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Medical Terminology in English
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:7.00
Study Course Accepted:21.07.2023 08:54:11
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | LF_176 | LQF level: | Level 5 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Linguistics | Target Audience: | Medical Services | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Dagnija Deimante | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | RSU Liepāja Branch | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Liepāja, Riņķu Street 24/26, lf rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 63442118, +371 63442119, +371 63484632 | ||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Knowledge and skills of the English language according to the requirements of the upper-secondary school programme (levels B1 – C1). | ||||||||
| Objective: | Develop communicative skills in the English language for successful studies and work in the chosen speciality; promote acquisition of professional terminology and its practical application. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Job description. Duties. Code of Ethics. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Human Body. Bones. Muscles. | Classes | 1.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Tenses. Formation of questions. Spoken interaction. | Classes | 1.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Professional ethics. Attitude towards the client. Consultations. | Classes | 1.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Methods of physical examination. Giving instructions. | Classes | 1.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Diseases and their symptoms. History taking. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Individual and group work – preparing presentations, working with dictionaries – explanation of terms; writing summaries, writing letters using the templates provided. In order to evaluate the quality of the study course as a whole, the student must fill out the study course evaluation questionnaire on the Student Portal. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Active participation in classes (10%); written homework of good quality handed in (10%); appropriate oral answers (10%); a test of knowledge and practical use of the terminology learned (20%). Exam includes a written part and a presentation (50%). | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | After having completed the course successfully, the students will: • recognise professional terminology in various texts; • name the most common terms in massage; • describe different conditions related to the sphere of massage using professional terms in English. | ||||||||
| Skills: | After having completed the course successfully, the students will be able to: • choose and use terms for oral communication (presentations, discussions) and in writing (doctor's notes, referrals, medical articles) in the sphere of massage; • use appropriate means of expression to explain one's opinion both in oral and written communication; • deliver summary both in written and spoken form using appropriate terms, give the main idea of the text • find necessary information in different sources. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | After having completed the course successfully, the students will be able to apply the terms they have studied in various communicative situations. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Chabner, D.E. The Language of Medicine. W.B.Saunders Company, Philadelphia, 2001 (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 2 | Concise Medical Dictionary. 8th ed. Oxford University Press, 2020 | ||||||||
| 3 | E.H. Glendinning, Beverly A.S. Holmstrom. English in Medicine. Cambridge, 2009 | ||||||||
| 4 | Glendining, E.H. Howard, R. Professional English in Use Medicine. CUP, Cambridge, 2007 (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Alison Pohl. Test your Professional English. Penguin English, 2006 | ||||||||
| 2 | Dr. Stephen Carrol. The Complete Family Guide to Healthy Living. DK Publishing, INC, 1996 | ||||||||
