ENGLISH FOR MEDICAL
The English Language Training for paramedics is a program specifically designed to enhance communication skills in English for medical professionals.
This training aims to provide paramedics with the language skills necessary to communicate with patients who speak English or to collaborate with international medical professionals.
The English language course for doctors covers various aspects, including medical vocabulary, clinical expressions, correct pronunciation, as well as listening and speaking abilities.
By participating in this training, paramedics can broaden their overall medical knowledge and become more confident in interacting with international patients or in communication situations that require a good understanding of the English language.
Unit 1 In and around the hospital
TOPICS
- Hospital personnel
- Nursing
- Hospital departments
- Medical equipment
LANGUAGE SKILLS
- Listening – job interviews
- Reading – the nursing profession
- Writing – giving directions
- Speaking – nurses on the ward
- Grammar – prepositions; present simple and present continuous verb tenses
Unit 2 Admissions, Accident and emergencies
TOPICS
- Admissions procedure
- Recording patient information
- First aid
- Signs & Symptoms
LANGUAGE SKILLS
- Listening – recording details
- Reading – admission forms
- Writing – completing forms; medical history
- Speaking – giving information
- Grammar – questions and answers; affirmative and negative questions
Unit 3 Pain
TOPICS
- Describing pain
- Describing Symptoms
- Diagnosing ailments
- Pain relief & prescribing medication
LANGUAGE SKILLS
- Listening – reporting ailments
- Reading – analysing pain report
- Writing – completing pain reports
- Speaking – reporting to questions
- Grammar – comparisons; superlatives and comparatives.
Unit 4 Symptoms
TOPICS
- Describing symptoms
- Human anatomy
- Case studies, e.g. back pain
- Medical aids
LANGUAGE SKILLS
- Listening – interpreting a helpline call; listening for gist.
- Reading – identifying condition form symptom report
- Writing – writing symptom reports
- Speaking – describing medical history
- Grammar – question forms; use of adjectives.
Unit 5 Caring for the elderly
TOPICS
- Age care facilities
- Medical problems of old age/ effects of aging
- Safety in the home
- Case study – Alzheimer’s Disease
LANGUAGE SKILLS
- Listening – responding to complaints
- Reading – case study reading
- Writing – letter of introduction/ referral to age care facility
- Speaking – Stating personal needs
- Grammar – future tenses; modal verbs
Unit 6 Nutrition & Obesity
TOPICS
- Food types
- A balanced diet/ food pyramid
- Lifestyle diseases
- Causes of obesity
- Diabetes & eating disorder
LANGUAGE SKILLS
- Listening – TV commercials
- Reading – analysing statistics
- Writing – Advising
- Speaking – Giving advice
- Grammar – modal verbs; conjunctions
TOPICS
- Blood types, patterns and transfusion
- Blood bank and donors
- Blood tests and analysis
- Diseases of the blood
LANGUAGE SKILLS
- Listening – Accidents report
- Reading – Blood transmitted diseases (AIDS)
- Writing – Blood cells and renewing the cells
- Speaking – Blood components , functions and usage
- Grammar – adverbs (frequency, manner, place…etc)
Unit 7 Blood
Unit 8 Hygiene
TOPICS
- Personal Hygiene
- Food handling
- Hygiene in the hospital environment
- Sterilization procedures
LANGUAGE SKILLS
- Listening – Listening to and interpreting instructions
- Reading – Reading
- Writing – writing a hygiene laboratory notice
- Speaking – Giving instructions
- Grammar – modals of obligation; imperatives.
Unit 9 Monitoring the patient
TOPICS
- Hospital bedside manner
- Taking vital signs
- Interpreting instrument readings and measurements
- Describing procedures
LANGUAGE SKILLS
- Listening – following doctor’s instructions and commentary
- Reading – interpreting medical test results
- Writing – recording daily observations
- Speaking – appropriate nurse/ patient bedside manner
- Grammar – passive voice; present continuous
Unit 10 Medication and treatments
TOPICS
- Classification of drugs/ medication
- Types of medication
- Administering medication/ dosage
- Alternative treatment/s, therapies -Mind and body therapies (yoga, sports, aqua- puncture, massaging…etc)
LANGUAGE SKILLS
- Listening – listening to doctor’s prescribed medication and to nurse’s instructions
- Reading – Herbal alternative treatment sources
- Writing – Side effects of overdose or under dose
- Speaking – expressing side effects and relevant discomfort
- Grammar – present simple and continuous tenses. Using feeling verbs.
