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English for Doctors - CVSE3P0015
Title: Angličtina pro lékaře
Guaranteed by: Department of Languages and Medical Terminology 3FM CU (12-UCJA)
Faculty: Third Faculty of Medicine
Actual: from 2012 to 2013
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: doc. PhDr. Jana Přívratská, CSc.
Examination dates   Schedule   
Annotation
Last update: Mgr. Eva Šilhánová (24.09.2020)
COURSE DESCRIPTION: The course focuses on (i) specific vocabulary and grammar that should enable students to use and understand medical resources and (ii) preparing students to take and understand patient medical histories, and improve their skills in history taking.
Aim of the course -
Last update: Mgr. Eva Šilhánová (24.09.2020)

COURSE OBJECTIVE:

(i) Students are expected to develop and demonstrate the ability to take and comprehend medical histories from English speaking patients, and
(ii) by the end of the course, students are expected to demonstrate their ability to comprehend medical texts written in formal English.
Literature -
Last update: Mgr. Eva Šilhánová (24.09.2020)

TEACHING MATERIALS:

1) English in the Medical Profession/ J. Přívratská a kol. - 1. vyd. - Praha: Karolinum, 2001.
2) A Reader in Medical Ethics/ J. Přívratská, Jiří Šimek. - 1. vyd. - Praha: Karolinum, 1997.
3) English in Medicine: a Course in Communication Skills/ Eric H. Glendinning, Beverly A. S. Holmstroem. - Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991.
4) Test Your Vocabulary for Medicine/ D. Riley. - 1. vyd. - Teddington, Middlessex: Peter Collin Publishing, 1995.
5) Test Your Professional English (Medical)/ Alison Pohl. - 1.vyd. - Penguin English Guides, 2002.
6) Concise Medical Dictionary/ editor E. A. Martin. - 3rd ed. - Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1990.
7) Velký česko-anglický slovník/ Josef Fronek. - 1. vyd. - Praha: Leda, 2000.
8) Anglicko-český/česko-anglický lékařský slovník/ Věra Topilová - Praha: Grada Publishing, 1999.
9) English for Doctors/ Mária Gyorffy.- 2.vyd. - Praha: Triton, 2001.
10) English for Medical Purposes (on-line), c.2000, Instituto de Idiomas Universidad de Navarra, dostupnost : http:// web1.cti.unav.es/ emp/ emp.html Academia, 1991.
11) Angličtina pro lékaře. Manuál pro praxi/Joy Parkinson. - 1. vydání - Praha: Grada Publishing, 2004.
12) Professional English in Use, Cambridge University Press, 2007/ Erich H. Glendenning, Ron Howard
13) Mluvnice angličtiny/ Werner Hüllen, J. Přívratská. - 1. vyd. - Praha: Fortuna, 1994.
14) English Grammar in Use/ Raymond Murphy.- 2.vyd. - Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994.
15) Advanced Grammar in Use/ Martin Hewings. -1.vyd. - Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999.
16) Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary of Current English/ A. S. Hornby. - 5th ed., 11th impression, with corrections. - Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998. (popřípadě jiný anglický výkladový slovník srovnatelného obsahu)
17) Velký anglicko-český slovník. I. - IV./ Karel Hais, Břetislav Hodek. - 2. vyd. - Praha:
Teaching methods -
Last update: Mgr. Eva Šilhánová (24.09.2020)

TEACHING METHODS:

Practice
Requirements to the exam -
Last update: Mgr. Eva Šilhánová (27.09.2014)

Winter semester credit requirements:

Credit test - 70% pass - combination of grammar, listening and vocabulary tasks (during the winter semester), 4 possible re-sittings

 

Summer semester:

Credit requirements:

- a powerpoint presentation on a medical topic of students' own choice (performed in the seminar)

- an essay on medical topic (evaluated by a native speaker) 

 

Exam requirements:

The exam comprises 3 parts, each is scored according the following pattern:

Reading test - 30 pt.

Vocabulary - 20 pt.

Interview - 50 pt.

70 points is pass

The dates of the examinations are announced in SIS - see EXAM DATES
Syllabus -
Last update: Mgr. Eva Šilhánová (27.09.2014)


Winter semester:

1) History Taking, Family and Past History
2) Presenting Complaint, Systems Review, Recommended Questions for Case taking
3) Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular and Respiratory System
4) Auscultation of Chest - Added Sounds
5) Symptoms and Signs of Cardiovascular Disease
6) Cardiac Hypertrophy and Dilatation
7) Urinary System Examination of Urinary Bladder, The Testing of Urine
8) Gastrointestinal System, General Signs of Liver Disease
9) Jaundice - Case History, Biliary Obstruction, Diarrhoea
10) Surgery Examination of Surgical Patients, Common Surgical Procedures
11) Acute Appendicitis, Surgical Instruments and Equipment
12) Knee Injury, Hip Fracture Types of Fractures
13) Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Dysmenorrhoea, Childbirth,
14) Sexually Transmitted Diseases,
15) Credit test

 

Summer semester:

1) Paediatrics, Childhood Contagious Diseases, Vaccination

2) Neurology, Neurological Examination, The Unconscious Patient, MS, Epilepsy

3) ENT, Examination of the Nose, Symptoms and Conditions

4) Ophthalmology, Eye Structure and Function, Symptoms and Conditions

5) Dermatology, Signs and Symptoms, Credit Test
 
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