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Lecturer(s)
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Štychová Pavla, Mgr.
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Pirošíková Veronika, Mgr.
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Shakirova Anna, Mgr. Bc.
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Course content
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1. Medical professions 2. In the hospital; the hospital team 3. Human body 4. Systems of human body 5. Health and illness, signs and symptoms 6. In the doctor´s office 7. Hospital admissions 8. Non-infectious diseases 9. Infectious diseases, hygiene 10. Mental illness 11. Alternative treatments 12. Medical ethics 13. Consolidation and revision 14. Credit test
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Group discussion, 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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| Students can use correctly common grammar forms; |
| Students can use the vocabulary and engage into conversation about everyday topics and activities. |
| Students understand basic information in simple texts from their field of study. |
| Students can explain the difference in using simple and continuous verb forms. |
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| 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. |
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| Students can use basic vocabulary concerning the content of study and their future profession. |
| 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. |
| Students correctly use present and past continuous tenses. |
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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 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. |
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| Textual studies |
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| Collaborative instruction |
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| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Portfolio |
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| Test |
| 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, 2007.
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Holá, A., Kopřivová, T. Medical English. Praha, 2017.
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McCarter, S. Oxford English for Careers: Medicine 1, 2. Oxford, 2009. ISBN 9780194023009.
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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. ISBN 978-0-521-68201-5.
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