A free Medical English course, sponsored by the American Center Hanoi, which will help healthcare students and medical professionals:
– To develop in-depth knowledge of English medical terminology, useful medical terms, and usage in clinical settings.
– To develop communication skills and create self-confidence in interaction with English-speaking patients and colleagues.
– To prepare the background for advancing to the intermediate level of Medical English course.
Course duration: 18 weeks, Saturday starting Nov 5, 2022
Time: 9:00 – 11:00 A.M.
Format: Online via Zoom
Eligible participants:
- Who: (a) First to fourth-year medical students; (b) nursing students; (c) nurses who work in facility having services to English-speaking patients; (d) medical doctors who have no/little background in medical English.
- English level: CEFR B1 and B2, equivalent to IELTS 4.0-6.0, or TOEFL iBT 42-94.
Course Instructors:
- Huynh Wynn Tran, MD, FACP. Assist. Professor of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, CNU and Western University
- Dinh-Van Nguyen, BScN (Canada), MD (Vietnam). Care for Carling Clinic, Ottawa (retired)
- Minh Do, MD, Attending Physician, Center for Geriatric Care and Healthy Aging – Parkland Health.
- Khuyen Do, MD, Advanced Cardiology, Houston, TX
- Sarah Trinh, MD, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellow, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics
- Hung Vo, MD, Rheumatology Fellow, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
- Nguyen Pham, MD, PGY2. Family Medicine at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
- Nguyen Nguyen, MD, PGY2. Palmetto General Hospital, Florida
Participants who attend 12/15 sessions and pass the tests will get a Certificate of Completion from the U.S. Embassy Hanoi.
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Week 1 |
Session 1: GENERAL TERMS (Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4) -Asking about health; Parts of the body; Human organs; Anatomical orientation |
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Week 2 |
Session 2: HEALTH PROFESSIONALS- SPECIALTIES (Chapters 5, 6, 7, 8) -Medicine: Specialties and specialists -Allied health: Nurse, PT, OT, ST, RT, Health technicians |
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Week 3 |
Session 3: SIGNS & SYMPTOMS & PE INSTRUCTIONS (Chapters 14, 47, 48, 49, 50, Appendix IV, Appendix V) -Patient interview; Pain templates; Physical examination instructions |
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Week 4 |
Break (Thanksgiving) |
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Week 5 |
Session 4: TERMINOLOGY: STRUCTURE OF MEDICAL TERMS (Chabner’s book) -Greek and Latin roots, prefixes, suffixes |
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Week 6 |
Session 5: CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM (Chapters 22, 23) |
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Week 7 |
Session 6: BLOOD & INFECTIONS (Chapters 15, 24) Mid-term test 1 (multiple choice quiz) |
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Week 8 & Week 9 |
Break (Christmas and New Year) |
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Week 10 |
Session 7: THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM & E.N.T. (Chapters 19, 30) |
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Week 11 |
Session 8: THE G.I. & URINARY SYSTEMS (Chapters 20, 33) |
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Week 12 |
Break (Tet) |
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Week 13 |
Session 9: THE NERVOUS SYSTEM & SKIN (Chapters 26, 27, 31, 32) |
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Week 14 |
Session 10: ONCOLOGY (Chapters 28, 54) -Breaking Bad News Mid-term test 2 (multiple choice quiz) |
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Week 15 |
Session 11: GYNECOLOGY & ENDOCRINOLOGY (Chapters 21, 18) |
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Week 16 |
Session 12: PEDIATRICS (Chapter 17) |
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Week 17 |
Session 13: MEDICAL TREATMENT & MEDICAL ORDERS (Chapter 40) |
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Week 18 |
Session 14: SURGICAL TREATMENT (Chapter 41) |
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Session 15: March 11: Final examination (multiple choice quiz) |
LEARNING MATERIALS
- Handout lessons will be given before the class.
- Textbook (loosely based): Eric Glendinning, Ron Howard. Professional English in Use (Medicine). Cambridge, 2007.
- Reference book: Davi-Ellen Chabner. The Language of Medicine, 11th edition. Elsevier, 2017.
