Course: English 1

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Course title English 1
Course code UJP/AZ1K
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course unspecified
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction 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)
  • Hohlová Jana, Mgr.
Course content
1. Medical professions 2. In the hospital; the hospital team 3. Human body 4. Systems of human body 5. Hospital admissions 6. Revision and the midterm test 7. Communication with Patients 8. In the doctor´s office 9. Diseases and treatments 10. First aid and emergencies 11. Surgery 12. Before and after surgery care 13. Consolidation and revision 14. Credit test 15.Evaluation, credits

Learning activities and teaching methods
Group discussion, Seminar classes, Individual study, Textual studies
  • Preparation for formative assessments (2-20) - 8 hours per semester
  • Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40) - 12 hours per semester
  • Presentation preparation (report) (1-10) - 6 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 26 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
use correctly common grammar forms;
Students understand basic information in simple texts from their field of study.
Students can use the vocabulary and engage into conversation about everyday topics and activities.
Students can explain the difference in using simple and continuous verb forms.
Skills
Students are able to understand short basic statements;
are able to communicate in common everyday situations;
Students use grammar structures correctly in communication.
Students are able to talk about common topics and everyday activities.
Students are able to ask about details concerning people, terms, places, etc.
Students are able to introduce themselves, their backgrounds and previous studies.
Competences
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
Students can use basic vocabulary concerning the content of study and their future profession.
Students correctly use present and past continuous and simple tenses, present and past perfect.
Students can list health-care disciplines, professionals and hospital departments.
Students can describe parts of the human body, its internal organs and functions.
Students form questions using all types of verbs.
Students correctly use prepositions when describing places and procedures.
Students can express future using "will", "going to" and the present continuous tense.
Students can use zero and first conditionals correctly.
Skills
Students can simply describe their future working environment: a hospital or any other type of a health care facility.
Students are able to work with patients´ medical records and fill in their cards.
Students are able to describe the human body and its parts, most common illnesses, various examination methods and life-threatening conditions.
They can apply and explain the principles of first aid.
They can describe individual hospital wards and can provide patients with correct information; navigate throughout the hospital.
Students are able to obtain patients´ personal details and their present and former symptoms; provide important information and make appointments over the phone.
Students can list and characterize common symptoms and types of pain.
Students are able to select appropriate grammar means according to the communicative situation.
Students chan specify pre and post operative care, the operating theatre.
Students are able to write and read elementary texts dealing with health care issues; are able to use the data available from the patient history card in English.
Competences
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Textual studies
Group discussion
Individual study
Practicum
Skills
Collaborative instruction
Practicum
Discussion
Competences
Practicum
Textual studies
Discussion
assessment methods
Knowledge
Skills demonstration during practicum
Test
Portfolio
Skills
Test
Skills demonstration during practicum
Portfolio
Competences
Test
Skills demonstration during practicum
Portfolio
Recommended literature
  • Glendinning, E.H., Howard, R. Professional English in Use: Medicine. Cambridge, 2007. ISBN 978-0-521-68201-5.
  • Grice T. Nursing 1. OUP, 2007.
  • Holá, A., Kopřivová, T. Medical English. Praha, 2017.
  • McCarter, S. Oxford English for Careers: Medicine 1, 2. Oxford, 2009. ISBN 9780194023009.
  • Topilová, Věra. Anglicko-český česko-anglický lékařský slovník. Praha : Grada, 1999. ISBN 80-7169-284-0.
  • Zimmer, G. et al. HELP Healthcare English Language Programme. Olomouc. ISBN 978-0-521-68201-5.


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