The "how do I say it in English"-Thread

[Lava]

Does anyone know an English word for "OP Situs" oder "OP Gebiet"?

[Evil]

I'd say "site of operation"

[airmaria]

leo (http://dict.leo.org/forum/viewWrongentry.php?idThread=359910&idForum=3&lp=ende&lang=de)
airmaria

[Fino]

"OP field", "site of surgery"

[Lava]

Thank you very much!

[Solara]

I need some help in real life:

" (bitte) nicht knicken" in english (and french, if anybody may help me :-) )

[Lava]

Do not bend?

[dreamchaser]

Do not bend/fold.
Ne pas plier.

[Solara]

Wow - within 10-20 min - i'm deeply impressed!!

Perfect, thanks to both of you!!

(writing 'millions' of addresses :-peng)

[Kyutrexx]

Does anyone know an English word for "OP Situs" oder "OP Gebiet"?
A general term for any kind of specific professional area is "field of expertise".

So what you mean could be expressed using the following wording:
"Surgical field of expertise"

The exact translation for that is "Chirurgisches Fachgebiet" ("OP Gebiet / OP Fach").
Since ANYTHING happening in an operating room is related to surgical applications, this should be sufficient.

[Inelein]

I don't think she meant "OP-Fach" as in "Fachgebiet" but the actual part of the body where the surgery takes place

[BlondBondGirl]

then "operating field"

[Thomas24]

Hey guys,

how would you translate "Oberarzt" into english?
I am aware of the fact, that a german "oberarzt" is roughly equivalent to an "attending" in the US System, but what about the UK or the Commonwealth Countries, if you set Consultant = Chefarzt.


Would you opt for "junior" Consultant"? Sub Consultant? Associated specialist, very senior SpR or what? And what about the german curiosity of "Funktionsoberarzt", a dreaded position, which simply doesn´t seem to exist anywhere else in the world.
Any input is, as alsways, appreciated.

[hennessy]

Hey guys,

how would you translate "Oberarzt" into english?
I am aware of the fact, that a german "oberarzt" is roughly equivalent to an "attending" in the US System, but what about the UK or the Commonwealth Countries, if you set Consultant = Chefarzt.


Would you opt for "junior" Consultant"? Sub Consultant? Associated specialist, very senior SpR or what? And what about the german curiosity of "Funktionsoberarzt", a dreaded position, which simply doesn´t seem to exist anywhere else in the world.
Any input is, as alsways, appreciated.
in the UK:
Specialist Registrar = Oberarzt
Consultant = Chefarzt

[Thomas24]

in the UK:
Specialist Registrar = Oberarzt
Consultant = Chefarzt

But what about the fact, that there are actually quite a few people acting as Specialist Registrar without their CCT credentials (Certificate of Completion of training).

Technically these people are still trainees, I would consider them to be something like "Altassistent" over here. Would you still label them as "Oberarzt" ?

[Fino]

Specialist registrar=Altassi, a specialist registrar is still in training
Consultant=erfahrener FA

I don't think you can easily find an equivalent to the German Oberarzt, it just does not not exist. The problem is that even as an FA in Germany you still some supervision as you are by far not so experienced as a British consultant would be.

Hope it helps:-)

[Thomas24]

So if you were a young FA from germany and would be interested in a position as a locum tenen in the NHS... would you recommend to go for specialist registrar jobs then?

[Fino]

So if you were a young FA from germany and would be interested in a position as a locum tenen in the NHS... would you recommend to go for specialist registrar jobs then?


Thomas

Specialist registrars are doctors in an approved training post, so there is no way you could go for a specialist registrar job! But what you could do is point out to the locum agency/hospital that you would like to locum as a second on call doctor, that'll do!
I would urge you NOT to take up a locum as consultant. This is not to say you are incompetent, don't get me wrong, but being a consultant is much more than being a Facharzt. A consultant equals to an experienced Oberarzt in the German system. Additionally consultants usually are the ones where "the bucket stops" i.e. you are the most senior doctor and will not have someone you can ask for help if you are stuck!
So unless you are genuinely convinced that you can handle this clinical and managerial (!!) responsibility I would refrain from it.

I know people who do locums as second on calls. They get reasonable money, have clinical independence but can also ring the consultant at day and nighttime and ask for guidance and advice - or ask them to come in if they feel they need someone on site.

Hope it helps.

[Thomas24]

Thank you very much for sharing your thoughts! :-top

[CHALi]

Good morning everyone.

I am looking for the english translation for the german word "Lagerungsschaden". Couldn't find it, thought about bedding damage? But that doesn't work for my medlineresearch.... bit frustrating! Only getting stuff about horse and sheep bedding studies ;)

Thanks alot