Medical English
Medical English
1st year (99 hours)
Vocabulary areas
- Health and illness
- Parts of the body
- Functions of the body
- Medical staff
- Hospital
- Diseases and symptoms
- Systems
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Investigations and tests
- Prevention and treatment
Communication areas
- Receiving the patient
- The presenting complaint
- Past medical history
- Family history
- Social history
- Telephone consultations
- Examining a patient
- Giving results
- Planning treatment
- Dealing with sensitive issues
- Breaking bad news
- Communicating with challenging patients
- Communicating with the elderly
- Communicating with children and adolescents
Bibliography
1. Glendinning Eric H.; Howard Ron, Professional English in Use. Medicine, Cambridge.
2. McCullagh Marie; Wright Ros: Good Practice. Communication Skills in English for the Medical Practitioner, Cambridge, 2008.
2nd year (99 hours)
Integrated skills
1. Essential medical English
- Collecting personal and medical information
- Making appointments
- Giving instructions and explaining procedures
- Giving advice
- Describing one’s job and duties
- Communicating with patients and their families
Vocabulary
2. Anatomy and physiology
- The human body (parts, cavities, systems, organs)
- The skeletal system
- The respiratory system
- The circulatory system
- The digestive system
- The nervous system
- The special sense organs
- The endocrine system
3. English in practical medicine
- Physical examination
- Accessory examination
- Diagnosis
- Descriptions of diseases and condition
- Hospital and hospital wards
- General practice
- Accidents and injuries
- Paediatrics
- Dentistry
Bibliography
Ciecierska Joanna; Jenike Barbara; Tudruj Krystyna: English in medicine, Warszawa 2012.
