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Wydział Lekarski
Rok I. Semestr I. English for General and Hospital Practice
- Medical education and training. Reading, extracting and paraphrasing information from prospectuses
- Health care systems. Eliciting and providing information on health systems
- Basic communication with patients The Doctor and his Patient. Making an appointment
- The Doctor s Surgery Taking a history. Speaking with patients. Eliciting information.
- The Modern Hospital. Hospitals and Clinics. Specialities in medicine.
- Writing letters, c.v., application form
- Communicating with hospital staff: Temperature, Blood Pressure, Injections. Eliciting and providing information how to perform basic procedures. Explaining procedures to patients. Giving instructions.
- Explaining hospital routines. The ward. A nurse at work.
- Explaining medical procedures: Investigations.
- Explaining medical procedures: Kiss of Life/ABC of Resuscitation
Rok I. Semestr II. English for Anatomical and Physiological Descriptions
- Features of the Human Body. Word formation in medical English. Articles with medical terms.
- The Anatomical Position. Locative adjectives. Prepositions of location and direction, verbs denoting structure, function, numerical expressions.
- The Body Cavities. Pronunciation of medical terms
- The Skeletal System
- The Respiratory System. Diseases of the Respiratory System
- The Circulatory System. The Heart. Diseases of the Circulatory System
- The Digestive System. Diseases of the Digestive System.
- Cause and effect. Verbs denoting cause and effect, linking words, modals
- Interpreting graphs.
Rok II. Semestr III. English for Clinical Practice
- Taking a history. Pain. Eliciting patient’s history, understanding medical interviews. Using medical vs popular terms. Filling medical records.
- Physical examination. Accessory investigations, tests. Explaining the examination procedure and findings to patients. Discussing the diagnosis. Ordering investigations.
- Case history. Reading and paraphrasing information from clinical textbooks. Presenting a case history.
- Describing symptoms and signs: Influenza, Duodenal Ulcer. Describing symptoms. Pain. Eliciting information from medical articles.
- Food and health. Eliciting and exchanging information
- Heart Infarct. How to avoid heart attack. Discussing cause and effect. Eliciting information. Advising patients.
- Heart Transplantation. Describing surgical procedures
Rok II. Semestr IV.English for Scientific Presentations
- Diabetes Mellitus. Writing a referral letter.
- Glomerulonephritis. Taking history-revision. Exchanging information
- Carcinoma of the Breast/ Gene Therapy Offers New Hope / New Hope for Cancer Patients. Understanding authentic text – exchange of information
- Stress and Breast Cancer. Listening – notes from a lecture. Writing a summary
- Otitis Media.
- Infertility. The miracle of a baby who developed outside the womb. Revision of vocabulary - The reproductive system (video). Reading and understanding.
- Euthanasia.Marcy Killing, or Three Ways of Giving Bad News. Discussing controversial issues.
- Phobias. Case histories (Phobia patients). Listening for general understanding. Taking part in a discussion. Exchanging information.
- Medical Paper – Posters. IMRAD structure, presentation of own posters
Podręczniki:
1. E. Donesch-Jeżo - English for Medical Students and Doctors, cz. 1 i 2, Wydawnictwo Przegląd Lekarski, Kraków 2002
2. J. Ciecierska, B. Jenike, K. Tudruj – English in Medicine, PZWL, Warszawa 1998
3. J. Ciecierska – English for Medical Students – PZWL Warszawa