Teaching code

4S006399

Teacher

Laura Letizia Virgilio

Coordinator

Laura Letizia Virgilio

Credits

2

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

L-LIN/12 - LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION - ENGLISH

Period

1° e 2° semestre (corsi annuali) PROFESSIONE SANITARIE dal Oct 2, 2023 al Sep 30, 2024.

Courses Single

Not Authorized

Lessons timetable Moodle Seminars 0

Learning objectives

The course aims to develop students' skills in comprehension and production, both written and oral, of scientific texts. Particular attention will be given to the lexical, syntactic, phonological and pragmatic aspects of medical English.

Prerequisites and basic notions

Before starting this course, students should have acquired fairly good competence in English level B1. We strongly suggest further practice of basic skills for those who do not have this prerequisite. Supplementary online material will be provided via website for students who have a poor background in English (lower than B1). In such cases, further tutorial support may be provided on request. Please contact your lecturer for further information.

Program

The course will provide students with the skills to understand and produce descriptions of Nursing and EBN texts. During the course students will analyse scientific articles related to the nursing profession.
The program also includes the analysis and understanding of videos regarding nursing and therapeutic dialogues with the patient and then reformulate communicative situations of assessment and patient education.
The course offers students the guidelines for therapeutic communication in English based on the principles of caring and compassion.
A large part of the course is dedicated to the glossary with attention to the translation of acronyms and scientific terminology.
In particular;
1. Use of medical vocabulary (lay terms and scientific terms), Fundamentals of the anatomy and physiology of the
main body systems.
2. Main diseases of the human body, signs, and symptoms. Spread of infections and infection prevention.
The concept of pain.
3. Diagnostic and screening tools. Therapeutic strategies and surgical approaches. Pain treatment. Pharmacological
treatment.
4. Medical records, medical assessment, and healthcare documents. Nursing assessment, nursing diagnosis,
nursing documentation and recording systems. Nursing process and nursing plan of care.
5. Nurse - patient interaction, strategies for cross-cultural health professional - patient communication

Didactic methods

Lectures (36 hours), instructional videos to support the study of the monographic material and the student’s study of academic vocabulary. Lectures provide students with the necessary tools to analyse and discuss oral and written texts concerning the main areas of English for medical purposes and academic English, as well as ones that are fundamentals for the mastery of linguistic-communicative and pragmatic-linguistic skills that are required to understand and produce texts in English at a B2 level.
Nevertheless students are required to pursuit additional individual knowledge and elaboration of the material proposed (self-studying)

Learning assessment procedures

The final examination consists of a written test. This test will be administered by means of a computerised test. The examination will be held in person at the university and will involve the use of the student's own electronic device (tablet/laptop equipped with the minimum requirements to access the Wifi network and the GSuite examination platform). If the student does not have a suitable device, he/she must communicate this when registering for the exam. In this case, the board will provide a paper version of the test to sit under the same conditions.
The final examination consists of a written test. This test may also be administered electronically, by means of a computerised test.
The written exam aims at assessing students’ written comprehension/production (B2 level) through cloze tests and true/false, multiple choice and close ended questions and/or written compositions.
The texts contained in the exercises will be extracted from healthcare documentation in English (medical records, medical history forms, delivery reports) or transcripts of congress/seminar reports, abstracts or posters in English.
The final evaluation is based on the efficiency of the implemented methods, the completion and accuracy of the answers, and the clarity of the presentation of contents.
The final mark is expressed in PASS/FAIL.
No dictionaries are permitted.

Evaluation criteria

The final evaluation is based on the efficiency of the implemented methods, the completion and accuracy of the answers, and the clarity of the presentation of contents.

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

The final mark is expressed in PASS/FAIL.

Exam language

ENGLISH