Course: Professional English Conversation in Radiology

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Course title Professional English Conversation in Radiology
Course code HUM/ZTK04
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech, English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Sobotková Hana, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Topics: - MRI - Ultrasound - Angiography - Interventional radiology - Mammograhy - Informed consent - Cancer and radiation treatment

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Activating (Simulations, Games, Dramatization)
Learning outcomes
This subject is designed to help students improve their language skills at an intermediate+ level. It focuses on English terminology in diagnostic imaging. Students will be able to use English in their profession, will be able to communicate with foreign patients effectively and work with field-specific texts in English.
Students will acquire a basic level of healthcare English necessary for their profession, with focus on communication with patietns and working with text.
Prerequisites
Competence in English at least at the CEFR reference level A2/B1.
HUM/ZTK01

Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam, Systematic Observation of Student

80% seminar attendance, active particiaption in classes, completing assigned tasks. Final exam.
Recommended literature
  • Glendinning, Eric H. and Ron Howard. (2007). Professional English in Use: Medicine. Cambridge.
  • Grice, Tony and James Greenan. (2008). Oxford English for Careers: Nursing 2. Oxford University Press.
  • JOHNSTON BROWN, M., JORGENSEN, F. Anglicko-český příruční slovníček pro sestry.
  • McCarter, Sam. (2010). Oxford English for Careers: Medicine 2. Oxford University Press.
  • Murray, Jonathan P. (2009). Angličtina pro lékařskou praxi / English in Medical Practice. Leda.
  • Parkinson, J., Brooker, C. (2005). Angličtina pro sestry. Praha: Grada.
  • Urszula Swoboda-Rydz. (2020). English for Radiographers. Warszawa.
  • Vince, Michael. (2008). Macmillan English Grammar in Context Intermediate with Key. Macmillan.


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