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Certificate of Achievement for English for Healthcare
- October 1, 2020
- Posted by: Ali Tavakoli
- Category: My Activities
Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
This course introduced new terminology, vocabulary and grammar relevant to healthcare. Throughout the course, participants were encouraged to reflect on their learning and to practice keeping a reflective journal. Participants practiced their listening skills with recordings of healthcare professionals and tested their knowledge by writing responses to discussion questions.
4 weeks, 3 hours per week
Educators
EAP Tutor, King’s Foundations
King’s College London
Sophie Hauser
EAP Tutor, King’s Foundations
King’s College London
Learning outcomes
- Apply language skills to a range of healthcare contexts and situations. For example: using adjectives to describe symptoms, using vocabulary related to problems/solutions and causes/effects
- Interpret different genres typical of healthcare, including instructions, notes, reflective journals, registration forms
- Explore new vocabulary and terminology relating to healthcare
- Identify suitable communication modes for different professional situations, for example when giving instructions to patients
- Reflect on your learning, and practice writing a reflective journal. Apply language skills to evaluate your experiences
- Collect and record medical information by reading and listening for specific information
Syllabus
- Working and learning in the hospital
- Experiences of patients
- Symptoms and diagnoses
- Taking notes and clear communication
- Working in different healthcare contexts: Caring for patients in the home; Healthcare interventions in the community.
- How to write reflectively
Issued on 1st August 2020
https://www.futurelearn.com/certificates/b3lkbtu
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