For the second year in a row, the Agnes McLaren Association is hosting a medical award with a prize of €4,000! Check out the program for the 2023 award ceremony.
The World University Games are an international collegiate sports competition in which elite student-athletes compete. They are organized by the International University Sports Federation (FISU) every two years.
This season, the games will be held in Chengdu, China, and will bring together 6,000 elite student-athletes from 120 countries competing in 18 different sports, from July 28 to August 8.
The Faculty is proud to announce that one of its medical students, Romain Didelot, has been selected for the French national track and field team! We sat down with him:
Can you tell us about your background, both academically and athletically?
“I started track and field at age 7, always with the same club in Montpellier, and my passion for the sport has never left me. Track and field—and my decision to specialize in the long jump—has been a part of my personal life and has instilled in me discipline, a love of hard work, and the drive to push myself to new heights. After high school years marked by several national titles, as soon as I passed the entrance exam for my first year of medical school in Montpellier, I returned to the Philippidès Stadium, and since then, I’ve been doing my best to balance my medical studies with elite-level sports. This requires daily organizational efforts to juggle classes, internships, studying, training, and competitions.”
What does this selection mean to you?
“This selection for the World University Games is the culmination of a busy but successful year. Academically, I’m entering my fifth year of medical school and am thus continuing to pursue my main goal. On the athletic front, the results have also been impressive: French University Indoor Long Jump Champion (Eaubonne, Jan. 2023) and French University Outdoor Vice-Champion (Salon-de-Provence, May 2023), FFA French Senior Indoor Champion (Miramas, Feb. 2023), and bronze medalist at the FFA French Elite Indoor Championships (Clermont-Ferrand, Feb. 2023).”
Would you like to add anything?
“I am particularly happy and honored to have been selected, and proud to represent the Montpellier School of Medicine and the University of Montpellier. I am also very proud to represent my city there, since I was born in Montpellier and have always lived there. And, by a twist of fate, I will be competing in Chengdu, one of Montpellier’s sister cities!”
This summer, the Montpellier Health Tutoring Association (ATSM) published a guide for international students. Available via a link provided at the bottom of this article, the guide covers many key points about settling in France, as well as plenty of advice that can be helpful when pursuing a degree in the health sciences.
Moving to a foreign country is never easy, especially when you’re unfamiliar with the various procedures and the assistance available to you. This guide is therefore intended to provide information to help international students get off to a good start this year.
Furthermore, since health-related programs are particularly demanding, it goes without saying that a comfortable living environment makes life easier for anyone pursuing these fields, especially since many of our health-related students in Montpellier have completed part of their high school or college education outside of France.
While the International Student Guide is intended to be comprehensive, the Vice President for Health, Social Affairs, and Student Support (VP SSA) at ATSM is available to answer any questions regarding the guide via email at: vpssa.atsm@gmail.com
This guide consists of several sections:
- administrative procedures,
- everyday life, particularly in Montpellier,
- The First Year in Health: Testimonials and Contact Information for International Student Organizations.
The ATSM has made this guide available via the following Google Drive link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1QXf8MjVjjReJHWh94jjCszPElRBwk4Pe?usp=sharing
With the aim of helping PASS and LAS students prepare as effectively as possible for their first year of medical studies, the Pre-Semester Workshop (SPR) is a flagship event organized by the tutoring associations of the Montpellier-Nîmes Faculty of Medicine.
