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Language Proficiency Testing and the Expatriate Medical Practitioner in Malawi
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Kamwendo, Gregory H. – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2008
According to the Medical Council of Malawi, one of the conditions for a licence to be granted to an individual who wants to practise medicine in Malawi is the practitioner's ability to speak and write English fluently. This means that the expatriate medical practitioner is not required by law to demonstrate fluency in Chichewa (the national…
Descriptors: Health Services, Speech Communication, Hospitals, Official Languages