First Clinical Session in English CS Son Serra-La Vileta Jonathan McFarland CS Son Serra-La Vileta (Palma de Mallorca) 30th June 2015

Index —  Short Introduction to Clinical Sessions in English —  Some comments on today’s session —  The Future

Why Clinical Sessions in English ? 1-Fact 2-Problem 3-Solution

1. FACT The Importance of English in Medicine “We have entered the era of medical English,which resembles the era of medical Latin in that, once again, medical doctors have chosen a single language for international communication” “The Language of Medicine” – Henrik R.Wulff

The needs of Spanish doctors and nurses —  English is the language of

2. PROBLEM

The “English Barrier” in Spain “Spanish doctors are still well below the European average in terms of their mastery of medical English, which is still the great pending subject for medicine in Spain” * English for doctors (Gonzalo Casino)

3. SOLUTION BUSY CLINICIANS WITH ENGLISH

LEARNING EXPERIENCE IN A CLINICAL SETTING

DOCTORS AND NURSES TO BREAK ENGLISH BARRIER

TODAY’S SESSION —  LANGUAGE USE —  VOCABULARY

LANGUAGE USE – GB AND US

IMPORTANT DIFFERENCES —  SPELLING —  GRAMMAR —  PRONUNCIATION

SOME EXAMPLES —  SPELLING – BRITISH

AMERICAN

RE. eg, goitre

ER, eg, goiter

OU. eg, tumour

O. eg, tumor

OE. Eg, dyspnoea

E. eg, dyspnea

S. eg, categorisation

Z. eg, categorization

LL. eg, tunnelling

L. eg, tunneling

Use of hyphens Eg, ventriculo-peritoneal

Nonuse of hyphens Eg, ventriculoperitoneal

Uniformity

— Grammar BRITISH

AMERICAN

USE OF DEFINITIVE ARTICLE, eg, In the light of … At university

USE OF DEFINITIVE ARTICLE, eg, In light of…. In/at the university

USE OF PREPOSITIONS, eg At weekends Up to Chapter 3

USE OF PREPOSITIONS, eg On weekends Through Chapter 3

Interesting vocab today —  Pressure ulcer – also known as Decubitus Ulcers or even Bed Sores —  Stage / staging – estadio —  Localised and Located – bit of a false friend !!!!!! —  Localised = “restricted or limited to a specific area” —  Located = found

—  Blister = ampolla —  Shallow and deep —  Undermine = debilitar, minar —  Undermining ulcer – “A chronic skin ulcer having overhanging margins, caused by bacterial infection.” —  Shear injury “injury to tissues caused by shear pressure.”

—  Monthly sessions —  Interesting Topics/ case histories etc —  This is NOT an exam —  It is to help YOU!!!!! —  So please

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