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English and ICT - mod. SCIENTIFIC ENGLISH
EUGENIA VICTORIA MOGOLLON BALLESTAS

Seat Medicina e Chirurgia
A.A. 2013-2014
Credits 3
Hours 30
Period 1^ semestre
Language ENG
U-gov code MT09-11-11 MT437

Development of the course

Contents are organized based on three general aspects which enclose specific topics consisting of introduction, illustration and practice of some structural and/or lexical aspects of the language through specific sources of information ( journal articles, medical documents, scientific publications and papers) in order to develop particular learning strategies regarding reading comprehension skills and basic oral interaction.

Learning outcomes

The course aims basically at developing reading comprehension skills regarding specific sources of information such as journal articles and medical documents in general as well as the basic ability to interact taking into account how important communication between patients and medical staff is.

Program

1.  Critical Reading strategies: Skimming, scanning, surveying a text, etc.)

Types of medical Texts:  *Medical documents (case notes, medical records, discharge summaries,

                                                                           prescriptions, physical  examination reports, referral letters,                                                                                 test results)

                                           *Popular Texts (guidebooks, newspaper/magazine articles)

                                           *Professional texts (Textbooks, handbooks, Biomedical & Scientific Journals :

                                                                          editorials, research articles/papers, commentaries, reviews,

                                                                           etc.)

2. Vocabulary acquisition: (mind maps, diagrams, charts, deduction, inference, etc.)

Medical Abbreviations.

Building up medical vocabulary:  Word Parts: (suffixes, prefixes, word roots).

Human Body parts and systems: particular disorders and diseases: descriptions and treatments (skin, respiratory system, digestive system, skeletal system)

Types of clinical research:  *Randomised controlled trials

* Non-randomised controlled trials

                                                    * Case studies

                                                    * Case-series studies

                                                    * Cohort studies

                                                    * Case-control studies

                                                    * Cross-sectional studies

Health Care Staff and Institutions.

 

3. Language structure

Types of texts (descriptive, narrative, etc.)

Grammar categories in context (nouns, verbs, adjectives, verbs, prepositions) & sentence structure

Hedging and modality in scientific English.

Active Vs Passive forms in scientific language.

Nominal groups.

Development of the examination

There will be a written exam at the end of the course.  Students will be asked to read a scientific text belonging to their particular field of interest and answer several content questions in order to assess their reading comprehension skills.  In addition, they will be asked to perform different kinds of activities (completing, matching, etc.) to evaluate their abilities in identifying and understanding medical terminology.

 

 

 

Recommended reading

1. Title: L’anglais médical à la faculté
2. Author: CARNET, D. FOUCHER, G., GRANDGEORGE, J., JEANNIN, L
3. Publisher: Ellipses (Paris,1994)

1. Title: Basic English for the health sciences
2. Author: DE GENDARIAS, J.M, HALLET RUSSEL D.
3. Publisher: McGraw-Hill (Milan,1993)

 

1. Title: L’anglais à l’hôpital
2. Author: DURAND, M., Harvey, M., BOYER, C.
3. Publisher: Ellipses (Paris, 1995)

 

1. Title: English in Medicine, a course in communication skills
2. Author: GLENDINNING, E. HOLMSTROM, B..
3. Publisher: Cambridge University Press (Cambridge,1998)

 

1. Title: Oxford English for careers NURSING
2. Author: GRICE, T.
3. Publisher: Oxford University Press(Oxford, 2007)

 

1. Title: English for Nurses and Healthcare Providers
2. Author: MAKAGUTI, F. PARINI, I. ROBERTS, R.
3. Publisher: Casa Editrice Ambrosiano (Milan, 2006)
4.  Title: English in Basic Medical Science
5. Author: MCLEAN, J.
6. Publisher: Oxford University Press(Oxford, 1993)
7. Title: Test your professional English, Medical
8. Author: POHL, A.
9. Publisher: Pearson Education limited (Edinburgh, 2002)
10. Title: English in the Medical Laboratory
11. Author: SWALES, J., FANNING, P.
12. Publisher: Sheck Wah Tong Printing Press (Hong Kong, 1980)
13. Title: Concise Colour Medical Dictionary
14. Author: MARTIN, E.
15. Publisher: Oxford University Press(Oxford, 1998)

16. Useful Links:

17. Pubmed  www.pubmed.org
18. The Journal of The American Medical Association www.jama.com
19. The British Medical Journal www.bmj.com
20. The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors www.icmje.org
21. The Canadian Medical Association Journal  www.cmaj.ca
22. The European Association of Science Editors www.ease.org.uk
23. The Council of Science Editors www.councilscienceeditors.org
24. World Association of Medical Editors http://www.wame.org
25. United Kingdom National health Service www.nhs.uk

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