Access to health studies (medicine, maieutics, dentistry and pharmacy) is undergoing major changes, with the disappearance of the First Common Year of Health Studies (PACES), commonly known as the "first year of medicine".
Baccalaureate holders from Savoie and Haute Savoie can now access the medicine, maieutics, pharmacy and masseur-kinesitherapist courses viaUniversité Savoie Mont Blanc.
Accessing health studies via the USMB's Health Access Licences
The Health Access Licences are demanding courses, reserved for highly motivated students with a strong capacity for work.
USMB's Health Access Licenses include courses in the chosen discipline, English courses, and courses that provide the skills necessary to pursue studies in health: modules covering health disciplines and preparation for exams that allow for candidacy in health. They combine a health option and a disciplinary academics option in the chosen Bachelor's degree. It is therefore recommended to have a sufficiently solid foundation to follow the health option courses without dropping them.
The health option at USMB is 10 ECTS over the year and courses in :
- Hybrid teaching (reverse pedagogy, distance learning, face-to-face sessions)
- Human Physiology
- Sciences (Physics-Chemistry, Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Histology-Biology)
- Biostatistics
- Anatomy
- Initiation to the knowledge of the drug
In collaboration with the University of Grenoble Alpes (UGA), theUniversité Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB) offers health option courses in 11 bachelor's degrees: STAPS (Sciences and techniques of physical and sports activities; 3 degrees), Life sciences, Earth sciences, Geography and planning, Mathematics, Psychology, Chemistry, Physics, Physics-Chemistry, Computer science and Engineering sciences, on the Bourget-du-Lac and Chambéry-Jacob-Bellecombette campuses.
The choice of discipline for a health access degree is of great importance. It is essential to really appreciate the chosen subject and to be able to obtain good results in it in order to hope to be admitted to thesecond year of health studies.
In total, the health option courses of these 11 licence mentions offer nearly 110 places to high school students wishing to enrol in a health access licence (L.AS).
| Places in the Health Access Licence at the USMB | |
| Chemistry | 20 |
| Geography and planning | 5 |
| Information Technology | 5 |
| Mathematics | 7 |
| Physics | 2 |
| Physics-Chemistry | 2 |
| Psychology | 20 |
| Earth Sciences | 4 |
| Life Sciences | 20 |
| Engineering Sciences | 4 |
| STAPS | 20 |
Students can apply for the health studies they are interested in (about half of the places in the second year of health studies are reserved for L.AS students, either at L1 level or after completing a L2 or L3). In the event of non-admission, the student may continue in the second year of the degree he or she has chosen. They may reapply for access to the second year of health studies after at least one additional year (in thesecond orthird year of the licence).
Accessing the studies of masseur-kinésithérapeute from the USMB
Students enrolled in USMB courses (L.AS, Bachelor of Science, Technology, Health) have the possibility to access the academics of masseur-physiotherapist provided by the Department of Physiotherapy of the CHU Grenoble Alpes (IFMK of Grenoble). Two recruitment channels are accessible to them, each with a quota of reserved places. In both cases, access is selective:
- Access from a 1st year of a Bachelor's degree in Sciences and Techniques of Physical and Sports Activities (STAPS) or 1st year of a Bachelor's degree in Sciences Technology and Health fromUniversité Savoie Mont Blanc (specific USMB quota for 2020-2021: 3 places)
- Access from USMB or UGA AS, in L1 or in L2 and L3 (common quota for UGA and USMB for 2021-2021: 2 places + 2 places)
Please note: The number of places offered in 2021-2022 for each of the two lanes will be defined later (after the redistribution between the different lanes of the 18 places reserved this year for PACES repeaters).
PASS or LAS? How to choose?
There are two ways to access the second year of health studies after the baccalaureate: the health access licences (L.AS) and the specific health access pathway (PASS).
The "Parcours Spécifiques Accès Santé" (PASS) (not offered at the USMB) includes a core of health-related courses, plus an option chosen in a field or discipline outside the health field (Law, Humanities, Science and Technology, for example). At the end of the PASS year, students can apply for the health studies that interest them. In the event of non-admission, it is not possible to repeat the PASS. The student can continue in the second year of the degree program at the university (depending on the disciplinary option chosen) and apply to health studies after at least one additional year (in thesecond orthird year of the degree program). The PASS is in line with the former first year of health studies (PACES). It includes a disciplinary minor offering an opening to disciplines outside the health field. However, the weight of scientific and health subjects is decisive for access to thesecond year of health studies.
In comparison, SA facilities are intended to accommodate different and more varied profiles, in order to diversify the profile of caregivers. Health access licences also make it easier for students whose projects have not been successful to reorient themselves. In order to succeed in the L.AS, it is necessary to obtain good results in the disciplines of one's bachelor's degree, and to validate the health option.