Medical Terminology - English - EP0101052
Title: Odborná terminologie - angličtina
Guaranteed by: Ústav jazyků (14-50)
Faculty: Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen
Actual: from 2025
Semester: winter
Points: 2
E-Credits: 2
Examination process: winter s.:
summer s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:0/2, C [HT]
summer s.:0/2, C+Ex [HT]
Capacity: winter:unknown / unlimited (unknown)
summer:unknown / unknown (unknown)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
Key competences:  
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech
Teaching methods: full-time
Level:  
For type:  
Additional information: https://lms.lfp.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=388
Note: deregister from the credit exam date if a requisite was not fulfilled
deregister from the exam date if a requisite was not fulfilled
for a repeated registration for Course credit + Exam, the student must have the Course credit exam passed
Guarantor: Mgr. Dita Macháčková
Mgr. Alena Holá
Teacher(s): Mgr. Alena Holá
Mgr. Tomáš Hostýnek, DiS.
Mgr. Zuzana Kačerovská Gürtlerová
PhDr. Alena Kojanová
PhDr. Tamara Kopřivová
Katja Kulhánková
Interchangeability : E0102124
Is interchangeable with: E0102124
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Annotation -
The Human Body. Basics of anatomical terminology. The overview of the body systems. Selected texts from the branch of medicine. Doctor-patient communication. Taking patient's history. Medical documentation.English grammar in medical context.
Last update: Holá Alena, Mgr. (09.09.2025)
Course completion requirements -

WT - credit: active attendance, continuous test (3 attempts, at least 70%), credit test (3 attempts, 70%)

ST- credit: active attendance, presentation on First Aid, credit test (3 attempts, 70%)

Examination: 1. written part (summary test winter+summer term, test (3 attempts, at least 70% )

                    2. oral part: presentation of one topic out of 15; analysis of medical article (reading, translation, questions, discussions...) follows after the fulfilled written test

Last update: Holá Alena, Mgr. (02.10.2025)
Literature -

Obligatory:
A.Holá, T.Kopřivová: English for Medical Students, Karolinum 2023, 2nd edition

elektronic materials:

1. Selected Chapters from English Grammar in Medical Context 1,2 (MOODLE)

2. How to prepare a successful power point presentation step-by-step (MOODLE)

3. Medical English: audiovisual course (MOODLE)

4. Medical English: listening materials (MOODLE)


Recommended:
Glendinning, E. - Holmström, B.: English in Medicine, 3rd edition, CUP 2005
Glendinning, E. - Howard, R.: Professional English in Use, CUP 2007

Last update: Holá Alena, Mgr. (09.09.2025)
Requirements to the exam -

Contents of the exam: written part (summary test, 3 attempst, at least 70 % )

                                 oral part (presentation of one topic out of 15; dealing with a medical text) follows after the fulfilled written test

Last update: Holá Alena, Mgr. (02.10.2025)
Syllabus -

Winter term
October
Topics: The Study of Medicine. The Structure of the Human Body.The Cell.
Grammar: Nouns of Latin and Greek origin used in Medical English: pronunciation, word stress, singular and plural forms.
November
Topics: The Human Body. Principle Systems of the Human Body (an overview).
Grammar: C x U Nouns. Articles. Giving instructions. Anatomical x Lay Terms. Medical abbreviations.

Listening: Asking about systems.

continuous test

December
Topics: The Skeletal System. The Muscular System. Symptoms and Signs.
Grammar:Tenses used in presenting complaints and in taking history.

Listening +Conversation: Presenting complaints, History-taking I

January

Credit test



Summer term
February
Topics: The Integumentary System. The Cardiovascular system.Physical Examination.
Grammar: Past tenses. Future forms. Measurement I.

Listening +Conversation: Pain assessment, History-taking II+III 

March
Topics: The Lymphatic System. The Respiratory System. The Digestive system.
Grammar: Modal Verbs. Passives. Shapes. Suffixes for diseases and surgical procedures. 

Listening+conversation: Asking about symptoms

Oral presentation on 1st Aid for Emergencies.

April
Topics:
The Urinary System. The Nervous System. 
Gramatika: Conditionals. Measurement II. Location. Reported speech.

Listening: Using your brain

May
Topics: The Reproductive System. The Endocrine System.
Grammar: Phrasal Verbs. The use of -ing forms. Making comparisons.

Listening: In the consulting room of the endocrinologist

Credit test
Examination

Last update: Holá Alena, Mgr. (09.09.2025)
Learning resources - Czech

Angličtina on-line

Last update: Duchková Barbora (02.10.2020)
Learning outcomes -

After completing the course, the student will be able to: 

  • understand texts with healthcare topics 

  • use basic medical terminology  

  • describe the basic structure of the human body and body systems 

  • term the diseases connected with a particular body system and describe their symptoms 

  • characterize typical symptoms/signs and types of pain 

  • find out personal details about a patient and their problems 

  • differentiate between family and personal medical history, collect information about symptoms (e.g.pain, complaints) and conduct a patient interview 

  • fill in the case notes 

  • identify medical abbreviations (e.g. in case studies) and interpret their meaning correctly 

  • explain medical terms to laypersons clearly and understandably, and formulate 

patient instructions 

  • choose suitable means of expression (e.g. medical or lay terms) in a (simulated) conversation 

  • use correctly selected parts of grammar (tenses, passive voice, L/G nouns) in oral/written communication 

  • transform direct speech into indirect speech in the context of patient communication 

  • express location, size, and measuremet results using proper terminology 

  • present acquired knowledge (e.g. first aid for emergencies) in the form of powerpoint presentation 

Last update: Holá Alena, Mgr. (23.09.2025)