Professional French Healthcare Diploma
Valid for life — for healthcare professionals wishing to interact effectively in French with French-speaking patients and medical teams.
Professional French Healthcare Diploma
Valid for life, the DFP Healthcare certifies that you can use French effectively, both orally and in writing, in the main professional communication situations in the medical and paramedical field.
Who is it for?
This diploma is for anyone working in a medical profession who wishes to interact effectively in French with patients, their families and medical/nursing staff, enabling healthcare institutions to better serve French-speaking patients or develop into French-speaking markets.
Activities always place you in the role of a healthcare professional — in various settings (hospital, care home, clinic, private practice, humanitarian organisations) and in medical or paramedical professions.
Recognised by the French Interior Ministry:
Professional French Diplomas are recognised by the French Interior Ministry to validate your French level for a residence card or naturalisation application. Valid for life, unlike TEF.
Activity examples & topics
Activities assessed
Complete a medical file, design a prevention resource, complete a care protocol, write a note on health risks, explain a medical procedure, speak on a public health topic to a non-specialist audience.
Description by level
Level: B1 CEFR — approx. 250 hours. Independent level — can perform routine professional communication in predictable contexts.
Understanding and processing information: Can understand key elements of professional documents (patient files, medication sheets, care protocols, public health technical sheets). Can complete professional documents and write prescriptions, sections of patient files, health education materials.
Oral interaction: Can inform a patient about their treatment, advise them and answer their questions, inform a non-specialist audience on a public health topic.
Level: B2-C1 CEFR — approx. 350 hours. Advanced independent level — communicates effectively across a wide range of professional situations, including unexpected ones.
Understanding and processing information: Can understand documentary files on public health topics, annotated anatomical charts, descriptive sheets for medical procedures. Can write a note on a health risk, a report, a letter transmitting results and recommendations.
Oral interaction: Can present and explain a medical procedure/examination to a patient and reassure them, present a disease and health actions.
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