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MEDICAL FRENCH

COURS DE FRANCAIS MÉDICAL

"a progressive programme designed to meet participants’ professional requirements in the health sector and to provide a capacity to better understand and actively participate in French life"
BLS BORDEAUX
  • Lessons: 20 general French morning lessons + 10 private medical French afternoon lessons per week
  • Levels: elementary to advanced, equivalent at least to level A2 of the Council of Europe’s Common European Framework of Reference (see levels)
  • Course begins: every Monday (see dates)
  • Timetable: 9.30 to 12.45 with a 15 minute break, Monday to Friday +
    1.5 hours private lessons every afternoon from 14.00
  • Duration: minimum 1 week with no time limit
Price
2009
1 week = 895€ | additional week = 860€
Enrolment fee = 75€

 

Target profile: This course is designed for students who wish to broaden their knowledge of the French medical environment and who intend working in the health sector (medical students, doctors, medical assistants, etc.).

We would like to draw students’ attention to the fact that this course is on medical French and not a course in medicine. Students need not be experts in this field to attend the course.

  • the programme also focuses on patient-doctor relations in daily situations (making an appointment, consultation, diagnosis, prescription) and communication between doctors.
  • the programme presents the French health system with a variety of supporting documents (television programmes, reference websites, medical training CD-ROMs, etc.) and through simulations of practical situations that arise in a hospital environment.

Medical French - objectives and methodology

  • the course begins with day-to-day situations leading up to use of the specialised vocabulary needed by professionals in the health sector
  • to focus on the different cross-cultural aspects of patient-doctor and patient-hospital relations
  • a communicative approach based on simulations of realistic situations (hospital, medical examination, etc.)

General French - objectives and methodology

  • the practice of spoken French in communicative situations and a cultural approach to the language
  • development of linguistic proficiency (written and oral expression / written and oral comprehension / interpersonal communication)
  • communicative methods combining individual development and group dynamics (group work, role plays, etc.)

Groups

  • single-level groups, 8 to 12* students maximum, ensure easy participation and a true group dynamic as well as individual attention from the teacher
    *Occasionally, this number may be exceeded by 1 or 2 due to an unforeseen student placement

Teaching aids

Dates 2009

BORDEAUX

  • Course start dates
    (elementary to advanced levels)
  • every Monday
  • School closure 2009
  • 13/04; 01/05; 08/05;
    21/05; 01/06; 14/07; 11/11/2009;
    20/12/2009 - 04/01/2010

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