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Online English for Doctors Course
Helping healthcare professionals improve their medical English.

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CPD accredited course

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Course Overview

Communicating accurately and effectively is critical to the safety, care and wellbeing of patients.

 

This 100-hour, online course teaches the English that enables international doctors to deliver outstanding  levels of practice and care, build strong relationships with patients and colleague, and lead and participate in successful healthcare teams.

 

The course is designed for doctors and medical students with an upper-intermediate or advanced (B2orC1) level of English who work or study in English.

English test

Online Course Content

Around the Hospital

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  • On the ward

  • Hospital staff, inc. allied health professionals

  • Introducing yourself to patients

  • The body: anterior, posterior

  • Glossary of body terms

Patient Admission

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  • Clerking a patient

  • Non-verbal communication

  • Therapeutic listening

  • Wounds and burns

  • Hospital charts: patient admission form

  • Writing a patient file note

Interviewing a Patient

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  • The language used in healthcare

  • Conducting patient interviews

  • The Calgary–Cambridge Observation Guide

  • Asking different types of questions

  • Cardiovascular conditions

  • Respiratory symptoms and conditions

  • Describing strokes

  • The body: the nose, head, face

Talking about Pain

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  • Types of pain

  • Pain severity

  • Pain location

  • Using pain scales

  • Chronic back pain

  • The body: muscles ,tendons, bones, ligaments

Examining a Patient

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  • Patient confidentiality

  • Putting a patient at ease

  • The female reproductive system

  • Doing an internal examination

  • Protecting vulnerable patients

  • Writing GP letters

Explaining Tests

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  • Blood tests, taking a blood sample

  • Radiological tests

  • Testing for tuberculosis

  • Cervical smear tests

  • Taking a urine specimen

  • Diabetes tests

  • Hospital forms: pathology forms

  • The body: the ear

Discussing a Diagnosis

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  • Discussing different diagnoses

  • Discussing injuries

  • Discussing IBS

  • Infectious diseases and conditions

  • Answering a bleep

  • The body: intestines, abdomen

  • The body: feet, ankles

Explaining Treatment

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  • Managing diabetes

  • Managing constipation

  • Managing urinary incontinence

  • Managing asthma

  • Stoma therapy

  • Administering medications, PCA

  • Hospital charts: controlled drugs, oxygen therapy

  • Writing a discharge letter

Taking Observations

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  • Blood pressure and pulse

  • Temperature

  • Neurological changes

  • Hospital charts: Early Warning Score

  • The body: the arm, hands

  • The body: skin, nails, hair

Past Medical History

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  • Patient centred care

  • Allergies and adverse drug reactions

  • Taking a sexual history

  • Substance misuse

  • Describing dementia

  • Challenging behaviours in the elderly

  • The body: the chest

Past Medical History

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  • Patient centred care

  • Allergies and adverse drug reactions

  • Taking a sexual history

  • Substance misuse

  • Describing dementia

  • Challenging behaviours in the elderly

  • The body: the chest

Discussing Surgery

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  • Surgical procedures

  • Cosmetic surgery

  • Hospital chart: VTE

  • Arthritis

  • The body: hips, thighs, legs

  • The body: shoulders

  • Using SBAR

Pre-operative Care

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  • Consent, infection control, MRSA

  • Pre-operative investigations

  • Assessing level of risk: anaesthesia

  • Healthcare acquired infections

  • The kidneys, fluid loss, dehydration

  • Inserting an IV cannula

  • IV fluid

Post-operative Care

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  • Giving a post-operative hand over

  • Endocrine disorders: subtotal thyroidectomy

  • Wound infections

  • Hospital charts: sepsis screening tool

  • Suggesting life style changes

  • The body: mouth, eyes, the senses

  • Writing a discharge letter

Oncology and End-of-Life Care

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  • Types of cancers

  • Oncology and chemotherapy

  • Radiotherapy

  • The breast and breast cancer

  • Cancer of the cervix

  • Lung cancer

  • Palliative care

  • End-of-life care

  • Hospital charts: DNAR order

Private Medical English Tutoring

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London Medical Exchange are offering an exclusive 1-2-1 online tutoring with a number of our experienced tutors.

 

Please contact us for more details.

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