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Single discipline educational activity
Course Sheet Academic Year of enrolment:
Type of Course:
Language/Final Examination
Degree:
Course of 1st Cycle Degree in NURSING
Professor and Collaborators:
Hours of classroom activity:
Objectives
Contents (i) Basic English grammar and vocabulary
Articles (a/an/the/none)
Prepositions of time/place/position (in/at/on)
Prepositions: complex (of/for/about/with/etc.)
Pronouns/ possessive adjectives/ possessive pronouns (I/my/mine; etc.)
Sentence construction
Question words and question construction
Verb use (regular, irregular)
Verb tenses (present/simple past/perfect/future)
Days/ dates
Vocabulary (general)
Exercises for practice
(ii) Nursing (hospital) English
Emergency room (nursing) English
Nursing/ medical acronyms (abbreviations)
Form filling
Patient communication
Hospital-oriented vocabulary:
feeling ill/ family tree/ describing people/ nationalities
Filling in forms:
patient admission/ history/ observations/ medication/ prescriptions
Medical supplies and equipment
Pain scales
Nursing/ hospital vocabulary
Text exercises, plus listening
(iii) Medical English
External parts of the human body (male/female)
Internal systems of the human body:
Cardiovascular/ respiratory/ digestive/ secretory/ locomotion/ etc.
Internal organs of the human body:
Heart/ lungs/ stomach/ intestine/ liver/ kidneys/ pancreas/ etc.
Medical vocabulary
Comprehension texts and listening
Extended Syllabus The course is designed to refamiliarise with basic English grammar and to improve vocabulary and communication skills around nursing and medical English, to enable healthcare professionals to work more confidently and effectively abroad.
Recommended Bibliography Various sources. No specific course book. Necessary course materials supplied to students on a weekly basis before lessons (pdf files).
Teaching Methods Basic grammar practice.
Introduction to nursing English.
Introduction to form design and filling in.
Illustration-based vocabulary building for nursing and medical terms.
Comprehension through listening and reading of basic medical descriptions of body systems and organs.
Evaluation methods Verification of learning:
Written exam to cover whole of syllabus.