Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
cours pratiques de spéciailités
English translation:
specialist practical courses
French term
United States
Laudable Lady Linguist
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English to Spanish, and 3 more.
cours pratiques de spéciailités
"The West Africa Post-Graduate College fournit ainsi des **cours pratiques de spécialités** pour médecins géneralistes en 18 mois afin de permettre une substitution."
Is this "practical" or "practicum" courses?
Merci!
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Andrea Nicosia
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Speakering (X)
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svetlana cosquéric
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Jun 28, 2008 01:50: Barbara Cochran, MFA Created KOG entry
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Proposed translations
Native in: Italian 
Works in: German to Italian, Romanian to Italian, English to Italian, and 1 more.
specialist practical courses
France
Engineering, medicine, chemistry
Native in: Russian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, French to Russian
practicum
www.latrobe.edu.au/teaching/career-development/postgrad-hig... - 16k -
or, I've also heard, "clinical practicum" for postgraduate medical students
www.ucc.ie/calendar/postgraduate/PGDiplomas/medicine/page01...
I've heard also "skill building session", "practical training" or "training session"
have a look at
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_intern
good luck!
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Speakering (X)
: thanks for the note. i did some research, and it seems like the term is used on the east coast (i am on the west) to describe something close to internship, and the fields were other then medicine.
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Thank you for your comments, but a friend of mine, who studied in the usa as a post-graduated medical student, has it in the list of subjects in his diploma; and then I suggested another version "practical training....
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sueaberwoman
: 3,000,000 ghits: random pages almost all university linked, mostly US, but generally used to mean "stage" and not "cours".
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thanks for your comments!
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practical training in specialty field/occupation
FR Doc E8-7427
2124-08] RIN 1653-AA56 Extending Period of Optional Practical Training by 17 .... A specialty occupation is one that requires the theoretical and practical ...
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