English in Rehabilitation

Study Course Description

Course Description Statuss:Approved

Course Description Version:5.00

Study Course Accepted:03.07.2020 17:08:08

Study Course Information
Course Code:		VC_039		LQF level:		Level 6
Credit Points:		2.00		ECTS:		3.00
Branch of Science:		Linguistics		Target Audience:		Rehabilitation
Study Course Supervisor
Course Supervisor:		Svetlana Muhejeva
Study Course Implementer
Structural Unit:		Language Centre
The Head of Structural Unit:
Contacts:		Riga, 16 Dzirciema Street, valodasrsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67061586
Study Course Planning
Full-Time - Semester No.1
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
Part-Time - Semester No.1
Lectures (count)		0	Lecture Length (academic hours)		0	Total Contact Hours of Lectures		0
Classes (count)		12	Class Length (academic hours)		2	Total Contact Hours of Classes		24
Total Contact Hours								24
Study course description
Preliminary Knowledge:
Knowledge of English language at the secondary school level.
Objective:
To enable students to operate in English in both academic and vocational settings concerning the field of physiotherapy.
Topic Layout (Full-Time)
No.	Topic			Type of Implementation		Number	Venue
1	Introduction of the course requirements. Effective presentation criteria. Body parts, examination of the patient: observation.			Classes		2.00	auditorium
2	Summary writing requirements. Reporting verbs. Body functions.			Classes		1.00	auditorium
3	Organ systems. The subjective aspects of the patient's condition: symptoms.			Classes		2.00	auditorium
4	The structure and functions of the skeletal-muscular system.			Classes		2.00	auditorium
5	Presentations based on autonomous reading.			Classes		2.00	auditorium
6	The pathologies of the skeletal-muscular system. Pain radiation. Taking a history.			Classes		2.00	auditorium
7	Arthritis: medical assessment and treatment.			Classes		1.00	auditorium
8	Methods of investigation.			Classes		1.00	auditorium
9	The nervous system: functions and pathologies.			Classes		1.00	auditorium
10	Stroke: symptoms and rehabilitation.			Classes		1.00	auditorium
11	Remedial exercises, communication with patients.			Classes		1.00	auditorium
Topic Layout (Part-Time)
No.	Topic			Type of Implementation		Number	Venue
1	Introduction of the course requirements. Effective presentation criteria. Body parts, examination of the patient: observation.			Classes		1.00	auditorium
2	Summary writing requirements. Reporting verbs. Body functions.			Classes		1.00	auditorium
3	Organ systems. The subjective aspects of the patient's condition: symptoms.			Classes		1.00	auditorium
4	The structure and functions of the skeletal-muscular system.			Classes		1.00	auditorium
5	Presentations based on autonomous reading.			Classes		2.00	auditorium
6	The pathologies of the skeletal-muscular system. Pain radiation. Taking a history.			Classes		1.00	auditorium
7	Arthritis: medical assessment and treatment.			Classes		1.00	auditorium
8	Methods of investigation.			Classes		1.00	auditorium
9	The nervous system: functions and pathologies.			Classes		1.00	auditorium
10	Stroke: symptoms and rehabilitation.			Classes		1.00	auditorium
11	Remedial exercises, communication with patients.			Classes		1.00	auditorium
Assessment
Unaided Work:
Preparing a presentation on the topic related to the field of physiotherapy; use of a dictionary to ascertain the meaning of terminology; writing scientific article summaries.
Assessment Criteria:
• Active participation in classes; qualitative written homework; the quality of oral answers; • Continuous assessment – checking terminology acquisition and its practical application, written tests – 57% of the final result; • Presentations on a medicine-related topics of free choice – 29% of the final result; final written test to evaluate receptive and productive skills – 14% of the final result.
Final Examination (Full-Time):		Exam
Final Examination (Part-Time):		Exam
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge:		On successful completion of the course, students will be able to: • recognize professional terminology in different types of texts; • recall professional terminology related to the field of physiotherapy; • describe different phenomena in the field of physiotherapy using professional terminology in English.
Skills:		Having completed the study course programme the student will be able to: skillfully use medical terms for professional purposes; to read professional literature for vocational needs; to provide instructions in the English language on health issues to patients /clients; to prepare a report and present it in the English language; prepare a summary /annotation of the article in the English language.
Competencies:		On successful completion of the course, students will be able to apply practically the acquired terminology in various communicative situations.
Bibliography
No.	Reference
Required Reading
1	Allum, V. and McGarr, P. Cambridge English for Nursing, CUP, Cambridge, 2008.
2	Glendining, E.H. Holmstrom, B. English in Medicine, CUP, Cambridge, 2005.
3	Glendining, E.H. Howard, R. Professional English in Medicine, CUP, Cambridge 2005.
Additional Reading
1	Chabner, D.E. The Language of Medicine, W.B.Saunders Company, Philadelphia, 2001.