Exercises

2.1 Match adjectives with nouns.

1. associate, house, on, provisional, radio, ward.

2. call, diagnosis, officer, pager, round, specialist.

2.2 Give the plural forms of nouns.

a) corpus[ ͵kɔ:pəs ], cadaver[ kəˊdeɪvə ], calculus[ˈkælkjuləs ], crisis[ ˈkraısıs ], criterion[ kraɪ'tɪrɪən ], cuniculus [ ͵ku'nɪkjuləs ].

b) datum[ ˈdeɪtəm ], diagnosis['daɪəgˈnəusɪs ], digitus [ 'dɪdʒɪtəs ], dorsum [ 'dɔ:səm ].

2.3 Match the descriptions (1-5) with the job titles (a-e).

1 Dr White has been working as a physician for eight years and is responsible for treating the adults.

2 Dr Stewart has just begun the second year of her Foundation Programme.

3 Dr Barron has started his training as a paeditrician.

4 Dr James has just graduated and is working in a large hospital in Cardiff.

5 Dr Watkins is in charge of the medical staff in the London hospital.

a specialist registrar

b medical director

с consultant

d SHO

e PRHO or house officer

2.4 Are the following statements true or false?

1 A medical graduate becomes registered two years after graduation.

2 The system of training doctors in Britain is called the Foundation Programme.

3 The name senior house officer is no longer used in Britain.

4 The consultant is usually the first doctor to meet new patients.

5 When working in shifts, all doctors take turns to be on call.

2.5 Complete the text of a PRHO describing his job.

When he gets to the ward, the first thing he does is talking to the house officer who was on duty during the last (1)..............................., to find out if there have been any new (2)..............................Then he generally sees the charge nurse. He or she tells him if there is anything that needs to be done urgently, such as intravenous lines to put up or take down. Later in the morning, he (3)...........................any new patients, which basically involves taking a case history. On Tuesday and Friday morning the consultant does her ward

(4)................................. and he has to make sure he is completely up to date on her patients.

After that, there are usually many things to do, like writing up request forms for blood (5)................................., and so on. In the afternoon, he has to prepare for any patients who are to be (6)................................the next day. They're usually happy to be going home! And then of course there are the lectures and tutorials in the(7).......................programme on Monday and Wednesday.

2.6 Answer questions.

a) How does the Kazakhstani hospital training differ from the British system?

b) Describe the system of shifts in your hospital or any medical institution you work. Are there any differences with the British ones?

2.7 Read, translate and learn a dialogue by heart.

Visiting general practitioner

D. What’s the matter with you?

P. Oh, Doctor, I am sicker than I knew. I am exhausted by violent cough and breathlessness. I got to coughing incessantly(constantly). My temperature is 38.2 C.

D. What kind of cough do you have?

P. First it was dry cough. Now it’s wet.

D. Do you expectorate sputum while coughing?

P. Yes.

D. Do you sweat?

P. Yes, I have the sweats every night.

D. Do you have chest pain?

P. Yes and I am having pain in the right side. It kept me awake all night.

D. Are you running a high temperature only in the evening?

P. In the morning it’s 37.3 C and in the evening it goes over 38 C.

D. When did you get sick?

P. About a week ago?

D. Couldn’t you pin down whatsymptoms appeared first?

P. I felt lousy (ill), had dry cough and the next day the temperature went to 38 C.

D. I’d better start examining you. Please strip to the waist. I must sound you. Big breath, please. Again, cough a little. Again, I see… Put on your clothes. I have to break bad news to you. I think it could be pneumonia.

P. Are you sure, Doctor?

D. I think it is pneumonia. But for an extra confirmation you’ll have your chest film made and get the blood test done. Meanwhile you’ll be put into physiotherapy for a fortnight and 4 times a day you’ll begiven shots of antibiotics.