English for Medical Students / Alena Holá and Tamara Koprivová.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holá, Alena, author.

Koprivová, Tamara, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Medical English.

English language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (177 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Praha, Czech Republic : Univerzita Karlova, [2023]

Summary:

The second, supplemented edition of the textbook iEnglish for Medical Students/i is aimed at students of the Faculty of Medicine with upper intermediate level of English. In addition it can also be used by the professional public. Students get acquainted with English medical terminology based on the anatomical description of the body systems. An integral part of each chapter are Language spots (selected linguistic phenomena in medical English), Reading spots (information from medical practice) and Grammar spots (selected grammar in medical context). The texts are accompanied with listening exercises and supplementary reading materials related to discussed medical topics. There is also an overview of the most frequent medical abbreviations and English-Czech vocabulary.a href"https://karolinum.cz/informace-a-sluzby/archiv-mp3" target"_blank"bfont color"#cc0000"Archive/a/b/font with audio tracks.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Předmluva

Lesson 1: The Study of Medicine

Introduction to English medical terminology and pronunciation

Important Traces in Modern Medicine

Latin/Greek plurals

Lesson 2: The Structure of the Human Body

Verbs describing the structure of the human body

Countable and uncountable nouns. Articles

Lesson 3: Human Anatomy: Human Body, Body Cavities, Body Planes

Medical and lay terms

Word parts

Giving instructions

Lesson 4: Principle Systems of the Human Body (an overview)

Abbreviations

Symptoms and Signs

Lesson 5: The Skeletal System

Word formation: adjectives

Tenses used in the presenting complaints

Lesson 6: The Muscular System

Taking Patient's History

Tenses used in taking history

Lesson 7: The Integumentary System

Pain

Pain assessment

Past tenses

Lesson 8: The Cardiovascular System

Measurement I

Physical Examination

Future forms

Lesson 9: The Lymphatic System

Shapes

Modal verbs

Lesson 10: The Respiratory System

Suffixes for diseases and surgical procedures

Passives

Lesson 11: The Digestive System

Location

Conditionals

Lesson 12: The Urinary System

Measurement II

Word formation: nouns

Lesson 13: The Nervous System

Opposites

Reported speech

Lesson 14: The Reproductive System

Phrasal verbs

The use of -ing forms

Lesson 15: The Endocrine System

Prepositions

Making comparisons

Listening Materials

1. Parts of the Human Body 1

2. Parts of the Human Body 2

3. Giving Instructions

4. Using Your Brain

5. The Human Skeleton

6. Presenting Complaints I

7. Presenting Complaints II

8. Taking a History I

9. Taking a History II

10. Taking a History III

11. In the Consulting Room of the Endocrinologist

Supplementary Listening Materials

1. Asking about Systems.

2. Asking about Symptoms

3. Diabetes

4. Where Does It Hurt?

Supplementary Reading Materials

1. Anaesthesia

2. Angina Pectoris and Acute Myocardial Infarction

3. Infectious Diseases

4. Infectious Mononucleosis

5. Nutrition

6. Teeth

7. Sensation and Sense Organs

8. AIDS

9. First Aid for Emergencies

Supplements

Medical Abbreviations

English - Czech Vocabulary

Literature.

Notes:

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Other Format:

Print version: Holá, Alena English for Medical Students

ISBN:

9788024655970

8024655977