Learning objectives
The aims of the English course for 1st year Medical students are: (a) to provide them with a wide range of medical lexis and expressions commonly used by doctors when talking to patients;
(b) to test their knowledge and understanding of the medical conditions on their study programme.
(c)to improve their Listening skills by watching medical videos
(d) to familiarize them with First Aid Conditions + terms
Prerequisites
Students must have a basic understanding of the written English Language, have reached a B1 level and must be familiar with basic medical terms (such as parts of the body)..
Course unit content
1. Anorexia Nervosa (text)
2.The Symptoms of General Anxiety and Panic Disorder video
3.Everything You Need to Know About Anxiety (text)
4.What is the Cycle of Anxiety? Video
5. Appendicitis (text)
6. Appendicitis, Causes, Signs and Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment video
7.. How does ASTHMA work video
8. Back pain video
9. Chicken pox (text)
10.Chicken pox video
11. Cigarette smoking video
12. What’s the difference between a cold and the flu? (text)
13. How to tell the difference between cold and flu video
14. Constipation ..
15. How to deal with constipation video
16. Diabetes text
17.What To Do If Someone Is Having A Diabetic Emergency video no.1
18. Diabetes video no.2
19. Gallstones + surgical removal of the gallbladder Animation
20. Gallstones Video no. 2
21. What causes Headaches? video
22. What causes Heartburn video
23. High blood pressure (text)
24. Hypertension - High Blood Pressure, Animation
25. Indigestion ...
26. Indigestion vs. Acid Reflux Disease video
27. What causes Insomnia? video
26. Obesity video link (no transcript)
27. Obesity (text)
28. Pneumonia text
29. Pneumonia animation
30. Why is Pneumonia so dangerous? Video
31. What is Tonsillitis? (text)
32. Tonsillitis and Tonsillectomy Video
33. Why sitting is bad for you (video
In addition, a number of medical videos (+ transcripts) are supplied where GPs and specialists explain various conditions, symptoms, treatment options, surgery etc. with the aim of enhancing students’ listening skills with topics that are of both useful and of interest.
The material + videos are taken, and available, from the NHS website.
Given the importance of Compound nouns in medical English, these have also been included on the programme.
Full programme
Bibliography
Given by the teacher during the lessons.
Teaching methods
All the lessons will be frontal, but they will be interactive, with the vision of videos (+transcripts) and an open discussion about all the topics faced by video/listening sessions.
Assessment methods and criteria
The exam will be written and it is an aquired ability (no vote, but passed yes/no). At the end of the course students will be tested on (a) the content of the above conditions by means of a multiple choice test, (b) medical terminology + expressions by translating words and expressions from Italian – English and (c) compound nouns by means of a multiple choice test.
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