klinisk strimma

11:08 Nov 23, 2018 

We both have that one outstanding... ;-) And pretty much equally difficult...

Adds to my 15 or so other open answers ... but yeah, we can remind Tihomir!

10:51 Nov 23, 2018 

@ Deane - Sorry, I was responding to SafeTex's specific comment. Having said that, strand is also used in this manner in the US, whereas thread does not seem to be in the UK.
@ SafeTex - I do not intend to post a separate answer. A previous question of tihomir's I answered is still open 7 months later https://www.proz.com/kudoz/swedish-to-english/certificates-d...
In any case, strand is really just an alternative to Deane's thread - the concept is the same.
Here is a definition from a different education context:
A strand is a consistent thread running through a course offer irrespective of its subject content.
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:bdV3KCL...

20:08 Nov 22, 2018 

Hello

Yes, strand seems to check out on Internet and avoids an ambiguous heading such as "clinical thread" which I still instinctively read as "surgical suture"

Can Alison MacG put it up as a proposed answer please?

Regards to all

19:58 Nov 22, 2018 

Wish I had thought of that.

18:11 Nov 22, 2018 

But, he, he, your references are UK and mine are US ... tell me what is 'normally used in English' ! ;-)

18:05 Nov 22, 2018 

I think the word normally used in English is strand
In the first three years students are taught the scientific principles underlying medicine, alongside a clinical strand.
https://www.biology.cam.ac.uk/undergrads/MedST/Prospective/B...
The curriculum is divided into 5 phases and palliative medicine teaching is spread over the phases as a vertical strand
https://www.kcl.ac.uk/nursing/departments/cicelysaunders/stu...
Try searching for vertical strand - runs throughout the years of the course or longitudinal/horizontal strand - runs across the modules of the course
Preparing for Patients course, a patient contact strand that runs through the first three years of your course
https://www.trinhall.cam.ac.uk/study-with-us/undergraduates/...
Strimma patientkontakt
https://www.imh.liu.se/samhallsmedicin/undervisning?l=sv

17:34 Nov 21, 2018 

okay but a clinical thread course unfortunately suggests something quite different (surgical suture). This is what I meant but I wasn't clear in my remarks.
Plus I don't think "thread" is used in English for a course of any kind. It all makes for a highly ambiguous translation.

17:29 Nov 21, 2018 

Let's consider what "strimma" is in Swedish, to see why such a strange term is used. You have "en strimma ljus", "en strimmig katt" - a "strimma" has some length but not much width, rather like a thread or "tråd". The example in Dave's reference is a "strimma" consisting of two separate weeks within one semester, for 2 credits, and I think this is typical of "strimmor" - they don't have to be all in one lump and they can be very small.

15:48 Nov 21, 2018 

Hello
Please see my reference that suggests more what Agneta says and it would be "module" or similar in this case.

15:44 Nov 21, 2018 

I came across the expression "strimma" six months ago, in the context of teaching of entrepreneurship in Swedish higher education. Högskoleverket in Kartläggning av utbildning inom entreprenörskap och innovation (2009) defines it as "moment som följer med i hela utbildningsprogram". I ended up translating it as "thread" in quote marks, with a note first time it occurred, saying "Linked elements, offered in several consecutive courses".

09:07 Nov 21, 2018 

a period of practical experience?

My first thought was that the intended meaning is something along the lines of a clinical stint.