Exercises

7.1 Match these activities to the stages of medical education in the UK.

1 dissecting cadavers

2 keeping a log of surgical procedures observed and performed

3 working for four months in accident and emergency to experience this specialty

4 taking a four-week attachment in Psychological Medicine

5 taking an online course on recent developments in endocrinology diseases

7.2 Complete the sentences.

1 Just before their final year, students have the chance to take an................................in a hospital of their choice anywhere in the world.

2 ...............-................contrasts with an approach where each subject is taught separately.

3 These days.................are often interactive, with regular opportunities for the students to ask questions.

4 In.................................students learn how to treat and manage patients.

5 ....................................can be a topic from outside medicine, such as a foreign language.

6 Dissection of................................is an important part of the anatomy component.

7 The..................at the University of Edinburgh is one of the oldest in the UK.

8 She's a................................at the Royal; one of the leading cardiac surgery specialists in the country.

9 The Royal................................of Surgeons in Edinburgh dates from 1505.

10 We have a..............................each week where we discuss topics in a small group with our lecturer.

7.3 Match each of these activities to one of the components of the undergraduate course described in texts.

1 Jane spent six weeks working in a small hospital in the Himalayas.

2 A group of students discuss together the possible reasons of cardiac pain in an obese 44-year-old male.

3 A small group of students study the pulmonary artery in a cadaver.

4 Santa spends a month working in the gynecology ward of the local hospital.

5 James learns how to take bloodfrom an elderly patient.

6 Travel Medicine was chosen by Helen in her fourth year.

7.4What is the disease or illness being described in each case?

a) An infectious disease, its commonest form attacks the lungs, causing patients to lose weight, cough blood and have a fever. It is caught by breathing in germs or eating contaminated food, especially unpasteurised milk.

b) A hereditary disease of the pancreas or mucoviscidosis, leading to malfunction of the exocrine glands. Symptoms include loss of weight, abnormal faeces and bronchitis. If diagnosed early, it can be controlled with vitamins, physiotherapy and pancreatic enzymes

7.5 Write a description, in English, of a disease or illness and see if your partner can recognize it…

7.6Describe the main components of your undergraduate course and discuss with your partner in class.

7.7 Read, translate and learn a dialogue between an eye doctor and a residency course student.

D. Have u checked up the patient’s vision? Is her vision normal?

St. She has depraved vision.

D. What do you think, what may cause depraved vision?

St. It may be due to atrophy of visual nerve, presence of leukoma on the cornea, progressive myopia, glaucoma, cataract, retinal diseases.

D. Have you taken the eye tension?

St. Yes, it’s slightly hard. It’s probably, glaucoma.

D. What types of glaucoma do you know?

St. Congenital, simple, traumatic.

D. What treatment are you going to offer?

St. I think conservative treatment first.