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International Inter University Diploma of English for health professionals
Félicie PastoreUFR Médecine Toulouse PurpanAnglo-French Medical SocietySept.2011 Marseilles, France
Why an Inter University Diploma of English for Health Professionals?
� France, CME:
- Publish or perish…as everywhere else!
- Presentations on the international scene
� France, Medical students: after completing the course, the doctors are
encouraged to participate in teaching med students, particularly clinical
cases and national competitive exam items
� French-speaking countries: also need to publish and give presentations
of course!
French-speaking countries
• 75 countries throughout the world • Increase in numbers of people learning
French (2007-2010):– 31.5% Sub-Saharian Africa & Indian Ocean– 12.6% North Africa & Middle-East
– 13% in the world
Presentation of the projectLibreville, Gabon April 2011
http://www.canal-u.tv/producteurs/canal_u_medecine/dossier_programmes/pedagogie_des_sciences_medicales/colloque_et_evenement/cidmef_libreville_2011_journees_universitaires_francophones_de_pedagogie_des_sciences_de_la_sante/cidmef_libreville_2011_diu_anglais_pour_les_professions_
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300 participants
Future partners
Future partners
Partner Universities 2011-2012
• Toulouse• Créteil• Dijon• Limoges• UNDH, Haiti• Madagascar• Sfax, Tunisie
Haiti July 2011 clinical cases
Inter University Diploma since 1998 Pedagogical team
• Instructors of English for health purposes in metropolitan French Medical Schools
• Members of the GERAS (Research Group in English for professional purposes)
• Team work for 15 yrs
Pedagogical Objectives
To develop the skills that enable doctors to work in English
� Take a case history
� Participate in a case discussion
� Communicate with colleagues (by snail-mail, e-mail, telephone)
� Give a presentation (Verbal & non-verbal communication skills)
� Answer questions at the end of presentation and during tea/coffee breaks
� Participate in a round table (agreeing, disagreeing politely, cross-cultural differences)
� Take notes during a conference
� Read an article in English as fast as in French (skimming, scanning)
� Write an abstract & a poster
� Write a research article
Who applies?
• Junior doctors & pharmacists
• Hospital doctors & lecturers• GPs or specialists in the community
• INSERM researchers• Foreign doctors (Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia,
Togo, Guinea)
How is it organised?
• Common programme
• Common board of examiners• Flexibility depending on the location (weekly
lessons or monthly intensive sessions as best serves the participants in a given place)
• Local Registrations
� Easy to organise at an international level
Facts & Figures 1998-1999 to 2010-2011
18131412121116------Toulouse
1412151313Nice
-----------1414Nantes
-1010150811140611091012-Limoges
322929283022-------Créteil
10771212810------Dijon (distance learning)
-------081309---Lyon (distance learning)
1091112111115161316151515Dijon
11100908070605040302010099Year ����
Place
Pedagogical feedback
• Questionnaires at end of academic year• Improved fluency• Improved accuracy• Writing articles easier & faster• Follow-up by participating in Content &
Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) for med students
Pedagogical toolscreated by the team
• Websites– http://www.medecine.ups-tlse.fr/anglais/– http://medecine3.u-bourgogne.fr/umvf/
• Textbooks
• Ongoing: � specific resources for the Diploma� teacher training
A few textbooks
The students are waiting for them…
Thank you!
http://pedagogie.ac-toulouse.fr/lyc-fermat-toulouse/lycee/environs.php
Let’s bridge the gap!
http://pedagogie.ac-toulouse.fr/lyc-fermat-toulouse/lycee/environs.php