Syllabus
Lecturers Mgr. Dagmar Vrběcká, Ph.D. Mgr. Klára Čebišová Mgr. Monika Janouchová Practical classes:
1. Lekce 1 – Osobní údaje Patient´s personal data – filing the patients´s file, dialogue comprehension. Phrases in the hospital. Grammar: Questioning words (revision). Numbers (revision).
2. Lekce 2 – Rodinná anamnéza Patient´s family medical history. Family tree. Patient´s family medical history – dialogue comprehension. Synonymic medical vocabulary. Medical abbreviations. Phrases in the hospital. Grammar: Genitive singular and plural forms in the medical language. Conjunctions.
3. Lekce 3 – Osobní anamnéza I Patient´s past medical history. Childhood infectious diseases. Frequent diseases in childhood and adulthood. Serious diseases in past. Vaccination. Patient´s past medical history – dialogue comprehension. Phrases in the hospital. Grammar: Nouns, adjectives and pronouns in dative singular and plural forms.
4. Lekce 4 – Osobní anamnéza II Patient´s past medical history. Injuries. Surgery. Medical examinations. Patient´s past medical history – dialogue comprehension. Phrases in the hospital. Grammar: Modal verbs.
5. Lekce 5 – Pracovní anamnéza Patient´s working medical history. Professions. Locations of professions. Patient´s working medical history – dialogue comprehension. Phrases in the hospital. Grammar: Nouns, adjectives and pronouns in locative singular and plural forms.
6. Lekce 6 – Farmakologická a alergologická anamnéza Patient´s pharmacological and allergological medical history. Allergens. Types of medicines. Structure of medical prescription in the Czech Republic. Patient´s pharmacological and allergological medical history – dialogue comprehension. Phrases in the hospital. Grammar: Verbs – the imperative mood.
7. Revision class Communicative activities based on the doctor-patient dialogue practice. Students´ projects presentations.
8. Lekce 7 – Sociální anamnéza Patient´s social medical history. Interests and hobbies. Lifestyle. Relationships – social life. Living standards. Sleeping habits. Eating habits. Addictions and drug abuse. Commuting – means of transport. Patient´s social medical history – dialogue comprehension. Phrases in the hospital. Grammar: Nouns, adjectives and pronouns in instrumental singular and plural forms.
9. Lekce 8 – Present problems I Present problems. General symptoms (breathing, bleeding, sweating, thirst and hunger, appetite, weight, tiredness, diarrhea, constipation, rash, cold. Present problems – dialogue comprehension. Phrases in the hospital. Grammar: Adjective comparison. Adverb comparison.
10. Lekce 9 – Present problems II Present problems. Pain (onset, duration, character, location, radiation, aggravating factors). Present problems – dialogue comprehension. Phrases in the hospital. Grammar: Verbs – conditional mood. Related words – nouns and verbs. Adverbs of location vs. adverbs of radiation.
11. Lekce 10 – Instrukce lékaře Doctor´s instructions before, during and after medical examination. Clothing. Personal documents. Doctor´s instructions – dialogue comprehension. Phrases in the hospital. Grammar: Verbs – imperative mood.
12. Lekce 11 – Vyšetřovací metody Examination methods. Physical examination. Other methods (ultrasound, X-ray, CT, MRI, EEG, ECG, EMG, spirometry, lumbar puncture, endoscopy, blood, urine and stool sample taking). Medical abbreviations. Examination methods – dialogue comprehension. Phrases in the hospital. Grammar: Verbs – future tense.
13. Lekce 12 – Dobré a špatné zprávy Giving good or bad news – expressing compassion. Pregnancy. Abortion and miscarriage. Birth. Serious diagnosis. Family member death. Patient´s admission, transfer or discharge from the hospital. Home care. Hospice. Long-term Convalescent Care Ward. Words of Greek and Latin origin in Czech medical terminology.
14. Revision class Credit revision in communicative activities based on the doctor-patient dialogue practice. Students´ projects presentations.
Annotation
The course is aimed to prepare students directly for the doctor-patient communication which they will perform in the hospital. The course topics follow the internal propedeutics structure in terms of taking patient´s personal data, taking a patient´s medical history (familiar, past, working, pharmacological, allergological and social past histories), speaking about present problems, giving instructions during medical examination and using ethical approach while giving good or bad news.
The course focuses especially on listening skills (in the form of doctor-patient dialogues) and speaking (obtaining required information). The core of the course is a professional vocabulary acquisition aimed at general medicine.
Conditions of the course – no prerequisites required. Czech language III builds on the skills of the subjects: Czech language I and Czech language II.
Outcomes of the course: 1. Students will gain the ability to lead doctor-patient dialogues in terms of making correct questions, understanding patients and reacting equally to their answers. 2. Students will gain the ability to communicate in common daily situations on the A2 level according to the Common European Framework of References for Languages.