Why should you attend?
When it comes to practicing medicine or nursing in English, Medical and Dental professionals often have concerns about lacking English language skills hampering their ability to communicate effectively with their patients. Our course has been designed with the support of medical professionals (both practicing doctors and nurses) and addresses the question of effective, confident communication with patients, fellow doctors, dentists and practice managers and staff.
Turning Theory into Practice
One of The Next level series of Specialist Group Programs, this course encourages participants to share ideas and experiences in order to develop their communication skills in relevant situations and contexts. The program will be based around the specific needs of the participants, developing language skills through discussion, role-plays, presentations, vocabulary development and language analysis in professional contexts.
Practical language skills will be developed in the following contexts:
Professional skills
- First contacts, putting the patient at ease
- Asking questions (medical history)
- Checking and clarifying (symptoms/diagnosis)
- Giving advice, reassuring
- Explaining processes and procedures clearly (treatment plans)
- Using colloquial terms
- Understanding different accents, talking to non-native speakers of English
- Dealing with difficult patients
- Giving bad news
- Accent reduction (clarifying pronunciation errors) where necessary
Vocabulary development
- Anatomy, health, illness
- Prescription/medication
- NHS – healthcare in the UK
- Healthcare systems ion other countries
- Doctors’ surgeries/hospitals
- Private medical care
- Modern medical practice in my country
- General practice and responsibilities Language development
- Fluency practice and vocabulary development
- Focus on effective communication between yourself and patients,
- Discussing issues with practice management and staff
- Feedback on accuracy and pronunciation
Cultural skills
- Cultural factors in treating patients
- Culture and behavior
- Recognizing our own culture
- Adapting our behavior
- The cultural iceberg
Benefits to you:
- Improving your English language skills in contexts relevant to your role within medicine
- Benchmarking your knowledge with other professionals
- Discussing case studies
- Building on your skills in presenting specific cases in English
- Increasing your confidence when dealing with patients or practice/hospital management or staff in English
- Fast tracking the development in your overall language ability
Who should attend?
- Medical/Dental professionals who need to improve their English
- Medical/Dental professionals who plan to work internationally
- Medical/Dental professionals who use English regularly in their work
- Medical/Dental professionals who are planning to move to English speaking countries
Medical/Dental professionals who are involved in international working parties and research groups.