This course is carefully tailored for medical students and individuals who are preparing to work in hospitals or other clinical settings to provide them with powerful language tools for their future professions. The course will be dealing with all relevant topics related to medical terminology, communication and common workplace situations, with practical grammar and vocabulary exercises including quizzes and role-plays. It will not only help them to improve their level of English, but will also introduce them to the world of medical jargon. Course participants will be provided with the combination of online resources, a variety of media and authentic and interesting texts. Emphasis is placed on developing the strategies for effective listening, reading, speaking and writing in both informal and formal settings.
After the completion of the course, the participants will gain confidence in order to communicate fluently and accurately and use appropriate terminology from their related fields. They will also upgrade their current knowledge of grammar and learn many new practical expressions and phrases – both from general and specialized vocabulary.
PROGRAMME OF THE TRAINING ACTIVITIES:
– Introduction and course overview
– Individual expectations – setting up the course goals
–Learning techniques and methods; developing language skills
– Identifying grammar forms and using grammar to make speaking and writing more appropriate
–Expanding vocabulary:
1. Different medical fields and possible future career; what it takes to be a good nurse/surgeon/physiotherapist
2. Education and training
3. Medical equipment
4. Diagnosis
5. Rehabilitation
6. Nursing
7. Anatomy
8. Blood
9. Infections
10. Pediatrics
11. Mental health
12. Hospital administration
– Setting up the task for individual or group presentations for the final day; developing one’s research plan including methodology and materials;
TOPICS:
– Keeping fit = staying healthy; statistics, predictions for the future, advice
– Hospital hierarchy, training, tasks and responsibilities in your country
– The state of mental health today; is it being neglected
– Vaccines can save lives?
– Other
– Building self-confidence for public performance
– Body language (exercise)
– Delivery and Feedback
– Summary – goals review
– Reflections – Evaluation