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#HC-04-03 English for Healthcare

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Course level: All Levels
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Categories Healthcare
Duration 28h
Total Enrolled 4
Last Update September 16, 2020

About Course

King's College London

Description

Learn the language and vocabulary of healthcare professionals.

The language of healthcare can be complex. On this course, you will develop your English language skills and learn vocabulary for a career and study in healthcare.

You will learn healthcare terminology and how to communicate in different professional situations. You will practise your listening skills with recordings of healthcare professionals and test your knowledge by writing the answers to discussion questions.

Upon completion of this course, you will feel more confident using healthcare language and you will have explored what it’s like to use these language skills in a healthcare setting.

What topics will you cover?

Working and learning in the hospital
Experiences of patients
Symptoms and diagnoses
Taking notes and clear communication
Working in different healthcare contexts: Caring for patients in the home; Healthcare interventions in the community.
How to write reflectively

Who will you learn with?

Sophie Hauser

Sophie has worked as an English Language Teacher since 1992. She holds an MA in English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics. She is currently an EAP tutor at King’s College London.

Alison Robson

Alison has been teaching English since 1985 and holds a BA in English Literature and an MA in Applied Linguistics. For the past three years she has been teaching EAP at King’s College, London.

Craig Davis

Craig has taught English at HE institutions in the UK and abroad. He holds an MA in Applied Linguistics, PgCert in ELT and FHEA. He currently teaches at King’s College London.

Who developed the course?

King’s College London

King’s College London, established in 1829 and a founding college of the University of London, is one of the world’s leading research and teaching universities, based in the very heart of London.

What Will I Learn?

Apply language skills to a range of healthcare contexts and situations. For example: using adjectives to describe symptoms, using vocabulary related to problems/solutions and causes/effects
Interpret different genres typical of healthcare, including instructions, notes, reflective journals, registration forms
Explore new vocabulary and terminology relating to healthcare
Identify suitable communication modes for different professional situations, for example when giving instructions to patients
Reflect on your learning, and practice writing a reflective journal. Apply language skills to evaluate your experiences
Collect and record medical information by reading and listening for specific information

Topics for this course

22 Lessons28h

In the hospital or clinic?

Welcome to the course! Let's find out what the week will bring and think about the best way to study.

what you’ll learn this course00:00:59

Please tell us about yourself

Meet the team

Michael’s study tips

How to use this course

Visiting the hospital?

Before we jump into learning about the hospital, how much do you know already?

The vocabulary of the hospital?

In this activity, we'll look at the different departments of a hospital and who are the staff working there.

Registering at the hospital?

When you visit a hospital as a patient for the first time, you often have to answer questions so that the staff can help. This activity will follow Zaheer going through the process of registering at a hospital.

Listening: a patient registers over the phone?

In this activity, you'll hear a new patient registering with the hospital by phone. It can sometimes be difficult to hear people on the phone, so this conversation includes some ways to ask people to repeat what they've said.

Reflection?

We've mentioned the importance of thinking about what you've learnt. But how can learners reflect? This activity explains a method called Gibbs's reflective cycle, which you'll be using in the coming course.

Student Feedback

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Bram Thotha

4 years ago

This is a good course for public diplomacy, from which we can explore intercultural dialogue and contacts between different countries.

Ankeet Bhatt

4 years ago

I learnt to be more assertive but consider others as well. Listen, think first and then reply. Friendly words but be more direct. very helpful. So glad i took this course.

Dipanyita Ray

4 years ago

I thoroughly enjoyed this course. It captured my interest from the beginning. The ideas were well planned out and easy to digest.

Arunima Chandra

4 years ago

Very easy listening. good training. The course was very educational with the working in different healthcare contexts and Caring for patients in the home. Good job!

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Material Includes

Official Certificate

Target Audience

This course has been created for refugees, displaced people and the communities supporting them in the MENA (Middle East and Northern Africa) region who wish to study a healthcare related course at a university in English.
It has been created as part of the PADILEIA project, and designed to provide additional support to students taking the Introduction to Nursing course.
We recommend learners have a minimum of CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) A2 to get the most from this course.
It will also be of interest to anyone looking to develop their English language and communication skills in a healthcare setting.
Supported by UK aid - Strategic Partnerships for Higher Education, Innovation and Reform