jueves, 12 de marzo de 2009

Certificates of Attendance

You can already come to the EOI to collect your Certificates (9:30-13:00).
Thank you very much for attending the course and don't hesitate to ask for any doubt or problem related to Medical English that I can solve.
I found two other interesting websites for you to visit: Hospital English and Health and Nursing.
Bye for now, see you soon (hopefully never at work)

lunes, 9 de marzo de 2009

Bibliography




- Professional English in Use MEDICINE by Eric H. Gleninning & Ron Howard. CAMBRIDGE
- Test Your Professional English MEDICAL by Alison Pohl PENGUIN ENGLISH GUIDES
- Professional English ENGLISH IN MEDICINE 3rd Edition Eric H Glendinning & Beverley A S Holmström CAMBRIDGE

jueves, 5 de marzo de 2009

Death-related vocabulary

Have a look at different ways of dealing with this "special" vocabulary.

martes, 3 de marzo de 2009



This is an extremely interesting website (you have it in Spanish as well) with lots of health information. Have a look at Family Doctor 2008, your essential guide to health and well-being.

Symptom Checker

Check any symptom you may have on this website. It is clear and extremely easy to use. Try one at least! And of course Remember: This information should not be used as a substitute for a consultation or visit with your health care provider.

VOA News Health Reports

You can listen (and follow with the tapescripts) to four-minute reports about current medical research and health-related issues. Click on the sound icon and then on the Listen to MP3 on your right.

Pediatrics, Adolescent and Adult Medical History Forms

On this site you can see some types of forms to collect data for Medical History.

Medical History Taking Study Guide

Have a look at this site for history taking.

martes, 24 de febrero de 2009

Interesting Videos

You can listen to interesting topics in 5-min.com a site with lots of videos on different health topics.
An example about allergies...

sábado, 21 de febrero de 2009

15 Tips to Give up Smoking

Try yourself or help smokers to kick the habit. Tips here.

Pain Assessment (Extra activity)

Do this to complete the listening activity done in class. Revise pain vocabulary and check your answers on page 4.

Coronary Artery Disease

Learn about this disease watching this video from FamilyDoctor.org

jueves, 12 de febrero de 2009

miércoles, 21 de enero de 2009

More Medicine Vocabulary

Place the cursor on the drawing, connect your loudspeakers and you'll hear its (American) pronunciation and see its spelling. You can also find complete sencences in Medicine II. Try this page.

martes, 20 de enero de 2009