124473 English: Communication Skills for MDs (Gruppe B)

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124473
English: Communication Skills for MDs (Gruppe B)
UE 2
2,5
wöch.
semestral
Englisch

Prerequisites: B2
Goal: B2+

The aim of this course is to facilitate effective communication with patients in English. By focusing on the five elements of good communication, students will learn and develop the language and communication skills necessary for consultations.

Topics:
effective communication; receiving the patient; the presenting complaint; past medical and family history; a patient’s social history; telephone consultations; examining a patient; giving results; planning treatment; closing an interview; dealing with sensitive issues

Linguistic Goals:
greeting patients and putting them at ease; asking the opening question; encouraging patients to express themselves; requesting and taking a history; asking about pain; taking effective notes; effective telephone consultations; checking information; examining a patient; explaining results; explaining medical terminology to a patient; giving a diagnosis and prognosis; explaining a treatment; describing benefits and side effects of treatment; giving instructions; advising on lifestyle; broaching sensitive issues; holding a presentation; giving feedback; standard medical abbreviations; language of probability

Structural Goals:
formulating effective questions; using phrases to clarify; facilitate and ask for repetition; adjectives for pain; phrasal verbs with up; describing the state of health; expressions for signposting and summarising; indirect language for polite instructions; using softeners; phrases for organising information; making suggestions; prepositions; overview of useful tenses: past simple, past continuous, present perfect, present perfect continuous

interaktiver Sprachunterricht

mündlich
Endtest (Überprüfung von Sprechen/Dialoge)

McCullagh, M., & Wright, R. (2008). Good practice: Communication skills in English for the medical practitioner. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Units 1-8

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