Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Medical Terminology in English
Course Code
VC_059
Branch of Science
Languages and Literature
ECTS
3.00
Target Audience
Medical Technologies
LQF
Level 6
Study Type And Form
Full-Time
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Miervaldis Karulis
Structure Unit Manager
Ieva Puzo
Structural Unit
Faculty of Social Sciences
Contacts
Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf@rsu.lv
About Study Course
Objective
To develop students’ communication skills for use in academic and professional settings and to facilitate the acquisition of professional terminology for productive use.
Preliminary Knowledge
Knowledge and skills of the English language at secondary school level.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.On successful completion of the course, students will be able to: • recognize professional terminology in different types of texts; • recall professional terminology related to the field of medicine; • describe different phenomena in the field of medicine using professional terminology in English.
Skills
1.On successful completion of the course, students will be able to: • select and use appropriate terminology in English for speaking (delivering presentations, discussions) and writing in the medical field; • use appropriate language devices to share one’s ideas both in written and spoken language; • summarize the information from any kind of source in written and spoken language using relevant terminology in English; • retell the general idea and specific information in different kinds of texts from varied types of sources.
Competences
1.On successful completion of the course, students will be able to apply practically the acquired terminology in different communicative situations, further studies and professional development.
Assessment
Individual work
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Individual work |
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Individual, pair and group work – preparing presentations on one of the course topics, work with monolingual dictionaries – explaining terms; writing summaries, referrals, searching for information in data bases according to the given principles.
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Examination
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% from total grade
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1.
Examination |
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• active and creative participation in classes; written homework – qualitative, submitted in due time, the quality of oral answers;
• preparing and delivering reports on the topics of the course;
• tests – checking terminology acquisition and its practical application;
• at the end of the course – written and oral (a presentation and discussion) examination when the practical use of professional English language in Medicine is checked (speaking skill at comprehension level);
• evaluation is accumulative; the percentage is used; for the final evaluation of the course the percentage of the examination result – 40% and the results of study work (tests, independent work, reports) – 60% are taken into account.
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
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2
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Introduction into Medical Engineering. Historical overview of Medicine and Medical Technologies.
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2
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Principles and usage of medical terminology in English. The Latin and Greek languages in Medicine.
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Principles and usage of medical terminology in English. The Latin and Greek languages in Medicine.
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2
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The general structure of the human body, general characteristics of organ systems and organs: functions, structure and physiological processes.
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The general structure of the human body, general characteristics of organ systems and organs: functions, structure and physiological processes.
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2
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Introduction into Biomechanics. Support and movement systems.
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Introduction into Biomechanics. Support and movement systems.
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The functions, structure and physiology of the cardiovascular system.
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2
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The functions, structure and physiology of the respiratory system.
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The functions, structure and physioloģy of the nervous system. Sense organs.
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2
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Health care systems, characteristics of medical branches and medical specialties.
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2
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General characteristics of modern medical technologies, the principles of their usage in different medical branches.
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2
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Diagnostic and visualisation technologies in Medicine.
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Auditorium
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Diagnostic and visualisation technologies in Medicine.
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2
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The usage of medical technologies in therapy and rehabilitation (surgery, nanotechnologies, prosthetics et al.).
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The usage of medical technologies in therapy and rehabilitation (surgery, nanotechnologies, prosthetics et al.).
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
3.00
Contact hours:
32 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
E. H. Glendinning, Professional English in Use – Medicine, Cambridge, CUP, 2007 (akceptējams izdevums/approved publication)
2.
E. Martin, Oxford Concise Medical Dictionary, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2007 (akceptējams izdevums/approved publication)
3.
E. Alison Pohl, Test Your Professional English: Medical PE. 2003 (akceptējams izdevums/approved publication)
4.
P. Fitzgerald, M. McCullagh, R. Wright, English for Medicine in Higher Education Studies, Course Book, Garnet Education, 2010 (akceptējams izdevums/approved publication)
Additional Reading
1.
J. Easwood, Oxford Practice Grammar, Intermediate, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2006
2.
D.-E.Chabner, The Language of Medicine, 10th edition, Amsterdam, Elsevier, 2011
3.
T. M. Buzug, Advances in Medical Engineering, Springer, 2007
4.
R. Rushmer, Medical Engineering: Projections for Health Care Delivery, Elsvier Science, 2012
5.
J. Webster, Medical Instrumentation: Application and Design, 3rd Ed., Wiley India Pvt. Limited, 2009
6.
M. M. Domach, Introduction to Biomedical Engineering, Pearson Education India
Other Information Sources
1.
www.medicinenet.com/
2.
www.naturalnews.com/medicine.html
3.
www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/pmresources.html