Professional English in use medicine

INTRODUCTION
BASICS
1 Health and illness
A Asking about health
B Sickness
C Recovery

2 Parts of the body 1
A Parts of the body
B Referring to parts of the body
C Describing radiation of pain

3 Parts of the body 2
A The abdomen
B The chest
C The pelvis

4 Functions of the body
A Eating
B The five senses
C Other functions
D Less common functions

MEDICAL AND PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL AND PLACES
5 Medical practitioners 1
A Practitioners
B Specialties
C Choosing a specialty

6 Medical practitioners 2
A Hospital staff
B Medical teams
C Shifts

7 Nurses
A Nursing grades
B Support workers
C Specialization
D The nurse's role

8 Allied health professionals
A Community health
B Technicians
C Prosthetists and orthotists
D Opticians

9 Hospitals
A Introduction to a hospital
B Outpatients
C Inpatients

10 Primary care
A The National Health Service
B The practice team
C A GP's day

EDUCATION AND TRAINING
11 Medical education 1
A Medical education in the UK
B Extract from an undergraduate prospectus
C A student's view

12 Medical education 2
A The Foundation Programme
B People in medical education
C Medical qualifications

13 The overseas doctor
A Types of registration
B PLAB
C PLAB stations and advice

SYSTEMS, DISEASES AND SYMPTOMS
14 Symptoms and signs
A Describing problems
B Presentation
C Talking about symptoms

15 Blood
A Full blood count
B Anaemia
C Pernicious anaemia

16 Bones
A Bones
B Fractures
C Treatment of fractures

17 Childhood
A Milestones
B Common infectious diseases
C Coeliac disease

18 The endocrine system
A Excess and deficiency
B Negative feedback systems
C Goitre
D A letter of referral

19 The eye
A Parts of the eye
B Examination of the eye
C Retinopathy

20 The gastrointestinal system
A Examination of the abdomen
B The faeces

21 Gynaecology
A The female reproductive system
B Menstruation
C A gynaecological consultation
D Contraception

22 The heart and circulation 1
A Shortness of breath
B Heart rhythm
C Heart failure

23 The heart and circulation 2
A Physical examination
B Examining the heart and circulation

24 Infections
A Fever
B Microorganisms
C Source and spread of infection

25 Mental illness
A Psychiatric disorders
B Substance abuse
C Affective disorders
D Neurotic and stress-related disorders
E Other types of functional disorder

26 The nervous system 1
A Sensory loss
B Motor loss
C Loss of consciousness

27 The nervous system 2
A The motor system
B Tendon reflexes
C Coma

28 Oncology
A Neoplasms
B Symptoms and signs of malignancy
C Treatment of tumours

29 Pregnalacy and childbirth
A Childbirth
B Labour
C Presentation and lie

30 The respiratory system
A Cough
B Auscultation

31 The skin 1
A Some types of skin lesion
B Rashes

32 The skin
A Injuries to the skin
B Case report
C Sores

33 The urinary system
A Urinary symptoms
B Urinalysis

INVESTIGATIONS
34 Basic investigations
A Ophthalmoscopy
B Blood pressure
C Taking blood

35 Laboratory tests
A A Microbiology test request form
B A Biochemistry and Haematology lab report
C Terms used to describe lab results

36 Endoscopy
A Functions of endoscopy
B Enteroscopy
C Report of a diagnostic endoscopy

37 X-ray and CT
A Radiography and radiology
B X-ray examination
C Computed Tomography

38 MRI and ultrasound
A Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
B Ultrasound
C Preparing for medical imaging
D Describing medical imaging

39 ECG
A Uses of an ECG
B ECG procedure
C A normal ECG

TREATMENT
40 Medical treatment
A Prescriptions and drugs
B The British National Formulary

41 Surgical treatment
A The operating theatre
B Instruments
C The operation
D An operation report

42 Therapies
A Radiotherapy and chemotherapy
B A day in the life of a physiotherapist
C Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

PREVENTION
43 Screening and immunization
A Screening
B Common screening tests
C Immunization for travellers

EPIDEMIOLOGY
44 Epidemiology
A Rates
B Incidence and prevalence
C Association and causation

ETHICS
45 Medical ethics
A GMC guidelines
B Bioethical issues
C Assisted dying

RESEARCH
46 Research studies
A Case-control studies
B Cohort studies
C Trials
D Variables

TAKING A HISTORY
47 Taking a history 1
A A full case history
B Personal details
C Talking about pain

48 Taking a history 2
A Drug history
B Family history
C Social and personal history

49 Taking a history 3
A Reviewing the systems
B Asking about the central nervous syster
C Patient ideas, concerns and expectation
D Phrasal verbs in history-taking

EXAMINATION
50 Physical examination
A Examining a patient
B Giving instructions

51 Mental state examination
A Some symptoms of psychiatric disorders
B Mood
C Typical questions from a mental state examination

EXPLANATION
52 Explaining diagnosis and management
A Explanations
B Using lay terms in explanations
C An explanation of angina

53 Discussing treatment
A Offering options
B Advising a course of action
C Advising patients to avoid something
D Warnings

54 Giving bad news
A Principles of giving bad news
B A consultant medical oncologist's report

PRESENTATIONS
55 Data presentation 1
A Referring to a table or figure
B Comparing variables
C Approximating

56 Data presentation 2
A Line graphs
B Pie charts
C Describing trends

57 Research articles
A The structure of a research article
B Objectives
C Main findings

58 Abstracts
A Structured abstracts
B The BMJ abstract

59 Conference presentations
A The structure of a presentation
B The introduction
C Signalling
D The conclusion

60 Case presentations
A Sections of a case presentation
B Bedside presentation
C Slides
Appendix I
Parts of the body
Appendix Ⅱ
Medical abbreviations
Appendix Ⅲ
Types of medication
Appendix Ⅳ
Symptoms and pain
Appendix Ⅴ
Verbs used in instructions
Appendix Ⅵ
Lay terms and definitions
Answer key
Index