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I semester
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The hospital team
Vocabulary & Scrub up: Verbs for describing jobs
Listening: An admission
Language spot: Present Simple & Present Continuous
Listening 2: A job interview
Speaking: Taking personally
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2
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In and around the hospital
Vocabulary & Scrub up: Hospital departments
Language spot: Prepositions of place and movements
Listening: Directions It’s my job: William O’Neill
Reading: Wheelchairs
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3
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Hospital admissions
Vocabulary & Scrub up: The admissions procedure & Patient record It’s my job: Carmen Dornan
Vocabulary and Listening: Patient record form
Speaking: Patient record
Language spot: Past Simple & Past Continuous
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4
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Accidents and emergencies
Vocabulary & Scrub up: First aid
Language spot: Instructions
Speaking: Emergency helpline
Listening: Instructions
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5
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Accidents and emergencies
Reading: A surprise passenger Signs and symptoms: Shock It’s my job.
Writing: Information poster
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Pain
Vocabulary & Scrub up: Describing pain
Listening 1: Pain chart
Language spot: Making comparisons
Listening 2: Pain relief
Reading: Pain
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Symptoms It’s my job: Sandy McGuire Signs and symptoms: Night coughing Listening 1: A helpline call
Speaking: Asking questions on a helpline
Vocabulary & Scrub up: Signs and symptoms
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Caring for the elderly
Vocabulary & Scrub up: Problems and aids
Listening 1: A care home
Language spot: Will Sign & symptoms: Alzhiemer’s disease
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9
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Nutrition and obesity
Vocabulary & Scrub up: Diabetes
Body bits: Nutrition
Reading: Eat yourself to death
Language spot: Should/Shouldn’t
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10
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Blood
Vocabulary & Scrub up: Testing blood
Listening 1: Blood types Body bits: The heart
Reading: Blood pattern analyses
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11
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Hygiene
Vocabulary & Scrub up: Hygiene equipment
Listening 1: A hygiene report It’s my job: Harriet Banks
Listening 2: Test results
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12
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Medication
Vocabulary: Scrub up & Types and forms of medication
Listening: Patient Medication
Reading: Reading bank, The return of Thalidomide
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13
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Medication
Patient care: Dosages
Speaking: Patient’s medication
Language spot: be going to & Present Continuous for future
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Medication
Reading: Pandemics and TAMIFLU
Writing: Writing up an experiment
Project: Drugs which have changed the history
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15
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Alternative treatments
Vocabulary & Scrub up: Types of therapy
Listening: Qigong
Reading: Wild treatments
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16
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Admission by A&E
Vocabulary & Scrub up: Types of triage
Listening: An emergency call
Reading: Air Ambulance
Speaking: Triage dilemnas
Writing: Accident report
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Admission by referal
Vocabulary & Scrub up: Hospital admission
Listening: Getting verbal consent
Reading: Letter of referal
Speaking: Getting patient’s informed consent
Writing: An email requisting information
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18
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Obstetrics
Vocabulary & Scrub up: Pregnancy and labour
Listening: From pregnancy to birth
Reading: Advise for pregnant women
Speaking: Discussion for and against
Writing: Discursive essay
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19
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Pharmacy
Vocabulary & Scrub up: Plants used in treatment
Listening: A clinik trial
Reading: Drugs testing
Speaking: Ethical dilemmas and medicine
Writing: Describing a chart
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20
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Ophthalmology
Vocabulary & Scrub up: Eye condition
Listening: Four patients
Reading: Glasses
Speaking: Peforming eye tests
Writing: Nursing a blind person
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21
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Dermotology
Vocabulary & Scrub up: Pain assessment methods
Listening: Skin conditions
Reading: Treating burns
Speaking: Describing skin conditions
Writing: Describing a disease
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22
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Oncology
Vocabulary & Scrub up: Cencer theraphy and prevention
Listening: Treatment options
Reading: Coming to terms with terminal illness
Speaking: Asking about Treatment options
Writing: Dealing with difficult situations
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Gastroenterology
Vocabulary & Scrub up: Researching gastroenterologists
Listening: Biopsy resuts
Reading: Getting medical information from faeces
Speaking: Discussing a case history
Writing: Describing a process
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Neurology
Vocabulary & Scrub up: Researching head injuries
Listening: An unconscious patient
Reading: Case study a head injury
Speaking: Finding out what went wrong
Writing: Giving your opinion on medical cases
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Coronory
Vocabulary & Scrub up: Treatment for heart problems
Listening: Heart failure
Reading: Patient notes
Speaking: Self-help for the heart
Writing: Patient notes
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Surgery
Vocabulary & Scrub up: Researching a procedure
Listening: Prepairing the patient for surgery
Reading: Keyhole surgery
Speaking: Discussing what people should do
Writing: A case study
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Infectious diseases
Vocabulary & Scrub up: Infectious diseases
Listening: Barrier nursing
Reading: A pandemic
Speaking: Staff meeting
Writing: A notice to patients and their visitors
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Renal
Vocabulary & Scrub up: How the kidney works
Listening: Instructions on home dialysis
Reading: FAQs about organ donations
Speaking: Describing what to do
Writing: Eplaining treatments
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Psychiaty
Vocabulary & Scrub up: types of suicide
Listening: A psychiatric case reference
Reading: Suicide
Speaking: Mentol health issues
Writing: Jurnal entiry
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Outpatients
Vocabulary & Scrub up: Common conditions treated in outpatients
Listening: Appointments diary examining a child
Reading: The problem of missed appointments
Speaking: Describing who should have an appointment
Writing: An email about appointment
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