Course: English for Health Care 3

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Course title English for Health Care 3
Course code UJP/AZ3
Organizational form of instruction Tutorial
Level of course unspecified
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
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. Admission by A/E 2. Admission by referral 3. Obstetrics 4. Pharmacology 5. Addictions 6. Revision. Mid-term test 7. Onkology 8. Gastroenterology, civilization diseases 9. Revision. Preparation for the credit test 10. Credit test

Learning activities and teaching methods
Group discussion, Seminar classes, Individual study, Textual studies
  • Presentation preparation (report in a foreign language) (10-15) - 10 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 20 hours per semester
  • Preparation for formative assessments (2-20) - 16 hours per semester
  • Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40) - 32 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Students can describe parts of the human body, its internal organs and functions.
Students can form questions using all types of verbs.
Students can differentiate the functions of grammar tenses when expressing their ideas.
Students have B1/B2 language competence according to CEFR.
Students can describe patients´s problems, such as pain, digestive and breathing problems,emergencies, etc.
Skills
Students are able to communicate in common healthcare situations.
Students are able to obtain patients´ personal details and their present and former symptoms; provide important information and make appointments over the phone.
Students are able to express their politeness, concern and empathy.
Students are able to work with patients´ medical records and fill in their cards.
Students can read common texts from their field of study.
Competences
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
Students can use model verbs correctly when giving advice or describing possibilities.
Students can use shift in tense when narrating past events.
Students can classify the types of noun determination and use articles correctly.
Students can justify the use of language means when talking about the cause and the result.
Students know individual types and forms of drugs, methods of application, dosages and possible side effects.
Students can describe situations leading to emergency or planned admissions.
Students can characterize the development of a malignant disease and methods of treatment.
Students can specify the function of the digestive tracts and related illnesses.
Students can describe pregnancy and birth and possible related complications.
Students can list various mental illnesses and their treatments .
Students can describe the skin and its derivatives, and related illnesses.
Skills
Students are able to communicate with a patient during an urgent or planned admission.
Students can calculate and express mathematically the dosage of a drug.
Provide advice and support when dealing with a pregnant patient.
Students can communicate and deal with patients with mental illness.
Students can communicate and deal with patients with skin disease.
Students can communicate and deal with patients with cancer.
Students can work with patients suffering from gastrointestinal conditions.
Students can use euphemisms when describing physical conditions and problems.
Student can impart a bad news in a sensitive way and support the patients.
Students can express the degree of level when describing/assessing a problem.
Competences
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Textual studies
Individual study
Discussion
Skills
Practicum
Collaborative instruction
Discussion
Competences
Practicum
Textual studies
Discussion
assessment methods
Knowledge
Test
Skills demonstration during practicum
Portfolio
Skills
Test
Skills demonstration during practicum
Portfolio
Competences
Skills demonstration during practicum
Test
Portfolio
Recommended literature
  • Texty a cvičení k jednotlivým tématům.
  • Eastwood, John. Oxford practice grammar : with answers. Oxford : Oxford university press, 1999. ISBN 0-19-431369-7.
  • Glendinning, E.H., Holmstrom, B.A.S. English in Medicine Third Edition. CUP, 2005.
  • Glendinning, E.H., Howard, R. Professional English in Use: Medicine. Cambridge, 2007. ISBN 978-0-521-68201-5.
  • Grice T. - Greenan J. Nursing 2. OUP, 2008.
  • Grice, T., Greenan, J. Nursing 2. Oxford, 2008. ISBN 9780194569880.
  • Grice, T. Nursing 1. Oxford, 2007. ISBN 9780194569774.
  • Harrison, A. Flash on English for Nursing. Recanati, 2016. ISBN 978-88-536-2177-1.
  • McCarter, S. Oxford English for Careers: Medicine 1, 2. Oxford: OUP, 2009. ISBN 9780194023009.
  • McCullagh M., Wright R. Good Practice - Communication Skills in English for the Medical Practitioners. CUP, 2008.
  • Murphy, Raymond. English grammar in use : a self-study reference and practice book for intermediate students of English : with answers. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2004. ISBN 0-521-53762-2.
  • 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, 2017. ISBN 978-80-244-5143-5.


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