ENGLISH I FOR MEDICINE

PowerPoint

e-class tools

exploitation of medical webpages

Communication in English (written and spoken)

Individual tasks

Final written exams

- Familiarity with his/her Science texts in the English Language and the special vocabulary found in them.

- Ability to use the medical terms learned in written and spoken language.

− Skill in correct pronunciation of each new medical term encountered, which will be described with the phonetic symbols.

General Skills

• Communication in a second language other than the mother tongue
• Autonomous work
• Teamwork
• Free, creative and inductive thinking
• Search, process and analyze information using the necessary technologies

Section 1

Comprehension of medical science writing

Section 2

Writing scientific texts about medical science

Section 3

Listening Comprehension of English for Medical Science

Section 4

Using English to communicate in case studies of medical issues

MORE SPECIFICALLY:

– Introduction to Medical Terminology
– Prefixes – Suffixes – Word roots/Combining forms
– The History of Medicine
– Basic Hospital Vocabulary
– Hospital Departments – Hospital Staff – Instruments and Equipment
– Types of Diseases
– The Language of the body parts
– The Language of Anatomy
– The Language of Health Care
– Hospital procedures
– Admissions
– Physical examination
– Taking care of patients
– Safety

ENGLISH - GREEK-ENGLISH DICTIONARY OF MEDICAL TERMS by Georgios Michaelidis, Nellis Vezou-Magoutis (success code: 32880)