English for Health Sciences

Online

Course Description:

This course involves speaking, listening, reading and writing activities incorporating hundreds of commonly used terms and expressions relating to the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, pharmacy and other health sciences. It is intended to familiarize students of health sciences with the usage and pronunciation of key field-specific medical language not systematically covered in general English courses. Material covered relates to several themes. Some examples of vocabulary groups include:

Medical treatments (IV, crutch, cast, dialysis, etc.)
Basic sciences (volume, density, square root, etc.)
Lifestyle factors (hygiene, diabetes, obesity, etc.),
Medical conditions and symptoms (stroke, asthma, etc.)
Hospitals and specialisms (maternity ward, epidemiology, etc.),
Emergency situations (stretcher, sprain, suffocation, ambulance, etc.)
General anatomy (skull, joint, ankle, forearm, etc.),

Pre-requisite:

Advanced intermediate or higher level speakers of English.
For assessments and/or exceptions, contact Anjum Malik, amalik@alhambrauschamber.org.

Materials:

All materials will be provided by the instructor through digital handouts and audio/video files. The instructor has created a personal booklet of specialized materials full of activities designed to help students improve their skills in health sciences.

Course Objectives:

Often students moving from general language studies (talking about holidays, writing about cultural differences, listening to news reports about climate change, etc.) find themselves struggling to cope with a huge amount of unfamiliar field-specific terminology when they enter full professional studies. This course aims to ease that transition.