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English in Rehabilitation
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:4.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:30:12
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | VC_080 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Linguistics | Target Audience: | Rehabilitation | ||||||
| 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) | 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: | Knowledge and skills of the English language at secondary school level and passed the centralized examination in English. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To develop students’ comprehension of the appropriate usage of medical terminology in English in the chosen speciality, to facilitate its practical usage, to develop students’ communication skills for use in studies and further work. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Introduction into orthotics-prosthetics. A brief historical overview of the field. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | The human skeleton: functions, structure, diseases of bones. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Joints: functions, types, diseases, dislocations. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Amputation: causes, types, complications. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Deformaties of the spine and extremities. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Musculature: functions, structure, movement, diseases. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Orthoses: general characteristics, types. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Lower limb orthoses. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Upper limb orthoses. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Prosthese: general characteristics, types. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 11 | Lower limb prostheses. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 12 | Upper limb prostheses. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 13 | Materials and tools for manufacturing orthoses and prostheses. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 14 | Manufacturing process of orthoses and prostheses. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | During practical classes, students participate in pair and group work, do interactive tasks, engage with discussions about topics of interest related to the content of the course, form dialogues in pairs. Once a month a student has a chance to report on an individually prepared topic. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | • class attendance; • active participation and qualitative answers in practical classes; • individual works (homeworks, reports, presentations) done properly and submitted in due time; • a good test (3) progress after theme acquisition; • in test evaluation the percentage is used. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | On successful completion of the course, students will be able to: • recognize and interpret the usage of medical terminology; • comprehend and analyze medical texts; • state one’s opinion and justify it using appropriate language structures. | ||||||||
| Skills: | On successful completion of the course, students will be able to • efficiently use medical terminology for professional purposes; • read or translate professional texts for occupational purposes; • give guidlines in English to clients who need support-movement corrections and rehabilitation; • prepare a report and deliver it in English. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | On successful completion of the course, students will be able to apply practically the acquired knowledge and skills in their studies and professional work. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Chabner, D.-E. The Language of Medicine.W B Saunders Co, 2007 (terminu analīze, pamatelementi medicīnas terminoloģijas veidošanā,u.c.) | ||||||||
| 2 | Glendinning, E., Howard, R. (2007) Professional English in Use, Medicine. UK: Cambridge University Press, 2007(uzdevumi zināšanu pārbaudēm) | ||||||||
| 3 | Lusardi M.M., Jorge M., Nielsen C.C. Orthotics & Prosthetics in Rehabilitation, third edition, 2013, Elsevier, 839 p. | ||||||||
| 4 | P. Fitzgerald, M. McCullagh, R. Wright, English for Medicine in Higher Education Studies, Course Book, Garnet Education, 2014 | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Alison Pohl, Test your Professional English, Penguin English, 2003 (uzdevumi zināšanu pārbaudei, ko var izmantot studējošo individuālajam darbam) | ||||||||
| 2 | The Alternative Advisor – The Complete Guide to Natural Therapies and Alternative Treatments, Alexandria, Virginia (tēmas: earache, hearing problems, u.c.) | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Check your English Vocabulary for Medicine (3rd edition), A&C Black, London, 2009 | ||||||||
| 2 | http://kidshealth.org./kid/feeling | ||||||||
| 3 | (teksti par runas un dzirdes defektiem) | ||||||||
| 4 | Studējošie materiālus referātu prezentācijām var izmantot no interneta avotiem vai profesionālo medicīnas asociāciju publikācijām. | ||||||||
