MEDICAL ENGLISH

Professional English in Use – Medicine (

Professional English in Use Medicine contains 60 units covering a wide variety of medical vocabulary. Topics include diseases and symptoms, investigations, treatment, examining and prevention. The book also introduces general medical vocabulary related to parts and functions of the body, medical, and para-medical personnel, education and training, research and presentations.

Contents

Basics:

1. Health and Illness
2. Parts of the body 1
3. Parts of the body 2
4. Functions of the body

Medical and paramedical personnel and places

5. Medical practitioner 1

6. Medical practitioner 2

7. Nurses

8. Allied health professionals

9. Hospitals

10. Primary care

Education and Training

11. Medical education 1

12. Medical education 2

13. The overseas doctor

Systems, diseases ans symptoms

14. Symptoms and signs

15. Blood

16. Bones

17. Childhood

18. The endocrine system

19. The eye

20. The gastrointestinal system

21. Gynaecology

22. The heart and circulation 1

23. The heart and circulation 2

24. Infections

25. Mental illness

26. The nervous system 1

27. The nervous system 2

28. Oncology

29. Pregnancy and childbirth

30. The respiratory system

31. The skin 1

32. The skin 2

33. The urinary system

Investigations

34. Basic investigations

35. Laboratory tests

36. Endoscopy

37. X-ray and CT

38. MRI and ultrasound

39. ECG

Treatment

40. Medical treatment

41. Surgical treatment

42. Therapies

Prevention

43. Screening and immunization

Epidemiology

44. Epidemiology

Ethics

45. Medical ethics

Research

46. Research studies

Taking a history

47. Taking a history 1

48. Taking a history 2

49. Taking a history 3

Examination

50 . Physical examination

51. Mental state examination

Explanation

52. Explaining diagnosis and management

53. Discussing treatment

54. Giving bad news

Presentations

55. Data presentation 1

56. Data presentation 2

57. Research articles

58. Abstracts

59. Conference presentations

60. Case presentations

Good Practice

Communication Skills in English for the Medical Practitioner

Good Practice focus on the language and communication skills that doctors need to make consultations more effective through a focus on five elements of good communication: verbal communication, active listening, voice management, non-verbal communication and cultural awareness.

Section 1: Introduction to communication

Section 2: Developing Language and Communication skills for the patient encounter

1. Receiving the patient

2. The presenting complaint

3. Past medical and family history

4. The social history and telephone consultations

5. Examining a patient

6. Giving results

7. Planning treatment and closing the interview

8. Dealing with sensitive issues

9. Breaking bad news

Section 3: Interviewing different patient categories

10. Communicating with challenging patients

11. Communicating with the elderly

12. Communicating with children and adolescents