Please review a sample outline of the Medical English Platinum courses offered at the school in San Francisco:
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Lesson
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MONDAY
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TUESDAY
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WEDNESDAY
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THURSDAY
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FRIDAY
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9:00- 10:50
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Skill: Speaking / Listening
Introductions.
Professional profiles.
Language assessment.
Grammar review.
Fine-tune cse. content
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Skill: Reading & Speaking
Case Reports
Presenting signs / symptoms
Examinations
Investigations
Interventions
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Skill: Listening / Writing & Speaking
Attending a medical conference. Note-taking.
Asking question in public.
Asking for clarification.
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Grammar review:
Modal verbs for
Making recommendations
Discussing cause and effect
Vocabulary: Verbs -imperative forms
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Topic Lesson
Input: Vocabulary
Alternative / Supporting/ Parallel therapies
Discussion techniques:
Turn-taking & Interrupting
Avoiding conflict
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11:10- 12:00
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Topic Lesson
Input: Vocabulary
Skill: Reading /Speaking
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Input: Grammar
Conditionals for Hypothesising and Discussing Cause & Effect
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Input: Grammar
Passive voice for Explaining procedures
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Skill: Speaking
Intercultural communication in a cross-cultural environment:
Communicating with colleagues and nursing staff
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(Videoed Simulation)
Medical Board Meeting
Videoed group discussion
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12:10- 13:00
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Skill: Speaking
Fluency practice, feedback and remedial work on grammar and pronunciation
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Grp Role-play. Case Study
Diagnosing symptoms
Making Prognosis
Treatment
Evaluation
Group Discussion
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Input: Vocabulary
Skill: Speaking
Cross-cultural awareness
Bedside manner
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Skill: Listening & Writing
Clinical History - Report write up from video documentary
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Oral and written review and consolidation of week's vocabulary, function and grammar.
Group Lunch with Teacher
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LUNCH
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13:50- 14:40
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Skill: Listening & Speaking.
TV medical documentary - case study
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Input: Vocabulary
Medical word groups
Collocation
Lay terms
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Role play:
Interviewing a patient
Giving explanations
Reassuring
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Skill: Speaking & Listening
Dealing with difficult cases
Diplomatic, modified and indirect language.
Giving information gently
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Group viewing of morning's videoed simulation. Group discussion on performance.
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14:55- 15:45
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Skill: Speaking
Group Discussion
Mini Presentation of Prognosis & Treatment
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Learner training: Using a mono-lingual dictionary, vocabulary files, storage and retrieval
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Performance, error analysis and group feedback. Remedial Pronunciation
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Videoed Role play of above
Error analysis and feedback
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Error analysis and oral feedback.
Recomm. for further study.
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