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Mar 23, 2022 03:28
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Spanish term

carrera

Spanish to English Other Education / Pedagogy Medical Course Curriculum
I know this has been asked many times before but I'm still not clear for my purposes today. I have just spent (wasted?) half an hour on UBA website trying to establish whether their postgraduate course "Medical Specialist in Diagnostic Imaging", described in my document as a "Carrera" is considered a Degree, a Certificate or something else.

I was quite happily translating "carrera" as "course" until I hit this road block:

'...cambió la categoría de "Curso" por la de "Carrera de Médicos Especialistas en Diagnóstico por Imágenes"

After reading a few other proz answers I decided to change to "degree" but now after doing a bit more research, I've decided that it isn't necessarily a degree and to call it such would be misleading.
Proposed translations (English)
4 +2 (degree) course
4 university course
4 course of study

Discussion

Stuart and Aida Nelson Mar 23, 2022:
@ Catherine I think what is unclear is the differentiation the source text makes between 'curso' and 'carrera'. Can you provide the entire sentence and give us more context, please? Strictly speaking a specialist in diagnostic imaging is a radiologist which is a specialist physician. However, there are diagnostic imaging assistants in the radiology department at least in the UK. Is the source text referring to a radiologist or an assistant? This background information would be useful to get the right translation, Cheers, Aida
María Andrea Molina Mar 23, 2022:
In Argentina, when you are studying at university, you are doing a course of studies to obtain a degree. When you finally graduate and obtain that degree, you start your career as a professional. In this case, the person has already finished the course of studies at university and is starting a new one, a postgraduate course of studies. If this person finishes the course, s/he will gain the degree of Medical Specialist in Diagnostic Imaging. I think this specific course lasts four years, like a graduate course of studies, such course appears within the list of specializations (Especializaciones). I believe that is the point. I attach the link where I found the postgraduate course of studies.

https://www.uba.ar/posgrados/oferta_tipo.php?t=1&id=11

I hope it can somehow help!
O G V Mar 23, 2022:
creo que puede tener que ver con el hecho de que la carrera de Medicina tenga una duración de más de 7 u 8 años y que entonces se considera ya que pasa a ser un posgrado.
Me pillas desconectando de la red. Pero creo que puedes encontrar explicaciones de este estilo.
Carrera puede ser tanto el plan de estudios universitarios que conduce a un título como la trayectoria profesional completa.
Quizá se trata de un uso que quede algo entre medias, una especialización que supone un título equivalente a la carrera.

Proposed translations

+2
11 mins
Selected

(degree) course

I would say

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Note added at 12 mins (2022-03-23 03:40:16 GMT)
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Definition of degree course:
a course of studies leading toward a degree : an academic subject accepted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a degree.
Note from asker:
But, as I said, I'm not sure that it is a degree. A degree is a specific level of course in English. Not all postgraduate courses are degrees and the UBA international website here: https://www.uba.ar/internacionales/contenido.php?id=468&lang=en&msclkid=a0e9199aaa5711ec9d682d4cd30a21pt doesn't list it as a degree, where there are others taht are listed at least as 'Master's Degree'
Peer comment(s):
agree neilmac
4 hrs
thanks Neil
agree Eileen Brophy : I was going to post the same
5 hrs
thanks Eileen
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
5 hrs

university course

Another option could be "program/programme" if you really want to avoid using "course"...

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Note added at 5 hrs (2022-03-23 08:36:54 GMT)
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"Programme for Physicians Specializing in Diagnostic Imaging"
"Specialist diagnostic imaging programme (or course) for physicians"
etc...
Example sentence:

In Italy, RTTs receive their bachelor's degree after a three-year university course in diagnostic imaging

Reference:

http://ptkt.termedia.pl/The-role-of-radiation-therapy-technologist-r-nin-interventional-radiotherapy-brachytherapy-in-Italy-Italian-Associat

https://www.slu.se/en/departments/clinical-sciences/forskning-vid-institutionen-for-kliniska-vetenskaper/diagnostic-imaging/

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7 hrs

course of study

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