Part Six: Health facilities and services

From the first year of the second cycle of medical studies until their appointment as an intern, hospital medical students, whether they are medical students in advanced training or auditors in application of 2° of article R. 632-10 of the Education Code, participate, under the conditions defined by the present section, in hospital and outpatient activities and receive, under the conditions provided for in article R. 6153-58, remuneration paid by…

During the period defined in article R. 6153-46, medical students complete thirty-six months of training, including the annual leave provided for in article R. 6153-58, the terms of which are determined by joint order of the ministers responsible for the budget, higher education, health and, where applicable, defence. The auditors mentioned in 2° of article R. 632-10 of the Education Code complete, in addition to these thirty-six months, twelve months…

The time spent in practical training by hospital medical students is set at an average of five half-days per week over twelve months. Where appropriate, they take part in on-call duty. All on-call duty is training. Medical students take part in courses, tests and examinations during their university attendance time. They may not take part in on-call duty the day before an examination. Hospital medical students are entitled to an…

During hospital placements, organised within the university hospital centres to which they are attached, army hospitals or health establishments linked by agreement to these university hospital centres, medical students participate in hospital activities. These placements are carried out under the responsibility of the placement referent doctors appointed by the person in charge of teaching at the placement site or, where applicable, under the responsibility of the practitioner in charge of…

Hospital medical students carry out the tasks assigned to them by the referring doctor or the practitioner in charge of the host unit, during outpatient visits and consultations, clinical, radiological and biological examinations, care and operations. They may perform routine medical procedures, are responsible for keeping observations and take part in on-call duties. During each of their placements, they take part in interviews relating to patients’ files and follow the…

The medical students mentioned in article R. 6153-46 must prove, before their first assignment, by means of one or more medical certificates sent to the director of the training and research unit to which they belong, that they meet the conditions required by the regulations in force relating to the compulsory immunisation of certain persons against certain diseases.

The hospital medical students mentioned in article R. 6153-46 may not be assigned to the same training unit more than twice. The total duration of the assignment is set by order of the ministers responsible for higher education, health and defence.