2019/2020

2020/2021

DM270

L-LIN/12 (ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION)

DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL MEDICINE AND THERAPEUTICS

MEDICINE AND SURGERY

PERCORSO COMUNE

2°

Annual (01/10/2020 - 15/06/2021)

4

32 lesson hours

English

ORAL TEST

SWEET LOUISE FRANCES (titolare) - 4 ECTS

Classroom and online attendance, as well as the completion of all assignments are of the utmost importance. A minimum of 75% attendance is required.

The objective of this course is to provide future medical professionals with the necessary communication skills to provide effective patient care. Students will be introduced to medical genres and medical systems, relevant medical English vocabulary, usage and functional language, as well as elements of style and register found in medical texts. The course further covers the main stages of medical communication from the initial case-taking to medical examination, investigation, and diagnosis, plus medical and surgical treatment.
The first semester focuses mainly on written medical genres (medical articles, the IMRAD structure and the language involved: basic writing skills, paragraph structure, law of proximity; the printed page, its evolution and textual objects which are fundamental in scientific/medical writing: tables, charts, diagrams, etc.).
The second semester deals with doctor-patient relations, taking both oral and written genres into consideration (taking a patient's history, presenting complaint, types of doctor patient approaches, Medical Records, etc.).

• Visual, written and spoken genres in medical contexts
• Scientific Writing
• Roles and relationships in medical communication

Written medical genres:
• organization of scientific/medical articles and their structure (the evolution of scientific writing; the IMRAD structure)
• the printed page and its evolution (the resource integration principle and the meaning compression principle in the scientific page; visual and verbal resources)
• presenting and analyzing data: the study of diagrams, tables and charts

Visual Genres:
• multimodal corpus linguistics and scientific animations, simulations

Doctor-patient relations:
• taking a patient’s history (importance of medical history / factors affecting success of the interview / first stages in taking a medical history - PC, HPC)
• managing Doctor-patient interactions (checkups, diagnosing, reporting)
• Medical Records (E-Health, M-Health, Telehealth, Patient Portals, Medical Records of the Past)

1. Frontal lessons, interactive, in class and using ZOOM.
2. On-line lessons using KIRO and other.
3. Assignments (Google Forms - self-learning)

The frontal lessons (either in class or using ZOOM) are a mixture of lecture and discussion and are taught in English by native English speakers. Online resources will be used to enhance instruction and students are expected to carry out some learning tasks autonomously outside of class time as part of their self-study programme. Details of the latter will be given at the beginning of the course.

Baldry Anthony (2012). Multimodal Web Genres. Exploring Scientific English. IBIS. Como.*

* Students can purchase the course book Multimodal Web Genres. Exploring Scientific English directly from the editor at the following address in the afternoons with a substantial reduction on cover price. Ring the number and ask for details.

Sede editoriale: Via Folla di Sotto 29, 27100 PAVIA (PV), tel. e fax 0382-32021
sito internet: www.ibisedizioni.it

REFERENCES (suggested/recommended reading), MATERIALS and SOFTWARE TOOLS

Details of course materials and/or Internet tools will be given during the course, some materials are available to download from the KIRO platform at: https://elearning4.unipv.it/cla/course/view.php?id=671. Any software tools or portals required will be discussed at lessons during the course.

Loiacono Anna (2012). Medical Communication. IBIS. Como.
Loiacono Anna (2013). The Medical Alphabet. An English textbook in healthcare. Matarrese editore. Andria.
McCullagh Marie and Ros Wright (2008). Good Practice Communication Skills in English for the Medical Practitioner. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge.
Rogers Silvia M. (2014). Mastering Scientific and Medical Writing: A Self-help Guide. 2nd edition. Springer-Verlag. Berlin Heidelberg.

The course examination, at the end of the 2nd semester, is an oral test worth 4 CFUs. It is designed to evaluate the student’s comprehension of the material/contents presented during the lessons. Specific details on the format and type of tasks included in the oral exam (such as group project work) will be discussed during lessons. Successful students will be awarded an evaluation (excellent, very good, good, fair, pass, fail). There are no exemptions from taking the oral examination.
The materials presented during the lessons complement the subject matter of the Department of Medicine and Surgery. Consequently, no credit will be awarded for the completion of a similar course at another department or institution nor for the holding of any certificate of English language competency.
There is a chance that exams will be done online: all explanations will be given in due course.

Students not previously included in our mailing lists should send an email giving their name and surname, group, and student registration number to golgi.second@gmail.com. It is recommended that students check their emails and KIRO pages regularly in order to keep up to date with news, assignments and other details relating to the course.
OFFICE HOURS:
Please contact Prof.ssa Louise Sweet via e-mail at the following address: louisefrances.sweet@unipv.it or the CELs (Dott.sse Deirdre Kantz and Sheila McVeigh) at the Golgi second year gmail address (see above).