
Curso de Inglês específicio: English for Medicine.
Um curso de inglês indicado para médicos ou estudantes de medicina que pretendem melhorar os seus conhecimentos activos da língua num contexto relacionado com a medicina.
1) RECEIVING THE PATIENT
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- Greeting patients and putting them at ease
- Introducing yourself and your role
- Asking the opening question and setting the agenda for the interview.
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2) THE PRESENTING COMPLAINT
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- Encouraging patients to express themselves in their own words
- Taking an accurate history of the presenting complaint
- Asking about the intensity and degree of pain
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3) PAST MEDICAL AND FAMILY HISTORY
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- Requesting the patients past medical history
- Discussing the family medical history
- Taking effective notes during an interview
- Writing an effective patient note
- Summarising and structuring the interview
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4) THE SOCIAL HISTORY AND TELEPHONE CONSULTATIONS
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- Enquiring about the patient’s social history
- Employing good telephone etiquette
- Ensuring an effective telephone consultation
- Summarising and checking information
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5) EXAMINING A PATIENT
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- Preparing and reassuring the patient during an examination
- Explaining examination procedures
- Giving effective instructions in a patient-friendly manner
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6) GIVING RESULTS
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- Explaining results in a way that patients can understand and remember
- Encouraging patients to express their fears and concerns
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7) PLANNING TREATMENT AND CLOSING THE INTERVIEW
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- Explaining treatments to a patient
- Discussing options
- Describing benefits and side effects
- Advising on lifestyle
- Negotiating treatment
- Closing the interview
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8) DEALING WITH SENSITIVE ISSUES
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- Broaching sensitive issues without bias and remaining non-judgmental
- Reading and responding to patient cues
- Employing question techniques
- Writing concise and active notes
- Updating the patient note
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9) BREAKING BAD NEWS
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- Delivering bad news in a sensitive way
- Reassuring a patient or relative
- Showing empathy
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A) COMMUNICATING WITH CHALLENGING PATIENTS
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- Encouraging a withdrawn patient to speak
- Calming an aggressive or angry patient
- Asserting your role as a doctor
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B) COMMUNICATING WITH THE ELDERLY
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- Carrying out an effective interview with an elderly patient
- Showing sensitivity and respect to an elderly patient
- Communicating with depressed elderly patients
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C) COMMUNICATING WITH CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
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- Establishing and developing rapport with a child
- Reassuring a child
- Gaining a child’s consent to be examined
- Explaining procedures to a cild
- Responding to a child’s verbal cues
- Communicating effectively with an adolescent.
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