Medical English For Healthcare Professionals

Introduction

The training framework focuses on five areas of language competency that are vital for effective professional communication by nurses, administrative support, customer service teams, and any other medical and healthcare employees in a healthcare environment.

Our Medical English Course focuses on 5 areas of language competency that are vital for effective professional communication: Vocabulary Building – Conversations – Pronunciation – Grammar – Writing.

Learning Outcomes / Benefits

• Improve English speaking and listening comprehension for healthcare purposes.
• Converse and present with confidence.
• Connect up-to-date vocabulary with healthcare clients, patients, and colleagues.
• Write with clarity.
• Make your patients feel more comfortable and have a better understanding of their needs.
• Speak to their loved ones and communicate with other medical staff who speak English.

Key Content

Module 1: Medical Vocabulary And Grammar Structure

• Essential vocabulary for medical professionals
• Hands-on exercise

Module 2: Specialized Language For Healthcare Professionals

• Patient care service language
• Front-line and support representatives customer service language for communicating with clients, patients, and families
• Speaking and listening comprehension language skills to provide primary care in common patient-nurse situations like in obstetrics, paediatrics, geriatrics, triage assessment, oncology, pathology, emergency, and intensive/critical care, etc.
• Quiz on medical vocabulary/phrases at work

Module 3: Healthcare Scenarios – Occupational Language

• Medical English for specific purposes
• Role-plays (selected scenarios)

Target Audience

Healthcare employees who are seeking to improve and to polish their Medical English skills.

Methodology

Interactive learning and sharing through role-plays, speaking exercises, listening comprehension, gap fill, reading, and writing.