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In and around the hospital • hospital personnel |
hospital personnel
• nursing
• hospital departments
• medical equipment |
• Listening – job interviews
• Reading – the nursing profession
• Writing – giving directions
• Speaking – nurses on the ward
• Grammar – prepositions; present
simple and present continuous verb
tenses |
| 2 |
dmissions, Accident and
emergencies |
• Admissions procedure
• Recording patient
information
• First aid
• Signs & Symptoms |
• Listening – recording details
• Reading – admission forms
• Writing – completing forms;
medical history
• Speaking – giving information
• Grammar – questions and answers;
affirmative and negative questions |
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. Pain |
• Describing pain
• Describing Symptoms
• Diagnosing ailments
• Pain relief & prescribing
medication |
• Listening – reporting ailments
• Reading – analysing pain report
• Writing – completing pain reports
• Speaking – reporting to questions
• Grammar - comparisons;
superlatives and comparatives. |
| 4 |
. Symptoms |
• Describing symptoms
• Human anatomy
• Case studies, e.g. back pain
• Medical aids |
• Listening – interpreting a helpline
call; listening for gist.
• Reading – identifying condition form
symptom report
• Writing - writing symptom reports
• Speaking - describing medical
history
• Grammar - question forms; use of
adjectives. |
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5. Caring for the elderly |
• Age care facilities
• Medical problems of old age/
effects of aging
• Safety in the home
• Case study – Alzheimer’s
Disease |
• Listening – responding to
complaints
• Reading – case study reading
• Writing - letter of introduction/
referral to age care facility
• Speaking - Stating personal needs
• Grammar – future tenses; modal
verbs |
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6. Nutrition & Obesity |
• Food types
• A balanced diet/ food
pyramid
• Lifestyle diseases
• Causes of obesity
• Diabetes & eating disorder |
• Listening – TV commercials
• Reading – analysing statistics
• Writing - Advising
• Speaking - Giving advice
• Grammar – modal verbs;
conjunctions |
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. Blood |
• Blood types, patterns and
transfusion
• Blood bank and donors
• Blood tests and analysis
• Diseases of the blood |
• Listening – Accidents report
• Reading – Blood transmitted
diseases (AIDS)
• Writing - Blood cells and renewing
the cells
• Speaking - Blood components ,
functions and usage
• Grammar – adverbs (frequency,
manner, place…etc) |
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MID-TERM EXAM |
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| 9 |
Death and dying |
• Body and cells
decomposition
• Caring for one’s own body
and its safety
• Breaking bad news
• Bereavement counselling |
• Listening – listening to grief
• Reading – The Hospice foundation
• Writing - writing a death
certificate
• Speaking - Counselling skills
• Grammar – using conditionals;
expressing possibility; prediction. |
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Hygiene |
• Personal Hygiene
• Food handling
• Hygiene in the hospital
environment
• Sterilization procedures |
• Listening – Listening to and
interpreting instructions
• Reading – Reading
• Writing - writing a hygiene
laboratory notice
• Speaking - Giving instructions
• Grammar – modals of obligation;
imperatives. |
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Mental health |
• Psychiatric disorders
• Signs, symptoms &
treatment
• Case study – suicide
• Lifestyle and prevention |
• Listening – analysing a case
conference.
• Reading – case study articles
• Writing - recording patient life
history
• Speaking - Reporting details
• Grammar – Present and present
perfect continuous tenses |
| 12 |
Monitoring the patient |
• Hospital bedside manner
• Taking vital signs
• Interpreting instrument
readings and measurements
• describing procedures |
• Listening – following doctor’s
instructions and commentary
• Reading – interpreting medical test
results
• Writing - recording daily
observations
• Speaking - appropriate nurse/
patient bedside manner
• Grammar – passive voice; present
continuous |
| 13 |
Medication and treatments |
• Classification of drugs/
medication
• Types of medication
• Administering medication/
dosage
• alternative treatment/s,
therapies -Mind and body
therapies (Yoga, sports,
aqua-puncture,
massaging…etc) |
• Listening – listening to doctor’s
prescribed medication and to
nurse’s instructions
• Reading – Herbal alternative
treatment sources
• Writing - Side effects of overdose
or under dose
• Speaking - expressing side effects
and relevant discomfort
• Grammar – present simple and
continuo |
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Review of chapters 1-5 |
Review of chapters 1-5 |
Review of chapters 1-5 |
| 15 |
Review of chapters 6-12 |
Review of chapters 6-12 |
Review of chapters 6-12 |
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FINAL EXAM |
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FINAL EXAM |
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