Exercises:
1. Make word combinations using a word from each box. Look at А, В, С and D to help you.
ambulance artificial contact health intraocular occupational social |
lens limb worker pressure technician professional therapist |
2. Complete the texts. Look at A and С to help you.
A prosthetist works with patients of all ages as a member of a clinical team, based at a large hospital. The patients may need a prosthesis as the result of an accident, or (1)……………….. following a disease such as diabetes. Alternatively they may have been born without a (2)…………….. .Orthotists work alongside doctors, nurses, physiotherapists and occupational (3)…………..to give the people under their care the best possible (4)…………. .Their main aim is to enable the patient to lead a normal life at work and leisure.
An orthotist often works in a clinic as part of an outpatient service and also visits other centres to provide a service for people with special needs. They deal with people of all ages. For instance, children who have cerebral palsy may require (5)………….to help them walk and many older people need special shoes to correct (6)…………… . If damaged, any part of the human skeleton may require some form of orthosis. The orthosis may be needed to reposition the body or to (7)……………..pain.
Unit 4 Medical Education Lesson 1
Medical education in the UK
Medical education in the UK covers:
undergraduate education - four or five years at medical school, the section of a university responsible for medical education
a two-year Foundation Programme which provides training for new doctors after graduation through a series of placements in different specialties
postgraduate training which doctors take to become GPs or consultants – senior specialists - often delivered through colleges for different specialties
c ontinuing professional development in the form of courses and seminars, which doctors undertake throughout their working lives to keep up to date.
Extract from an undergraduate prospectus
The MBChB (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery) is a five-year undergraduate medical degree course. Most of your learning takes place in small groups. The main components are:
Core (Years 1-3)
An integrated programme of clinical and scientific topics mainly presented through problem-based learning (PBL), where you work with others on a series of case problems.
Student Selected Modules
Student selected modules (SSMs) allow you to choose from a menu of subjects such as Sports Medicine or even study a language as preparation for an overseas elective, a hospital attachment of your own choice, between Years 4 and 5.
Vocational Studies and Clinical Skills
This component prepares you for the clinical skills required for contact with patients from Year 1 of your course, through periods of practical training where you are attached to a hospital department or general practice.
Clinical Attachments (Years 4 and 5)
A series of four-week clinical attachments in Medicine, Surgery, Psychological Medicine,Child Health, Obstetrics & Gynaecology and General Practice.
A student's view
Ellen,
a medical student, describes her course.
Dissection – вскрытие, препарирование