noob question

[uigga]

Do you have to be fluent in french to apply to Quebec med schools?

 

Im in Ontario and looking for some OOP options.

[feversugar]

For UdM, uSherbrooke and ULaval you must do your interview in french, so your french must be good enough to be able to express yourself and your personality However McGill is an english university so you may submit your application and do your interview in english!

[justletmein]

check the requirements, most of the french schools do not admit OOP students except under special circumstances (i.e. agreements with NB, PEI for francophone students to attend med school)

[uigga]

thanks

 

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[samy]

Do you have to be fluent in french to apply to Quebec med schools?

 

Im in Ontario and looking for some OOP options.

 

If you plan to apply to McGill, be ready to speak French during clerkship. 30-40% of your patients will be speaking French as their mother tongue.

 

If you do not master French, you'll have special French classes on Saturday morning.

[Guest JustAnotherStudent]

If you plan to apply to McGill, be ready to speak French during clerkship. 30-40% of your patients will be speaking French as their mother tongue.

 

If you do not master French, you'll have special French classes on Saturday morning.

 

Nooooo I am applying to only McGill this cycle!

 

So what will happen if the resident insist on conversation with the patient in English instead of French?

[tigars53]

Nooooo I am applying to only McGill this cycle!

 

So what will happen if the resident insist on conversation with the patient in English instead of French?

 

Well you won't be able to understand your patient and he won't be able to understand you. A lot of people in Quebec, especially older patients, don't know any english at all...

[Guest JustAnotherStudent]

Well you won't be able to understand your patient and he won't be able to understand you. A lot of people in Quebec, especially older patients, don't know any english at all...

 

Does medical students in French uni need to take Eng course too?

[tigars53]

Does medical students in French uni need to take Eng course too?

 

We all have English courses in high school and cegep, and most of our medical textbooks are in english. Usually, pretty much every french med student is able to have an English conversation with a patient if he has too.

[thebouque]

Does medical students in French uni need to take Eng course too?

 

Absolutely not

[samy]

We all have English courses in high school and cegep, and most of our medical textbooks are in english. Usually, pretty much every french med student is able to have an English conversation with a patient if he has too.

 

It's sad, but the oposite is not 100% true. A lot of anglophones that are actually doing their medical studies at McGill do have enormous difficulties to speak in French(mostly OOP/International students) Cegep students and IP do very well however.