USEFUL LINKS IN FRANCE:
FRENCH EDUCATIONAL AND RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENTS: SCHOOLS, UNIVERSITIES, AND INSTITUTES

ACADEMIES

Academy of Medicine

Académie de médecine

Founded in 1820, the Academy of Medicine is composed of physicians, surgeons, pharmacists, veterinarians, and independent members. It has a two-fold mission: to be an advisory body for the governent on health issues, and to contribute to the advancement of the medical sciences, and the publishing and dissemination of medical breakthroughs. The site provides general information on the institution, its missions, members, publications, and its library (which is open to members of the academy, researchers, and students).

Academy of pharmaceutics

Académie de pharmacie

The academy concerns itself with all aspects of the pharmaceutical sciences, hygiene, and public health. The site contains general information on the academy’s organization, objectives, and activities.

Academy of Sciences

Académie des Sciences

SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES

Directory of dental schools

Annuaire des facultés dentaires

List made available by the National Dental Association (Ordre national des chirurgiens dentistes).

World directory of medical schools

Annuaire des facultés de médecine dans le monde

CEPN (Economics Centre of Paris Nord University)

CEPN (Centre d’Economie de l’Université Paris Nord)

CNESSS – National Institute for Social Security Administration)

CNESSS (Centre National d’Etudes Supérieures de Sécurité Sociale)

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Chaire Santé- Sciences Po University 

ENA - The French National School for Administration

ENA (Ecole Nationale de l’Administration)

ENA graduates are groomed for public-sector administrative posts. The ENA site provides a presentation of the school, bibliographic searches undertaken by students to prepare for seminars in general administration or social issues, as well as reports written by students. Those interested in the health sector, can consult the bibliography on the ageing of the French population, a bibliography on the relationship between different ministries' local branches, and a series of works on the health sector and its regulation.

EHESP - The National School of Public Health

EHESP (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Santé Publique de Rennes)

Since january 2008, it has become l'Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Santé Publique. This new school will take over the missions and resposabilities of the formet ENSP, but its scope will be extended with new specialities, diplomas and international collaboration. As such, the EHESP will have university status and will come under the auspices of the ministry for higher education, for health and for social affairs.

University of Grenoble I (Joseph Fournier)

Faculté de médecine de l'Université de Grenoble 1 (Joseph Fourier)

Grenoble Medical School This site provides access to the following information bases: - PARACELSE: information on substances poisonous to humans,
- MELLITIS: information on diabetes,
- PHARMACOLOGY: online courses offered on cardiovascular pharmacology,
- IMAVU: information on ultrasound imaging in angiology,
- MEDILEGA: legal aspects and regulation of medical activity,
- NEONAT: common pathologies among newborns.

IFROSS / Graphos – School for Research on Health and Social Organizations and their Networks

IFROSS / Graphos (Institut de Formation et de Recherche sur les Organisations Sanitaires et Sociales et leurs Réseaux)

The IFROSS is part of the University of Lyon Law School (Jean Moulin 3). Its mission is to educate students about and promote research on the analyses of treatment practices, strategy, organization, legal aspects, and evaluation of health, social, and medico-social structures. The Graphos is the IFROSS’s research laboratory. It has a collaborative partnership with the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS, Centre national de la recherche scientifique) and is one of the labs included in the LASS - Laboratory for the Analysis of Health Systems (Laboratoire d'analyse des systèmes de santé). The Graphos conducts multi-disciplinary research on the regulation of health and social services systems: treatment practice analyses, evaluation, accreditation, quality, management and costs control, planning, projects, operational organization, and information systems. In addition to providing general information on the institution and its educational mission, the site contains a list of the Graphos’s publications: MA theses, publications, and conference material.

ISPED - The Institute of Public Health, Epidemiology, and Development

University Victor Segalen (Bordeaux2)

ISPED - Institut de Santé Publique, d'Epidémiologie et de Développement

This institute is part of the university's department of life sciences, health, and humankind. It constitutes an invaluable link between the university's medical, odontological, pharmaceutical, anthropological, and physical education departments. Available at the site are the results of various surveys: the CECSA Aquitaine cohort on AIDS, the PAQUID survey on ageing, the BIOSTATS biostatistical survey. This institute also maintains an up-to-date annotated directory of websites on AIDS.

ANNUAIRES DE FORMATIONS

Directory of medical school diplomas

Annuaire des diplômes universitaires en médecine

This site was set up to facilitate the exchange of information between medical schools and students or prospective students. This database contains information on the more than 1,500 diplomas which are offered by medical schools. Searches can be conducted by university or by specialty. The site is accessible once you have filled in a subscription form at the Quotimed website: http://www.quotimed.com