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Astreintes opérationnelles

English translation: On-call sessions


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French term or phrase:Astreintes opérationnelles
English translation:On-call sessions
Entered by: Rebecca Elliott
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09:07 Oct 5, 2011
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Medical - Medical: Health Care
French term or phrase: Astreintes opérationnelles
This is from a list of duties that a surgeon performed over a given period at a particular hospital.

du X a X - 7 astreintes opérationnelles
- 11 permanences de soins (nuits, week-end, fériés)
- 4 déplacements.

Does it mean that the doctor was on-call to perform operations or is it more general than that?

Thank you.
Rebecca Elliott
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:14
On-call sessions
Explanation:
"Opérationnelles" does not mean that the person performed surgical operations; it means operational in the organisational sense of the word.

www.cphweb.info/spip.php?article166
"L'astreinte opérationnelle assure une activité de garde par un médecin ... L'indemnité pour astreinte opérationnelle = 36,60 € (18,30 € pour la ..."

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Note added at 28 mins (2011-10-05 09:36:17 GMT)
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"Many consultants work combined day and on-call sessions with junior staff increasingly working shift-based systems."
http://www.medicalcareers.nhs.uk/specialty_pages/intensive_c...

"9. To provide assistance to the Anaesthetist and Surgeon. 10.To undertake 'on call' sessions..."
www.careerjet.co.uk/search/jobs?s=surgeon&l=Swansea&lid.
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B D Finch
France
Local time: 18:14
Grading comment
Thank you all for your help.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +4On-call sessions
B D Finch
Summary of reference entries provided
7 compelled opertionan persons
spielenschach1

Discussion entries: 2





  

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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
On-call sessions


Explanation:
"Opérationnelles" does not mean that the person performed surgical operations; it means operational in the organisational sense of the word.

www.cphweb.info/spip.php?article166
"L'astreinte opérationnelle assure une activité de garde par un médecin ... L'indemnité pour astreinte opérationnelle = 36,60 € (18,30 € pour la ..."

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Note added at 28 mins (2011-10-05 09:36:17 GMT)
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"Many consultants work combined day and on-call sessions with junior staff increasingly working shift-based systems."
http://www.medicalcareers.nhs.uk/specialty_pages/intensive_c...

"9. To provide assistance to the Anaesthetist and Surgeon. 10.To undertake 'on call' sessions..."
www.careerjet.co.uk/search/jobs?s=surgeon&l=Swansea&lid.


B D Finch
France
Local time: 18:14
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 24
Grading comment
Thank you all for your help.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  SJLD
7 mins
  -> Thanks
agree  philgoddard
28 mins
  -> Thanks Phil
agree  Michael Lotz
4 hrs
  -> Thanks Michael
agree  blavatsky: makes sense... the other two options active duty, and the other home visits
23 hrs
  -> Thanks. "Active duty" and "home visits" mean quite different things.
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Reference comments


10 mins peer agreement (net): -4
Reference: 7 compelled opertionan persons

Reference information:
http://www.linguee.com/english-french/search?source=auto&que...

spielenschach1
Portugal
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
disagree  B D Finch: That is not English! One can't blame linguee.com, as your suggested phrase doesn't appear there and you cobbled together your answer from various (generally correct but irrelevant) references.
9 mins
disagree  philgoddard: You should not rely on linguee.com - it's often very useful, but it's also full of really bad translations.
41 mins
disagree  Nikki Scott-Despaigne: I suppose you mean "operational". Your Linguee reference includes a wide range of contexts, and your suggestion is a word for word compilation signifying nothing in fine.
1 hr
disagree  Angela Dickson: What on earth...?
2 hrs
  -> thanks
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