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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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1. The hospital team 2. In the hospital 3. Hospital admissions 4. Patient´s record 5. Accidents and emergencies 6. Revision. Mid-term test 7. Pain 8. Symptoms 9. Caring for the elderly 10. Nutrition and obesity 11. Revision 12. Credit Test
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Skills demonstration, Seminar classes, Individual study, Textual studies
- Contact hours
- 26 hours per semester
- 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
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| Knowledge |
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| 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. |
| Students can use correctly common grammar forms; |
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| Students have A2/B1 language competence according to CEFR. |
| 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. |
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| Students can list health-care disciplines, professionals and hospital departments. |
| Students can describe patients´s problems, such as pain, digestive and breathing problems,emergencies, etc. |
| Students know components of balanced diets and healthy lifestyle. |
| Students know the principles of work and aids needed when working with the elderly. |
| Students can describe parts of the human body, its internal organs and functions. |
| Students correctly use present and past continuous tenses. |
| 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". |
| Students can compare various items and procedures using comparative and superlative forms. |
| Students can express recommendation or moral obligation using the verb "should". |
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| 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 are able to express their politeness, concern and empathy. |
| Students can advise patients about recommendable lifestyle and eating habits. |
| 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. |
| Students can express future using "will" and "going to". |
| Students can compare various items and procedures using comparative and superlative forms. |
| Students can express recommendation or moral obligation using the verb "should". |
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| Students are able to utilize their professional knowledge, skills and competences in the selected foreign language. |
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| Collaborative instruction |
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| Skills demonstration |
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| Test |
| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Portfolio |
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| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Portfolio |
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| Skills demonstration during practicum |
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Recommended literature
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Glendinning, E.H., Howard, R. Professional English in Use: Medicine. Cambridge, 2007. ISBN 978-0-521-68201-5.
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Grice, T. Nursing 1. OUP, 2008.
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Harrison, A. Flash on English for Nursing. Recanati, 2016. ISBN 978-88-536-2177-1.
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Holá,A., Kopřivová,T. Medical English.
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Murphy, R. English Grammar in Use. Cambridge, 2012. ISBN 978-0-521-18393-2.
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Topilová, Věra. Anglicko-český česko-anglický lékařský slovník. Praha : Grada, 1999. ISBN 80-7169-284-0.
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Zimmer, G. et al. HELP Healthcare English Language Programme. Olomouc, 2017. ISBN 978-80-244-5143-5.
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