|
Week
1 starts |
Week
2 starts |
Week
3 starts |
Week
4 starts |
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| How
to build medical words |
Symptom
description |
Physical
Examination (theory and practice) |
Telephone
skills |
| Review
of anatomical structures |
Describing the patient |
Hospital
admissions |
Giving
advice to patients using proper modal construction |
| Human
body |
Common/medical
diseases (common and medical descriptions) |
Patient
condition (with phrasal verbs) |
A
look at problem oriented care plans |
| Understanding
the patient |
Terminology |
Terminology |
Terminology |
| History
taking (with interrogative construction) |
History
and note taking |
Giving
instructions (with use of proper imperatives) |
Musculo-skeletal
system review |
| Female
Reproductive System |
Male
Reproductive system |
The
Urinary System |
Musculo-skeletal
examination |
| |
Case
studies |
|
|
|
Week
5 |
Week
6 |
Week
7 |
Week
8 |
| |
|
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|
|
Case
studies |
Pharmacy/Pharmacist |
Letter
writing and communication |
Diagnostic
tools and investigations |
| Terminology |
Types
of drugs and medicines |
Types
of illnesses |
Using
medical documents |
| Confusing
words |
Drug
application |
Case
studies |
Nutrition
and health |
| Communication
skills |
Drug
culture |
Culture
and medicine |
Case
studies |
| Giving
examination results to patients |
Effects
of drugs (contextual vocabulary) |
The
Blood system |
The
Digestive System |
| Reading
comprehension (analyzing medical content) |
Agreeing/disagreeing
(proper ways to do it) |
|
|
|
Week
9 |
Week
10 |
Week
11 |
Week
12 |
| |
|
|
|
| Emergency
care and First aid |
Reading
and understanding case histories |
Surgery-
preparation |
Dentistry |
| ER
assessment |
Geriatric
care |
Surgery
equipment/tools |
Dental
examination |
| People
and places in the hospital |
Chronic
conditions |
Pre
Op/Post Op |
Dental
tools and equipment |
| The
Nervous System |
Case
studies |
Prognosis |
Diseases
of the mouth |
| |
Respiratory
System |
The
Lymphatic System |
Ear
and Eye |
|
Week
13 |
Week
14 |
Week
15 |
Week
16 |
| |
|
|
|
|
The
Skin |
Occupational
and Physical Therapy (OT, PT) |
Psychiatric
care |
Oncology |
| Describing
shapes (in skin conditions) |
OT/PT
treatment methods |
Psychiatric
conditions and symptoms |
Alternative
health care |
| Using
prepositions in describing patients’ conditions |
Pain
management |
Community
health care |
Palliative
health care |
| |
Case
Studies |
Institutional
health care |
Case
studies |
| |
The
Endocrine System |
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