German in Rehabilitation (VC_083)
About Study Course
Objective
To improve, develop and streamline students’ knowledge of German for communication, academic and professional purposes and to facilitate the acquisition of professional medical terminology for productive use.
Prerequisites
Proficiency level A2 of German language (according to Common European Framework of Reference for Language Learning, Teaching and Assessment).
Learning outcomes
1.On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
• recognise familiar medical terminology in different types of text;
• provide either German explanation or Latvian translation of the terms;
• read a text related to the professional field, find and highlight key words, the main idea, the necessary information in the text;
• name the parts of the body, the main organs and systems;
• describe patient condition, course of the disease, auxiliary devices;
• give advice, instructions on use of auxiliary devices;
• recognise linguistic structures characteristic to scientific and popular science literature (noun formation, cases; grammatical system of the verb in the Active and Passive Voice; The Subjunctive Mood, participle and the infinitive, etc.).
1.On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
• use appropriate medical terminology interacting with patients/clients and colleagues;
• make their own termininological dictionary;
• collect patient`s anamnesis and enquire on complaints and pain;
• explain how to use properly and adjust auxiliary devices for walking;
• give advice on individual auxiliary rehabilitation devices.
1.Students will demonstrate the ability to deliver information about themselves, their studies and compare them with medical studies in Germany; the ability to recognise patients' medical history; to perceive, write down, and deliver the necessary information related to a patient's condition; will be able to express own ideas, to support own opinion with arguments and discuss medical technical constructions – auxiliary devices.
