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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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- Medical professions; health-allied professions. - Hospital - organization, management. - Hospital departments/wards and health-care professionals. - Hospital equipment and procedures - admitting and discharging patients, history taking. - Documentation - medical records, nursing documentation. - Human anatomy. - Body systems.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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- Attendace
- 7 hours per semester
- Homework for Teaching
- 23 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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Students will perfect their general English competency; they will broaden their knowledge of grammar at pre-intermediate leven with an insight into the specific features of medical English; they will master basic medical terminology; they will be able to read, understand and translate medical texts in English.
Students will gain background for further usage of English in their professional career.
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Prerequisites
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Minimal English language ability at level A2/B1 - pre-intermediate.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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unspecified
80% attendance activity, assignments written credit test
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Recommended literature
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Allum, V., McGarr, P. (2010). Cambridge English for Nursing. Pre-intermediate. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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EVANS, V., DOOLEY, J., ANDERSON, C. (2015). Career Paths. Physician Assistant: Teacher's Guide.. Express Publishing.
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GLENDINNING, Eric H. a Ron HOWARD. (2007). Professional English in Use. Medicine. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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Grice, Tony. (2016). Oxford English for Careers - Nursing. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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Harrison, A. Flash on English for Nursing.
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HELP Consortium. (2017). HELP - Healthcare English Language Programme. Olomouc.
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Kurczak,K., Maczkowska-Czado, A. (2017). English for Nurses. Warszawa.
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Wright, R. (2012). English for Nursing Level 1.
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