Stakeholders

All stakeholders in the field of EMP are welcome to provide us with comments and suggestions which will help us to set the highest standards of developing examination materials to test the competence level of language as needed for professional purposes. Please complete a short language needs questionnaire.

Candidates

sTANDEM exams are aimed at health care professionals who would like to test their language competence for professional purposes. Please complete a short language needs questionnaire.

EMP experts

EMP experts and especially exam developers are invited to share their experience and best practice. Please complete a short language needs questionnaire.

 

sTANDEM welcomes new Associated Partner

We are glad to announce that International Medical Publishing – a publishing company editing a professional medical journal has become an Associated Partner of the sTANDEM consortium.

New England Journal of Medicine to support sTANDEM

We are delighted to announce that the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) – one of the most influential medical periodicals worldwide – have generously pledged to support us by authorizing the use of copyrighted NEJM materials in sTANDEM examination papers.

sTANDEM welcomes new Associated Partner

We are pleased to announce that the Ioannina Medical School which is part of the University of Ioannina has become an Associated Partner of the sTANDEM consortium.

Are you looking for ways to recruit international exchange students or medical staff with the right professional language skills?

sTANDEM exams help stakeholders choose foreign medical students and graduates with the professional language skills required for medical school or university, for medical externships, exchange programmes, employment in the health sector and promotion at your institution.

Our standardised language assessment and certification system will help you find the right people, and also help the right people find you.

First sTANDEM Associated Partner in Asia

We are glad to announce that Beijing Uniacare Consulting – a provider of Medical English training and mentoring to health care professionals, has become an Associated Partner of the sTANDEM consortium.

MedPharm Careers Event in Poland, October 2012

The 12th MedPharm Careers Event will bring the largest medical job fair to Poland! Locations and dates:  Krakow – 16.10.2012,  Katowice – 17.10.2012,  Wroclaw – 18.10.2012,  Warsaw – 21.10.2012,  Gdansk – 24.10.2012. Entrance is free for all visitors. More information on http://www.medpharmjobs.com/fairs/PL

Plurilingualism, Multilingualism and Intercultural Awareness Conference, 21 – 22 Sept, Romania

An international conference “Plurilingualism, Multilingualism and Intercultural Awareness” dedicated to the European Day of Languages will be organised from 21st to 22nd September 2012 in Iasi, Romania. Learn more about the conference here.

VERBAL Workshop ‘Health & Language’, 26-28 October 2012, Austria

The VERBAL workshop ‘Health & Language’ will be part of the official programme of the Annual Conference of Austrian Linguistics at the University of Innsbruck. The workshop will explore the role that language plays in shaping and constructing systems of beliefs which have medical implications within a particular culture.        Learn more about this event here.

First sTANDEM Associated Partner in overseas

We are delighted to announce that Virtual Medical Centre – Australia’s leading medical information website at the forefront of the e-medicine revolution – who have generously been supporting our initiative with audiovisual materials over the past months, have now upgraded their involvement  and from now on will promote sTANDEM within their international professional network as our first Associated Partner operating from outside Europe.

7th YES Meeting, 14 – 16 Sept 2012, Portugal

The YES Meeting – the Young European Scientist Meeting is an international meeting for biomedical students taking place in Porto, Portugal, from the 14th to 16th September 2012, organized by students from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto in partnership with the International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations (IFMSA). Learn more about this event on www.yesmeeting.org.