médecine concours

15:43 Aug 3, 2012
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French to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Human Resources / resume / CV
French term or phrase: médecine concours
This is another entry for a physician's CV. I have seen a lot of concours d'Internat but that is not the phrasing used here. The entry is

Interne en médecine concours: 1986.

Resident in medical examination? This is the first entry in the CV and the dates come towards the present from here. Would this mean the year he passed (or took) a residency exam? The phrasing seems strange to me and have been trying to figure out the best translation.
Catherine Pawlick
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4 +2medical intern, examination (year): 1986
Bertrand Leduc
3internship, competitive; medical intern in a competitive program
TechLawDC
3 -1First year of medical studies
Gurudutt Kamath
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Interne en médecine concours
internship, competitive; medical intern in a competitive program


Explanation:
(None of the other meanings of concours, such as "assistance", fits here.)
By the way, I think "interne" is intern, not resident. The two are different. Internship comes first.

TechLawDC
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First year of medical studies


Explanation:
Or, completion of first year of medical studies. After this there is a competition (see link) for selection of specialization. Not sure you need to translate concours (referring to the competitive exam).


    Reference: http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/11/training-doctor-france-d...
Gurudutt Kamath
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Asker: I am wondering if this is not the best option -- completion of first year of medical studies: 1986. The other option so far is Intern, medical examination: 1986. I think so far those are really the only two possibilities...


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disagree  SJLD: no, that's a different exam, not for the "internat"/well exactly, "interne" is in the question - it's clear this is about the concours d'internat - not the first year of medical school
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  -> I have not mentioned internat at all. Nor I have mentioned interne. So not sure what the disagreement is about.
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medical intern, examination (year): 1986


Explanation:
The "concours" is basically a competitive exam in France and I believe that in many other countries, there is also an exam at the end of the internship year for medical students. So I would translate concours as examination.
A comma between interne en médecine and concours would help.

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Note added at 14 hrs (2012-08-04 06:35:08 GMT)
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The reason for writing concours and not exam is because in medical schools in France the exams are competitive. When I was a student in France, I do remember medical students referring to their "concours" and I assume that within the medical profession in France it is common practice to mention "concours" in a CV.


Bertrand Leduc
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Asker: Yes a comma would help! Its not the only place in this CV where the punctuation is confusing, if not incorrect. In thi case though, I'm not sure if it is a mistake (going on very little context) - am presuming now tht concours is exam, altho why he would list an exam (rather than just passing the test, receiving credentials) is not clear.


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agree  S Kelly
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  -> Thank you Kelly!

agree  Yvonne Gallagher
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  -> Thank you!
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