Translation of medical specialty

[Paul B. Gallagher]

Kjetil Rå Hauge wrote:

> Just a word of caution - this translation *might* just sweep several 
> years of specialisation under the carpet. It *could* be the equivalent 
> of a Norwegian title that has always struck me as absurd: specialist in 
> general medicine ("spesialist i allmennmedisin"). However, when I google 
> it now, I see that it is a protected title that takes four years of 
> full-time general practice and a considerable number of additional 
> courses to obtain, and has to be re-certified every five years. The 
> general (!) rules for this specialisation, as given by the Norwegian 
> Association of Medicine, run to 1600 words 
> (<http://www.legeforeningen.no/id/1124.0>), with the same amount of 
> additional rules.
> 
> Wikipedia has a long article under "General practitioner" that describes 
> the situation for the field in several countries, including the US ("The 
> new system of academically trained “Specialist” Family Practitioners has 
> indeed produced well-trained physicians"), but unfortunately excluding 
> Russia.


I'm not convinced that it does:

<http://informahealthcare.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/02813430701535660>

Page 2:
The examination in general practice is included as one part of a 
comprehensive assessment process for final-year medical students in 
Tromsø. The overall assessment is based on the students' entire 
knowledge and performance in a series of one written and four clinical 
examinations. The clinical examinations consist of two out of three 
"major" subjects (general practice; internal medicine; and surgery) and 
two out of seven "minor" subjects (dermatology; gynaecology; neurology; 
ear, nose and throat; ophthalmology; paediatrics; and psychiatry). The 
assessment in general practice is based on prevailing principles in 
other oral examinations, where the following elements are considered: ...

As you can see from the quote above, a final-year medical student in 
Norway can graduate with a major in "general practice" before beginning 
internship or residency. I don't see that the situation in Russia 
differs much from this, though I would welcome informed input from 
someone who has been there, done that.

-- 
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Paul B. Gallagher
pbg translations, inc.
"Russian Translations That Read Like Originals"
http://pbg-translations.com

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