Required attendance rate to the BIUCGM course

Annually, 12 course moments are provided, namely: 4 entire week-days counting for 4x2 = 8 course moments (half-day attendance = 1 course moment; entire day = 2 course moments); the Winter Meeting (= 2 course moments) and the Journées d'Automne in Liège (= 2 course moments). In three years the maximum of course moments = 36 (24 for attending BIUCGM courses and 12 for attending the Wintermeeting or Journées d'Automne).

The required attendance rate during geriatric training is different for the French and the Dutch recognition committee:

French recognition committee – June 2025 (contact person: Dr. Christophe Dumont)

Note: MSF must use conference leave for (inter)national symposia, conferences, or trainings, not for course days.

Note: Doctoral students or MSF with a foreign internship may propose an alternative in consultation.

Dutch recognition committee – Sept 2025 (contact person: Prof.Dr. Johan Flamaing)

Note: ASOs must use conference leave for (inter)national symposia, conferences, or trainings, not for course days.

Note: Doctoral students or ASOs with an international internship may propose an alternative in consultation.

*Subject to approval by the geriatric internship supervisor under whom the ASO is completing their internship at the time the relevant training takes place.

Links to legal criteria

Link to legal criteria ‘Departement Zorg Vlaanderen’ on this website:

Geriatrie | Zorg en Gezondheid (zorg-en-gezondheid.be)

Link to legal criteria for the agrément in Geriatrics for “la fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles" on this website:

Comment obtenir l'agrément en tant que médecin spécialiste ? - Agrément-santé