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English for Doctors - C3VL001
Title: Angličtina pro lékaře
Guaranteed by: Department of Languages and Medical Terminology 3FM CU (12-UCJA)
Faculty: Third Faculty of Medicine
Actual: from 2022
Semester: winter
Points: 2
E-Credits: 2
Examination process: winter s.:
summer s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:0/30, C [HS]
summer s.:0/15, C+Ex [HS]
Extent per academic year: 45 [hours]
Capacity: winter:unknown / unknown (unknown)
summer:unknown / unknown (unknown)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
Key competences:  
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech
Teaching methods: full-time
Teaching methods: full-time
Level:  
Guarantor: PhDr. Václav Koutný
Examination dates   Schedule   
Annotation -
Last update: PhDr. Václav Koutný (13.06.2023)
The course focuses on specific vocabulary and grammar enabling students to take an English-speaking patient's medical history and on improving the students' own English speaking skills.
Aim of the course -
Last update: PhDr. Václav Koutný (13.06.2023)

The primary purpose of the subject is to teach students to take an English-speaking patient's medical history and to expand the students' knowledge of lay and technical medical terminology.

Using specialized medical histories as a base, the subject will also aid the students' general language competences, mainly in the areas of grammar and syntax.

Literature -
Last update: PhDr. Václav Koutný (13.06.2023)

Recommended Literature:

A. Holá, T. Kopřivová: English for Medical Students. Praha: Karolinum, 2020

D. E. Chabner: Medical Terminology: A Short Course (8th edition). Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2018.

S. McCarter: Oxford English for Careers - Medicine 2. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010

E. H. Glendenning, R. Howard: Professional English in Use. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007

Additional Literature:

J. P. Murray: Angličtina pro lékařskou praxi - English in Medical Practice. Praha: Leda, 2009.

M. McCullagh, R. Wright: Good Practice Student's Book: Communication Skills in English for the Medical Practitioner. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008.

M. Swan: Practical English Usage (Third Edition). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005.

J. Parkinson: Angličtina pro lékaře. Manuál pro praxi (1. vydání). Praha: Grada Publishing, 2004.

J. Přívratská a kol.: English in the Medical Profession (1. vydání). Praha: Karolinum, 2001.

M. Gyorffy: English for Doctors (2. vydání). Praha: Triton, 2001.

J. Přívratská, J. Šimek: A Reader in Medical Ethics (1. vydání). Praha: Karolinum, 1997.

Teaching methods -
Last update: PhDr. Václav Koutný (13.06.2023)
In-class seminars, specialized e-learning exercises, student presentations + feedback
Requirements to the exam -
Last update: PhDr. Václav Koutný (21.09.2023)

Winter Term - Credit:

- active participation (4 absences maximum)

- completing e-learning tasks on the Moodle platform (4 in the winter term; deadline June 30, 2024) including the submission of a written assignment

In case students do not meet the mandatory attendance, they will have to take a test at the faculty. The test covers specialized medical terminology, syntax, and grammar (passing score 70%). The remaining credit requirements still have to be met.

The winter term lexical list is available on the Moodle platform.

Summer Term - Credit:

- active participation (2 absences maximum)

- completing e-learning tasks on the Moodle platform (2 in the summer term; deadline June 30, 2024)

- giving a presentation on a specialized medical topic (8-12 minutes)

In case students do not meet the mandatory attendance, they will have to take a test at the faculty (passing score 70%). The remaining credit requirements still have to be met (including giving the presentation).

The summer term lexical list and presentation topics are available on the Moodle platform.

Final Exam:

Getting winter and summer term credit is a requirement to sign up for the final exam.

The exam consists of two parts: test and an oral part.

The test covers medical terminology (specialized and lay; see the lexical lists for the winter and summer terms), grammar, syntax, and reading comprehension (see the e-learning tasks). The passing score (to enter the oral part) is 70%.

The oral part covers the ability to take and review an English-speaking patient's medical history.

The final grade is a combination of the results of the test and the oral part (the proportion of the sections is 1:2 in favor of the oral part).

The dates of the examinations will be posted in SIS - see EXAM DATES. For exact oral part times, see the course page in Moodle.

C1-C2 Language Certificates:


If a student has a C1-C2 level language certificate according to CEFR (no older than four years!), or a document testifying to their spending time abroad (at least three months), they may submit it to the teachers and pass the course without having to meet mandatory attendance requirements. Consequently, students only have to meet the other credit requirements (e-learning tasks and giving a presentation); then, they may sign up for the final exam.

These students must give their presentation in the winter term and take the test in the winter exam period. If they do not get both credits in the winter term, they will have to meet the summer term absence limit!

Certificates accepted (including grades/scores):

FCE: A

CAE, CPE: A-C

TOEFL iBT: 24-30

TOEFL Essentials: 10-12

IELTS: 7-9

IB diploma

The final decision on accepting the materials is within the competence of the course guarantor (Václav Koutný). Fast-track documents have to be submitted to the guarantor by the end of the second week of the winter term (October 13, 2023).

Further course information is provided on the Moodle platform.

Syllabus -
Last update: PhDr. Václav Koutný (13.06.2023)

Winter Term

1. Introduction, Basic Medical Terminology

2. History Taking Introduction

3. History Taking I - Dermatology

4. History Taking II - Endocrinology

5. History Taking III - Surgery

6. Student Presentations (fast track) I

7. History Taking IV - Traumatology

8. History Taking V - Cardiology

9. History Taking VI - Cardiology II

10. Student Presentations (fast track) II

11. History Taking VII - Cardiac Surgery

12. Basic Medical Terminology 2/WT revision

+ 3x e-learning

Summer Term

1. Introduction, WT revision

2. Student Presentations I

3. Student Presentations II

4. History Taking VIII - Neurology

5. Student Presentations III

6. Student Presentations IV

7. History Taking IX - Psychiatry

+ 1x e-learning

Entry requirements -
Last update: PhDr. Václav Koutný (13.06.2023)

Basic knowledge of English vocabulary, grammar, and syntax on the B1/B2 level according to the CEFR.

Knowledge of Latin and Greek medical terminology, including the basics of word formation (Greek stems).

 
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