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The faculty board

Within the Faculty of Medicine resides a Faculty board which has a coördinating responsibilty.

The members of the board are:

 

  1. the dean and chair: Prof. Dr. B. Himpens
  2. the vice dean : Prof. Dr. P. Schotsmans (also Faculty Coordinator of reviews)
  3. the chair of the general POC and vice dean of Education: 
    Prof. Dr. M. R. Christiaens
  4. the Faculty Coordinator of Student Affairs: Prof. Dr. D. Blockmans
  5. Chair of the Biomedical Sciences Group, Kulak: Prof. Dr. H. Pottel
  6. the chair of the department "Dentistry, Oral Pathology and Maxillo-Facial Surgery": Prof. Dr. D. Declerck
  7. the chair of the Medical Clerkship Board and Faculty representative of Erasmus Exchange programs:  Prof. Dr. P. Herijgers
  8. the chair of the Medical Ethics Committee: Prof. Dr. M. Hiele
  9. the chair of the Medical Board: Prof. Dr. D. Vlasselaers
  10. one student, member of the Faculty Council: S. Verfaillie
  11. one representative of the AAP/BAP, member of the Faculty Council: N.
  12. the chair of the POC Medicine Specialist: Prof. Dr. W. Peetermans
  13. Prof. Dr. P. De Leyn
  14. Prof. Dr. K. Haustermans
  15. Prof. Dr. C. Van Geet
  • Reports (only accessible to members of the Medicine Faculty Council)

The faculty council

The faculty council consists of:

  1. members of the senior academic staff of the Faculty for at least 80% associated to the K.U.Leuven and the research managers of level 3
  2. 10 members of the remaining part-time senior academic staff, elected for a term of two years by their echelon
  3. four members of the AAP-BAP (assistant or associate academic staff), two belonging to the medicine specialists in training with a faculty mandate and two other members belonging to the AAP-BAP. The medicine specialists in training are elected for a term of one year by their echelon, the other members of the AAP-BAP section are elected by their echelon for a term of two years
  4. 3 members of the Administrative and Technical Personnel elected for a term of four years by their echelon
  5. a number of students equal to 10% of the total number members of the Faculty Council. All programs of the Faculty of Medicine, including the students of the courses at the KULAK and the Master in Specialist Studies in Medicine, must be represented in balance

 

The same conditions for eligibility and to be entitled to vote as at the elections in the Academic Council apply to the echelons mentioned in point 3 and 4.

The elections mentioned sub 2, 3 and 4 are organized by the Administrative Director under the supervision of the dean.

The dates of the meetings of the faculty council can be found on the webpage for personnel under 'interne communicatie' (Dutch).

Programme Committee (POC) - Dutch

General Commission
Faculty Board Internationalisation
POC Medicine
    Medical Clerkship Board
    POC Family Medicine
POC Biomedical Sciences (BMW)
    thesis commission
POC Speech Therapy and Audiology Sciences (LAW)
POC Dentistry
POC Family and Sexuality Sciences
POC Master in Nursing and Midwifery
POC Public Health - Medicine
POC Medicine Specialist
POC Master of Health Care Management and Policy

Permanent Committees

Medical Ethics Committee (supervisory committee)
Steering group Pentalfa