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English for Doctors - CVSE3P0015
Title: Angličtina pro lékaře
Guaranteed by: Department of Languages and Medical Terminology 3FM CU (12-UCJA)
Faculty: Third Faculty of Medicine
Actual: from 2022
Semester: winter
Points: 2
E-Credits: 2
Examination process: winter s.:
summer s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:0/30, C [HS]
summer s.:0/15, C+Ex [HS]
Extent per academic year: 45 [hours]
Capacity: winter:unknown / unknown (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:  
Guarantor: PhDr. Petr Honč, Ph.D.
PhDr. Václav Koutný
Is pre-requisite for: CPVL011
Examination dates   Schedule   
Annotation -
The course focuses on specific vocabulary and grammar enabling students to take an English-speaking patient's medical history and on improving the students' own English speaking skills.
Last update: Koutný Václav, PhDr. (29.08.2022)
Aim of the course -

The primary purpose of the subject is to teach students to take an English-speaking patient's medical history and to expand the students' knowledge of lay and technical medical terminology.

Using specialized medical histories as a base, the subject will also aid the students' general language competences, mainly in the areas of grammar and syntax.

Last update: Koutný Václav, PhDr. (30.08.2022)
Literature -

Recommended Literature:

A. Holá, T. Kopřivová: English for Medical Students. Praha: Karolinum, 2020

S. McCarter: Oxford English for Careers - Medicine 2. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010

E. H. Glendenning, R. Howard: Professional English in Use. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007

Additional Literature:

J. P. Murray: Angličtina pro lékařskou praxi - English in Medical Practice. Praha: Leda, 2009.

M. McCullagh, R. Wright: Good Practice Student's Book: Communication Skills in English for the Medical Practitioner. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008.

M. Swan: Practical English Usage (Third Edition). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005.

J. Parkinson: Angličtina pro lékaře. Manuál pro praxi (1. vydání). Praha: Grada Publishing, 2004.

J. Přívratská a kol.: English in the Medical Profession (1. vydání). Praha: Karolinum, 2001.

M. Gyorffy: English for Doctors (2. vydání). Praha: Triton, 2001.

J. Přívratská, J. Šimek: A Reader in Medical Ethics (1. vydání). Praha: Karolinum, 1997.

Last update: Koutný Václav, PhDr. (01.09.2022)
Teaching methods -

In-class seminars, specialised e-learning exercises, student presentations + feedback.

Last update: Koutný Václav, PhDr. (29.08.2022)
Requirements to the exam -

Winter Term - Credit:

- active participation (4 absences maximum)

- completing e-learning tasks on the Moodle platform (4 in the winter term; deadline June 30, 2024) including the submission of a written assignment

In case students do not meet the mandatory attendance, they will have to take a test at the faculty. The test covers specialized medical terminology, syntax, and grammar (passing score 70%). The remaining credit requirements still have to be met.

Summer Term - Credit:

- active participation (2 absences maximum)

- completing e-learning tasks on the Moodle platform (2 in the summer term; deadline June 30, 2024)

- giving a presentation on a specialized medical topic (8-12 minutes)

In case students do not meet the mandatory attendance, they will have to take a test at the faculty (passing score 70%). The remaining credit requirements still have to be met (including giving the presentation).

The lexical list for both semesters, as well as the presentation topics are available on the Moodle platform.

Final Exam:

Getting winter and summer term credit is a requirement to sign up for the final exam.

The exam consists of two parts: test and an oral part.

The test covers medical terminology (specialized and lay; see the lexical list on the Moodle platform), grammar, syntax, and reading comprehension (see the e-learning tasks). The passing score (to enter the oral part) is 70%.

The oral part covers the ability to take and review an English-speaking patient's medical history.

The final grade is a combination of the results of the test and the oral part (the proportion of the sections is 1:2 in favor of the oral part).

The dates of the examinations will be posted in SIS - see EXAM DATES. The sign-up sheet with exact oral part times is sent to the students the day before the written part takes place.

C1-C2 Language Certificates:


If a student has a C1-C2 level language certificate according to CEFR (or another document testifying to their high-level knowledge of the English language), they may submit it to the teachers and pass the course without having to meet mandatory attendance requirements. Consequently, students only have to meet the other credit requirements (e-learning tasks and giving a presentation); then, they may sign up for the final exam.

Certificates accepted (including grades/scores):

FCE: A

CAE, CPE: A-C

TOEFL iBT: 24-30

TOEFL Essentials: 10-12

IELTS: 7-9

Diploma IB

The final decision on accepting the materials is within the competence of the course guarantor (Václav Koutný). Fast-track documents have to be submitted to the guarantor by the end of the second week of the winter term (October 13, 2023).

Last update: Koutný Václav, PhDr. (24.09.2023)
Syllabus -

Winter Term

  1. Introduction, Basic Medical Terminology
  2. History Taking Introduction
  3. History Taking I - Dermatology
  4. History Taking II - Endocrinology
  5. History Taking III - Surgery
  6. Student Presentations (fast-track) I
  7. History Taking IV - Traumatology
  8. History Taking V - Cardiology
  9. History Taking VI - Cardiology II
  10. Student Presentations (fast track) II
  11. History Taking VII - Cardiac Surgery
  12. Basic Medical Terminology II, WT Revision

+ 3x e-learning

Summer Term:

  1. Introduction, WT Revision
  2. Student Presentations I
  3. Student Presentations II
  4. History Taking VIII - Neurology
  5. Student Presentations III
  6. Student Presentations IV
  7. History Taking IX - Psychiatry

+ 1x e-learning

Last update: Koutný Václav, PhDr. (24.09.2023)
Entry requirements -

Basic knowledge of English vocabulary, grammar, and syntax on the B1/B2 level according to the CEFR.

Knowledge of Latin and Greek medical terminology, including the basics of word formation (Greek stems).

Last update: Koutný Václav, PhDr. (24.09.2023)
 
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