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Medical Terminology in English and Language Culture
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:6.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:29:58
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | VC_118 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 3.00 | ECTS: | 4.50 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Linguistics | Target Audience: | Medicine | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Miervaldis Karulis | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 1 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 2 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 7 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 14 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 16 | ||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.2 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 16 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 32 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | 1. General English knowledge and skills at the level determined in the secondary school programme and a passed CE in English. 2. Acquired knowledge of Latvian in the framework of the secondary school curriculum. | ||||||||
| Objective: | 1. To develop the usage of communication skills in English in the field of medical terminology for study purposes and work in the specialty in the future and to promote the acquisition of medical terminology in English and its practical use. 2. To develop and strengthen the ability to draw up medical records in accordance with the requirements of the literary language. 3. To develop the ability to present and justify one's opinion in the Latvian literary language in a respectful and understandable way. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Literary language and language practice. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Applied text formation in normative context. Communication, etiquette and language norms. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Medical education in Latvia and in the world. Health care systems. Branches of medicine and occupations. Simulations in medical education. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | General anatomical and physiological characteristics of the human body; organ systems, their functions and structure. Differences between the child and adult’s organism. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | History of medicine and medical achievements. Medical technologies. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Medical emergency. Injuries. Traumatism in children. Characteristics of the victim. Vital signs. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Healthy lifestyle and the factors affecting it. Balance of physical and mental health. | Classes | 1.00 | computer room | |||||
| 8 | A general overview of the formation of medical terms in English. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Blood, the cardiovascular system (functions, structure, diseases). | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | The respiratory system (functions, structure, diseases). | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 11 | The urogenital system (functions, structure, diseases). | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 12 | The digestive system (functions, structure, diseases). Feeding the infant and child. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 13 | The integumentary system (functions, structure, diseases). | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 14 | The nervous system (functions, structure, diseases). Sensory organs. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 15 | The endocrine system (functions, structure, diseases). | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 16 | The lymphatic system (functions, structure, diseases). | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 17 | Infectious diseases. Immunity. Vaccination. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 18 | General characterization of the disease process (classification of diseases, prevalence, signs, symptoms, diagnostics, types of treatment). | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 19 | Oncology. Oncological diseases and treatment. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 20 | Surgery. Surgical treatment. Surgical instruments and apparatus. Anaesthesia. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | 1) fulfilment of the tasks of independent work in the course e-studies environment or in the format specified by the lecturer; 2) student's individual work – analysis and evaluation of the document language according to the requirements of the literary norm; 3) preparation and presentation of reports/papers/presentations on selected topics within the course topics, using various sources of information: books, articles, databases, Internet resources, etc.; 4) conducting tests for the knowledge of the acquired medical terminology and the practical application thereof; 5) optional indicators – attending course workshops, active participation in classes and pair/group work, timely execution, submission and presentation of assigned tasks, personal attitude to study work, dynamics of results. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | 1) the criteria for the assessment of independent work assignments and test assignments are determined according to the appropriate methodology in the course of e-studies environment or determined by the lecturer; 2) ability to analyse the text of a document from the point of view of language culture, ability to correct a mistaken text in a document and to substantiate the need for corrections, ability to clearly and comprehensibly present and justify one's opinion in Latvian literary language; 3) assessment of reports/presentations is consistent with the common criteria; 4) at the end of the course, the students take a combined exam consisting of a written part (60%) and an oral part (40%) and the evaluation criteria are appropriate for the exam programme; 5) the assessment of the 1st semester is accumulating and it consists of the results of the study work – independent work, tests and reports/seminars; the assessment of the 2nd semester (final assessment of the course) is accumulating and it consists of the results of the study work – independent work, tests and reports/seminars – 60% and the examination result – 40%. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | As a result of the study course, students: 1) will recognize medical terminology in various sources of information in English, 2) will name the most commonly used terminology equivalents in the medical field in English, 3) will explain various medical-related phenomena using the medical terminology in English, based on the Latin-Greek medical terminology and the specific medical terminology in English; 4) will know: the most common deviations from the literary norm in formation of applied text in language practice; linguistic and extralinguistic factors affecting the communication process. | ||||||||
| Skills: | As a result of the study course students: 1) will be able to find the necessary medical information from various sources, 2) will be able to select, collect, analyse and correctly use medical terminology in English for communication (for example, in conversations, discussions, presentations, etc.) in the medical discourse, 3) use appropriate means of English expression to express their views, to argue and actively participate in conversations and discussions on various medical topics, 4) provide a compilation of the information obtained and analysed from different sources, using the appropriate medical terminology in English; 5) will be able to: correct the most typical language inaccuracies in formation of applied text; evaluate linguistic factors relevant to the speech situation. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | 1. As a result of successful study, students will be able to use the acquired medical terminology in English in new situations in relation to knowledge and skills acquired during other courses. 2. After completing the course, the student will be able to create a spoken or written applied text in accordance with the current norms of the literary language, to clearly and comprehensibly present and argue his/her opinion in the Latvian literary language. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Glendinning E. H., Professional English in Use - Medicine, Cambridge, CUP, 2007 | ||||||||
| 2 | Stich A. P., Medical Terminology, Documentation, and Coding, Routledge, 2018 (E-grāmata pieejama EBSCO eBook datubāzē) | ||||||||
| 3 | McCarter S., Oxford English for Careers: Medicine 1, Student's Book, OUP, 2015 | ||||||||
| 4 | McCarter S., Oxford English for Careers: Medicine 2, Student's Book, OUP, 2015 | ||||||||
| 5 | Martin E., Oxford Concise Medical Dictionary, OUP, 2008 | ||||||||
| 6 | Freimane I., Valodas kultūra teorētiskā skatījumā. Mācību līdzeklis. Rīga, Zvaigzne, 1993 (pieejams arī tiešsaistē) | ||||||||
| 7 | Krūmiņa V., Skujiņa V. Normatīvo aktu izstrādes rokasgrāmata. Rīga: Valsts Kanceleja, 2002 | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Chabner D. E., The Language of Medicine, 4th Edition, 2005 | ||||||||
| 2 | Sosāre M., English that Doctors Speak, 1998 | ||||||||
| 3 | Paegle Dz., Kušķis J. Kā latvietis runā ... Praktiski ieteikumi valodas kultūrā. Rīga: Zvaigzne, 1994 | ||||||||
| 4 | Fitzgerald P., McCullagh M., Wright R., English for Medicine in Higher Education Studies. Course Book. Garnet Education, 2014 | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | www.medicinenet.com/ | ||||||||
| 2 | www.naturalnews.com/medicine.html | ||||||||
| 3 | https://www.englishmed.com/ | ||||||||
| 4 | http://www.manythings.org/voa/medical/ | ||||||||
| 5 | https://www.englishclub.com/english-for-work/medical.htm | ||||||||
