will be no exceptions to this rule, and tutoring sessions will be offered on Zoom for students who are unable to access the classrooms.

 

Nîmes

Tutorial sessions: the maximum capacity of rooms and lecture halls is 1 in 2. There can be no exceptions to this rule, and tutorial sessions will be offered via ZOOM for students who cannot access the rooms.

The sessions are recorded and stored on Google Drive.

These measures may change: please follow the instructions provided by the Tutoring Service as a priority.

 

Workrooms

All sites

The capacity of the workrooms is limited to 1 person in 2.

 

New Gauges

  • ADV website

    • Classrooms: 25 people
    • Amphitheater: 100 people
    • Workrooms: 25 people
    • UPM lecture halls and amphitheaters: 50% reduction in capacity

  • Flahault site (PASS / PACES)

    • Lecture hall A: 226 people
    • Lecture Hall C: 59 people
    • Prefa BU 1-2: 35 people
    • Prefa 1-2-3-4: 30 people
    • TD 2: 28 people
    • TD 3: 32 people

  • BH website

    • Anatomy lecture hall: 120 people
    • Macabies Room: 40 people
    • Bonaventure Room: 15 people
    • Boardroom: 15 people

  • Nîmes site 

    • Lecture hall 1: 152 people
    • Lecture hall 2: 105 people
    • Cabin: 64 people
    • Rooms 126 and 129: 40 people
    • Room 123: 33 people
    • Room 332: 32 people
    • Rooms 434 and 434A: 30 people
    • Room 007: 25 people
    • Room 337: 24 people
    • Room 326: 22 people
    • Room 127: 21 people
    • Room 336: 20 people
    • Room 125 (work room): 17 people
    • Room 231 (video conference): 15 people
    • Room 124 (meeting room): 10 people
    • Room 105 (meeting room): 7 people
    • Simulation rooms
      • Blocks: 3 people
      • Debriefing: 5 people
      • Practical work rooms: 4 people

 

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University Library

Start of the 2020-21 academic year: Opening of university libraries and study rooms

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Below you will find the opening hours for the university libraries and study rooms on all of our campuses from September 2020 onwards!

 

University libraries

All university libraries on our three campuses (UPM, BH, Nîmes) will reopen on August 31, 2020, and remain open until October 16 during their usual hours.

Extended hours (evenings and weekends) will resume for the relevant university librariesstartingMonday, October 19.

In light of the health crisis, library capacity has been reduced in order to comply with social distancing recommendations. Hand washing at the entrance and before handling any documents, wearing a mask at all times, following traffic directions, and maintaining physical distancing will be mandatory in all university libraries.

 

Workrooms

Study rooms on all campuses will reopen to students on August 31, operating according to their usual schedules. Masks must be worn at all times.

 

NWe remind you that for everyone's safety, Masks must be worn in all Faculty and University buildings. libraries and study rooms included. We thank our students and visitors for respecting this rule and practicing social distancing to limit the spread of the virus.

 

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#COVID-19: FMC evening event to discuss best practices

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As part of the crisis management response to the coronavirus epidemic, the Continuing Medical Education (CME) department is once again offering a themed evening videoconference for doctors responsible for COVID platforms for elderly people in eastern Occitanie. Professor Blain will once again be leading the evening. More information can be found in this article.

 

A remote conference

The conference will take place via video conference on Tuesday, April 28, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p. m. It is open to all practicing general practitioners, particularly those responsible for COVID platforms for the elderly in eastern Occitanie. The theme of the evening will be: "An exchange of best practices with doctors responsible for COVID platforms for the elderly in eastern Occitanie." As the number of participants is limited in order to encourage interaction between the audience and the speakers, registration is free but mandatory.

Registration is now closed.

Watch the replay of the conference below!

 

On the program for the evening

The online event will be hosted by Professor Blain (Gerontology Department, Montpellier University Hospital). The event is organized in collaboration with the Occitanie Regional Health Agency.
The evening will focus on best practices with the physicians responsible for COVID platforms for elderly people in eastern Occitanie.
Detailed program to follow.

 

A conference that can be viewed afterwards on video.umontpellier.fr

Can't make it to either of the events? Don't worry, you can watch a replay the next day at video.umontpellier.fr.

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