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    Girolamo TESSUTO

    Insegnamento di INGLESE SCIENTIFICO

    Corso di laurea in FISIOTERAPIA (ABILITANTE ALLA PROFESSIONE SANITARIA DI FISIOTERAPISTA)

    SSD: L-LIN/12

    CFU: 2,00

    ORE PER UNITÀ DIDATTICA: 18,00

    Periodo di Erogazione: Primo Semestre

    Italiano

    Lingua di insegnamento

    Inglese

    Contenuti

    Conoscenze della lingua inglese nel settore linguistico medico-scientifico attraverso nozioni e concetti fondamentali in campo medico e sanitario.
    Comprensione degli aspetti fondamentali della relazione che si instaura tra medico e paziente, sia in senso generale che all’interno dei contesti dei luoghi della cura.

    Testi di riferimento

    G. Tessuto 2021, English for Medicine: A Toolkit for discourse and genre-based approaches to ESP Language, Giappichelli, Torino.

    Obiettivi formativi

    Formare gli studenti nell'ottica delle competenze trasversali tra linguaggio scientifico e l'ambiente etico/professionale della medicina e della salute in contesti anglofoni e internazionali.

    Prerequisiti

    Livello intermedio B1 della lingua inglese.

    Metodologie didattiche

    Lezioni frontali presentate in powerpoint e audio integrate da momenti di dibattito e confronto con lavoro a gruppi, sollecitando gli studenti a produrre a loro volta materiali specialistici orali e scritti in inglese da condividere con il resto del gruppo classe sulle diverse tematiche affrontate nelle lezioni.

    Metodi di valutazione

    Esame orale basato sugli argomenti del testo di riferimento.

    Altre informazioni

    Ove necessario, si consiglia anche la pratica della lingua inglese nelle sue applicazioni generali mediante la piattaforma di apprendimento autonomo Rosetta Stone.

    Programma del corso

    1. What is medicine?

    1.1. Alternative systems of health care practice

    1.2. Scientific medicine

    2.
    Medicine: science and art

    2.1. Medicine as a science

    2.2. Medicine as an art

    2.3. Influence of science on the art of healthcare

    3.
    Medical science and practice: putting it all together

    3.1. Medicine and health

    3.2. Medical profession

    3.3. Medical professionalism

    3.4. Medicine vs. public health

    4.
    History of medicine: an overview

    4.1. The early days of medicine

    4.2. Greek and Roman medicine

    4.3. Medicine in the early modern era: 16th -18th centuries Renaissance

    4.4. Advances in modern medicine: 19th century

    4.5. Medicine in the 20th century and beyond

    5.
    Healthcare delivery systems and interprofessional care teams

    5.1. Interprofessional collaboration

    5.2. Interprofessional care teams: the UK healthcare system

    5.3. Types of healthcare services

    5.4. Primary healthcare

    5.5. Secondary healthcare

    5.6. Tertiary healthcare

    5.7. Digitalisation of healthcare services: telemedicine

    6.
    Medical education

    6.1. Medical education in the UK

    6.2. Medical regulatory bodies

    7.
    Branches of medicine

    8.
    Medical conditions

    8.1. Medical conditions: understanding concepts and terms

    8.2. Culture and Health

    9.
    Doctor-patient relationship

    9.1. Understanding doctor-patient relationship

    9.2. Doctor-patient relationship and medical ethics

    9.3. Types of doctor-patient relationship

    9.4. Main requirements for a good doctor-patient relationship

    English

    Teaching language

    English

    Contents

    English language knowledge applied to core components of topics and issues used in healthcare /medical-scientific fields.
    Understanding main characteristics of doctor-patient relationship, in terms of general and specific healthcare contexts.

    Textbook and course materials

    G. Tessuto 2021, English for Medicine: A Toolkit for discourse and genre-based approaches to ESP Language, Giappichelli, Torino.

    Course objectives

    Helping students to acquire necessary competences across scientific language skills and ethical/professional standards applied to areas of medicine and healthcare in Anglophone and international contexts.

    Prerequisites

    B1 (lower/upper intermediate) level of English.

    Teaching methods

    Monolingual frontal lessons in powerpoint or audio formats supplemented with group debate, with a view to eliciting students to produce specialist oral and written materials in English (ex: writing a research article abstract or presenting a conference poster) for sharing with other class members on any one topic dealt with.

    Evaluation methods

    Oral examination based on topics from the textbook.

    Other information

    Where needed, students will benefit from self-study of general English by accessing Rosetta Stone platform.

    Course Syllabus

    1. What is medicine?

    1.1. Alternative systems of health care practice

    1.2. Scientific medicine

    2.
    Medicine: science and art

    2.1. Medicine as a science

    2.2. Medicine as an art

    2.3. Influence of science on the art of healthcare

    3.
    Medical science and practice: putting it all together

    3.1. Medicine and health

    3.2. Medical profession

    3.3. Medical professionalism

    3.4. Medicine vs. public health

    4.
    History of medicine: an overview

    4.1. The early days of medicine

    4.2. Greek and Roman medicine

    4.3. Medicine in the early modern era: 16th -18th centuries Renaissance

    4.4. Advances in modern medicine: 19th century

    4.5. Medicine in the 20th century and beyond

    5.
    Healthcare delivery systems and interprofessional care teams

    5.1. Interprofessional collaboration

    5.2. Interprofessional care teams: the UK healthcare system

    5.3. Types of healthcare services

    5.4. Primary healthcare

    5.5. Secondary healthcare

    5.6. Tertiary healthcare

    5.7. Digitalisation of healthcare services: telemedicine

    6.
    Medical education

    6.1. Medical education in the UK

    6.2. Medical regulatory bodies

    7.
    Branches of medicine

    8.
    Medical conditions

    8.1. Medical conditions: understanding concepts and terms

    8.2. Culture and Health

    9.
    Doctor-patient relationship

    9.1. Understanding doctor-patient relationship

    9.2. Doctor-patient relationship and medical ethics

    9.3. Types of doctor-patient relationship

    9.4. Main requirements for a good doctor-patient relationship

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