Resources
NOSM University promises world class education for its students. To ensure a successful stay at University in French, it takes resources to give yourself an advantage. Here are relevant resources and tools to help you in your studies and your stay as a French-speaking health professional.
Franco-Ontarian resources
Discover also the new video for the song Mon beau drapeau which highlights the many francophone communities across Ontario.
For a little inspiration and to take your place – our place – discover the video clips entitled “Ton français, c’est ton français et on aime ça l’entendre!” from the Collège Boréale.
Toolbox
Med Interpret – Download the app
Interpretation Guide – Interpretation Guide for health care professionnals
Visual identification tools – Réseau du mieux-être francophone du Nord de l’Ontario (RMEFNO
Best Start Resource Library – Health Nexus Santé
BaladoCritique – club de lecture médical
North West and North East Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs)
Réseau du mieux-être francophone du Nord de l’Ontario (RMEFNO)
Carrefour de l’offre active du CNFS (Consortium national de formation en santé) sur l’offre active
Capsules pédagogiques du CNFS – Volet Université d’Ottawa [for health and social services internship supervisors]
Linguistic bank
Free Text Corrector – Cordial.fr
Advanced Corrector – Antidote
Thesaurus – Crisco
Free Translator Reverso – the app / online
Free Translator – DeepL
Duolingo – Download the app
Office québécois de la langue française
- Banque de dépannage linguistique
- Le grand dictionnaire terminologique (GDT)
- Bibliothèque virtuelle – Lexiques et vocabulaires
Language Portal of Canada
- The portal weekly – Subscribe to the newsletter
- Stay up to date on Canadian language news (Quiz ; Blog ; articles ; news and activities)
Université d’ottawa – Règles grammaticales, de vocabulaire et outils de rédaction
Laurentian University – Le langagier
Medical Vocabulary
Training
Health literacy
Discover this health literacy video series [in French only] for patients who will be undergoing heart surgery.
They are informative, easy to understand and have been designed and approved by a team of multidisciplinary researchers, a cardiac surgeon, a cardiologist, a family physician and a nurse.
These videos are the result of a funded research project obtained at the CNFS (Laurentian component), with the support of Health Canada.
Before heart surgery ;
During heart surgery;
After heart surgery, at the hospital;
After heart surgery, returning home;
Complete video.