Medical English for Healthcare Professionals
Pre-Intermediate A2/B1 – Part 1
Who is this course for?
This one-to-one five-lesson course is ideal for healthcare professionals (nurses, doctors, paramedics etc.) wishing to improve their Medical English with structured lessons and handouts. Lessons are scheduled at a time to suit you.
This is part one of Medical English for Healthcare Professionals. The course is aimed at pre-intermediate learners. However, the course is also suitable for students with an intermediate level in General English and lacking Medical English vocabulary and phrases.
A minimum of one lesson a week for a duration of 5 weeks is recommended. This allows time to review the material between lessons and complete the optional homework exercises while maintaining a busy working schedule.
Should you prefer these lessons can be taken as an intensive course over a week or two. The duration of each individual lesson is 50 minutes.
Lessons include functional language used in medical establishments in an English speaking country. This course is an appropriate choice for HCP’s planning to move to an English speaking country in the future.
Language Skills
The course covers all four of the main language skills: Speaking, Writing, Listening and Reading. Writing exercises are typically assigned as optional homework.
Speaking practice includes asking questions, pronunciation, role play scenarios and discussing duties.
Articles are included for Reading practice with a focus on finding and understanding vocabulary. Vocabulary lessons include medical tasks, routines and duties, medical equipment/phrases and types of healthcare systems.
Audio files cover a variety of dialogues. These may include dialogues between patients and healthcare professionals or dialogues between medical staff. The conversational dialogues are set within a healthcare environment.
Each lesson will have a particular language focus to work on improving grammar. Functional language lessons include reviewing present tenses, sentence structure and word order, direct and indirect questions, paraphrasing and synonyms.
Lesson Dates and Times
Dates and times for each lesson are booked in advance via a simple booking calendar. This method allows planning around work shifts and rotas.
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