French medical student

**barnabé** · 11-09-2007, 01:01 PM

Hello!

I'm a French medical student, Barnabé. I write to you in order to get informations about medical studies in the UK.

I am at the present time in 2nd year of medical studies in France (Paris Descartes), but in a few years, I would like to continue my medical studies in England. In France I study in parallel with my medical studies a MASTER cursus of biology and surgerie's technics. I study that to be (later I wish...) surgeon and teacher/searcher

I wonder if it exists in England or not. And could you tell me more about the admissions in the medical schools (for students who have finished their fondamental learning, just before beginning the clinic)? Are there one or two "best" medical schools, or all the universities are they the same level?

I would like to find a medical school where it could be possible to continue at the same time medical studies and scientific studies to make research... I heared about "traditionnal teaching" in Cambridge or Oxford...?

So thank you very much for your answers,
merci beaucoup!!!

Barnabé
(And sorry for my english which is very bad, but I'll work it

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**cumbers** · 11-09-2007, 07:39 PM

salut barnabe!

je ne sais pas trop sur l'education medicale francaise, mais j'expliquerai ce qu'on recoit en angleterre.

maintenant, la plupart d'universites offrent une programme "integree" - c'est-a-dire, on commence l'education clinicale des la premiere semaine, pas apres deux ans de science!

pourtant, il y a quelques exceptions - oxford, cambridge et st andrews, dont les etudiants font 3 ans de sciences suivi par la formation clinicale. je pense qu'il est possible d'entrer dans ces universites-ci apres la formation scientifique (mais je ne suis pas sur).

suite au degre medicale (apres 5 ans normalement) on devient "medecin". ce nom-ci est provisionnel - il faut qu'on finisse deux ans de formation de plus, les "foundation years" F1 & F2.

puis on suit le chemin qu'on veut, et c'est a cette epoque-la que je te recommanderais d'entrer dans notre systeme (si tu le veux) parce que les qualifications medicales europeennes sont plus ou moins pareils, et apres le degre on peut faire la formation n'importe ou (je pense).

j'espere que ca t'aide un peu. si tu veux, le site www.nhs.uk pourrait etre utile pour expliquer le chemin de formation.

**barnabé** · 11-09-2007, 07:56 PM

Ok thank you very much for your answer and the link!! (and for the french language too

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I wondered if it was possible to apply in one of these universities (Oxford, Cambridge, ...) in 2 years:

because in two years i will have finiched to learn all the fondamental things (anatomy, pathology, embryology, histology, physiology, beginning of semiology,psychology, ethics, etc...) and after i must learn the clinic (it spends 3 years in France), and it would be at this time I could arrive...
Is somebody in the same case of me?
Or is there somebody who knows somebody in the same case of me?

**heed** · 11-09-2007, 08:29 PM

j'estime qu'il serait plus facile de completer vos etudes clinicales et faire l'internat en France puis venir en GB car, comme cumbers a deja dit, le systeme de formation des medecins ici n'est pas comparable a ce qui existe en France.

visitez http://www.anglofrenchmedical.org/

d'ou venez-vous ? Paris ou province?

(j'ai pas de clavier francais ici - alors excusez la manque d'accents :P)

**barnabé** · 11-09-2007, 08:45 PM

I come from Paris 5 (Descartes).

But does the education's system of french studies correspond (even just a bit) to "traditional" medical schools in UK (Oxford, Cambridge)?
Because I really would like to undertake studies in the UK at this time (just before clinical learning)...

Is the learning (in these universities) really NOT the same as in France?

**heed** · 12-09-2007, 12:33 AM

en ce qui concerne les matieres, oui, les deux systemes sont assez pareils - mais le systeme de recrutement and de formation en generale est vraiment different. ca vaudrait la peine de contacter les institutions eux-memes