English for Doctors:inglese medico scientifico

Il corso si propone l'obiettivo di fornire ai discenti gli strumenti per l'apprendimento delle strutture grammaticali di livello base e intermedio, la memorizzazione e l'uso di terminologie idiomatiche, l'approfondimento di strutture linguistiche e l'esercitazione con il linguaggio scientifico inglese.

Struttura del corso

•20 units di 1 ora e 30 minuti ciascuna;
•Apprendimento della grammatica di base;
•Vocabulary (lessico di termini scientifico-professionali);
•Esercizi scritti e orali (writing e speaking);
•Esercizi di lettura (reading comprehension);
•Video di esempio
•Al termine delle units, le strutture verranno consolidate con " review and revise activities"

•Lesson 1) Health-care professionals that need to communicate in English. Typical patient complaints, symptoms. Phonetic symbols
•Lesson 2) Doctors, nurses and pharmacists describe their professions. Pronunciation and word stress. Common illnesses and diseases.
•Lesson 3) Heart Disease: Arrythmia, Cardiomyopathy, Heart Failure, Congenital Heart Defect
•Lesson 4) Heart Disease: Testing (EKG, Stress Test, Holter Monitor, Chest X-Ray, Echocardiogram, Cardiac CT, Cardiac Catheterization. Grammar: information questions.
•Lesson 5) Heart Disease, Part 3: Grammar: Simple Past.
•Lesson 6) Heart Disease, Part 4: Living with Heart Disease, medicines, Angioplasty, Bypass Surgery, Who's at Risk for Heart Disease? Risk Factors you can control. Smoking and your heart. Life after a heart attack. Heart disease prevention. Diet and your heart.
•Lesson 7) Performing Patient Assessment.
•Lesson 8) Grammar: To Be, To Do, To Make, To Have (Present Simple, Present Perfect, Past Perfect, Future Perfect, Present Continuous, Simple Past
•Lesson 9) Pronunciation: nouns, adjectives, verbs. Grammar: Simple Past of regular and irregular verbs.
•Lesson 10) Patient Assessment.
•Lesson 11) Patient Interview. "Basic Seven" line of questioning.
•Lesson 12) Approach to the Physical Examination
•Lesson 13) Physical Examination Techniques. Physical Examination Outline. Documentation
•Lesson 14) Uncover your Allergy Triggers: pollen, animal dander, dust mites, insect stings, molds, •Lesson 15) Uncover your Allergy Triggers: food, latex, medication, fragrance, cockroaches.
•Lesson 16) What is Psoriasis? Psoriasis symptoms. Nail Psoriasis. Psoriatic Arthritis. What Causes Psoriasis? Psoriasis Triggers. The Stigma of Psoriasis. Diagnosing Psoriasis. Treatment: Topicals, Phototherapy, Laser Therapy, Oral Medications, Biologics, Natural remedies for Psoriasis, Climatotherapy, Stress Reduction, Social Support
•Lesson 17) Living with Chronic Pain. Get an Endorphin Boost: Exercise; Breathing, Meditation and Biofeedback; Uncover your Allergy Triggers; Avoid Alcohol, Cut Paina: Quit Smoking; Give your body a boost: Eat better; Journal:Help your Doctor help you; Schedule Relaxation, Set Limits; Distract Yourself; Know your medicines; You're not alone.
•Lesson 18) Patient-Doctor Relations. When Patient Meets Doctor. Conditional sentences. •Lesson 19) Writing a report

•Lesson 20) Review. Final assessment.

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