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Throughout the academic year, the Montpellier-Nîmes School of Medicine organizes ECOS (Objective and Structured Clinical Examinations) for its students.
These exams involve simulating the management of a clinical situation in the presence of a “patient” known as a “standardized participant.”
We are recruiting these participants.
You will find all the relevant information—from the scheduled training to the role you will play during student exams—on theStandardized Test Takers page.
If you're already familiar with this field, you can apply.
Students need you.
The second edition of the Occitanie Young Doctors Forum will be held on Saturday, October 21, at the Corum in Montpellier. Organized by the Languedoc-Roussillon Residents’ Union, in partnership with the Occitanie Regional Health Agency (ARS) and the Occitanie Region, this event is intended for residents in the region, who will have the opportunity to meet key figures in their future professional lives.
The opening remarks by Didier Jaffre, Director General of ARS Occitanie; Vincent Bounes, Vice President for Health of the Occitanie Region; Michael Delafosse, Mayor of Montpellier; and Isabelle Laffont, Dean of the Montpellier-Nîmes Faculty of Medicine, will set the tone for the FJMO.
A forum for learning and sharing ideas
The day’s program includes an opening roundtable discussion on optimizing clinical time, a series of workshops on different practice models, information booths on startup assistance, and discussions with stakeholders in the healthcare sector.
“The establishment of medical practices and private medical practice are sources of debate and concern, where patient expectations, political decisions, public health objectives, and professional practice all intersect. What solutions can be proposed in light of this alarming situation? The medical workforce will continue to face challenges over the next decade.”
A Challenge for Medical Attractiveness
Medical recruitment is a major challenge for Occitanie, which is facing a growing shortage of medical professionals. This forum provides young doctors with an opportunity to explore the various options for setting up practice in the region and to meet with key stakeholders who can support them in their career plans.
A forum to prepare for the future
This forum is a unique opportunity for medical residents in Occitanie to learn about the various aspects of their future professional lives. It will enable them to make informed decisions about their practice model and where to set up their practice.
For more information about the program and registration, contact UNILR.
We hope to see many of you at the Cin’Ethique screenings, where films are shown in the magnificent anatomy lecture hall of the old Montpellier School of Medicine, and we invite you to participate in the roundtable discussions that follow.
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Wednesday, October 4, 2023
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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 to compete! We sat down with him:
Can you tell us about your background, both in school and in sports?
“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 later 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 determination to push myself to new heights. After high school years marked by several national titles, as soon as I was accepted into the 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 athletics. 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 a reward for a busy but successful year. Academically, I’m entering my fifth year of medical school and am thus pursuing my main goal. On the athletic front, the results have also been strong: French University Indoor Long Jump Champion (Eaubonne, Jan. 2023) and French University Outdoor Long Jump Runner-Up (Salon-de-Provence, May 2023), FFA French Senior Indoor Champion (Miramas, February 2023), and bronze medalist at the FFA French Elite Indoor Championships (Clermont-Ferrand, February 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, this guide covers many essential points about settling in France, as well as plenty of advice that may prove useful when pursuing a degree in 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 good learning environment makes things easier for anyone pursuing these fields, especially given that many of our health-related students in Montpellier have completed part of their high school or college education outside of France.
The International Student Guide is intended to be comprehensive; however, the Vice President for Health, Social Services, 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 Sciences: Testimonials and Contact Information for International Student Organizations.
The ATSM has made this guide available via the following Drive link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1QXf8MjVjjReJHWh94jjCszPElRBwk4Pe?usp=sharing
Students from the Montpellier Artistic Project (MAP) association invite you to join them in analyzing a scene from Godard’s film *Contempt* during the special exhibition by artist Sylvain Fraysse at the Historic Building of the Montpellier-Nîmes Faculty of Medicine. We met with them to discuss this unique project.
How did this project come about?
The“Camille” project was launched in 2022, born out of a desire among members of the Montpellier Artistic Project to introduce students at the Montpellier-Nîmes Faculty of Medicine to new art forms. The MAP’s 2021–2022 executive board reached out to the Regional Contemporary Art Fund (FRAC) with the aim of creating a joint project, and this led to a collaboration with Sylvain Fraysse, a visual artist, and Céline Mélissent, who is in charge of public engagement and the promotion of the FRAC’s collection.
What does this artistic experience entail for visitors?
The exhibition is a sensory experience of light and sound based on Jean-Luc Godard’s film *Contempt *. The artist uses the Dissection Room in the Historic Building of the Montpellier-Nîmes Faculty of Medicine to “dissect” a scene from the film. In this iconic scene, the director lists the parts of Camille’s body—one of the main characters, played by Brigitte Bardot—in the manner of a dissection. Sylvain Fraysse recreates the scene’s color filters using gelatin sheets on the dissection room’s windows and also splits the film’s original soundtrack into 24 frequencies. In this way, he dissects the very essence of the scene.
What exactly is MAP?
The “Montpellier Artistic Project” is a nonprofit organization under the French Law of 1901, founded in August 2020 by three medical students who wanted to organize artistic activities within the faculty.
Over the past three years, the MAP board has expanded, and we now offer a variety of workshops and activities across our four areas of focus: Applied Arts, Public Speaking, Literary Arts, and Culinary Arts. To this end, we provide materials and introductory sessions for various artistic practices, and we also organize art contests on our social media platforms, as well as a public speaking contest each semester.
You can find us through our mascot, a chameleon named Léon Art, on Facebook and on our Instagram account.
Why is this project important to you?
It is important to us because it allows us to bring the Faculty’s historic building to life by opening a room that has never before been open to the public, and thus gives the association a new boost by taking us beyond our usual workshops. We’ve learned a great deal from this project, and we hope students and visitors will enjoy it. Furthermore, we’re very proud to be part of Montpellier’s bid to become the 2028 Capital of Culture and to be able to contribute to the city’s cultural life. It’s a vibrant experience that brings students together.
What kind of support have you been able to gather?
We had the opportunity to work with Sylvain Fraysse and the FRAC through Céline Mélissent, who served as our primary point of contact during the development of this project. The project was selected to be part of Montpellier’s bid for the title of European Capital of Culture 2028, which allowed us to receive financial support for the exhibition. The TaM supported us by allowing us to install posters at select tram and bus stops throughout the metropolitan area to promote the exhibition.
We also received support from the University of Montpellier (UM) through the Student Initiative Solidarity Fund (FSDIE) and the UM Arts and Culture Department—notably Eléonore Szturemski—as well as from the Montpellier-Nîmes Faculty of Medicine. We would like to extend a special thank you to Dean Isabelle Laffont and Professor Gérald Chanques for their support and logistical assistance.
Practical Information About the Exhibition
Historic Building of the Montpellier-Nîmes Faculty of Medicine
2 rue de l’Ecole de Médecine
34000 Montpellier
Exhibition open to the public from March 22 to April 18:
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday from 2:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
- Saturday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Students participating in the guided tours during these open house days, on a self-guided tour.
On Tuesdays, guided tours will be led by students in the master’s program in cultural mediation at the Faculty of Education in Montpellier.
- Tuesday, March 28, and April 4 and 11 at 3 p.m., 4 p.m., and 5 p.m.
- Tuesday, April 18, at 3 p.m. and 4 p.m.
Additional mediation sessions offered by association members will be announced at a later date on the event’s Facebook page.
