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    Girolamo TESSUTO

    Insegnamento di INGLESE SCIENTIFICO

    Corso di laurea in OSTETRICIA (ABILITANTE ALLA PROFESSIONE SANITARIA DI OSTETRICA/O)

    SSD: L-LIN/12

    CFU: 2,00

    ORE PER UNITÀ DIDATTICA: 30,00

    Periodo di Erogazione: Secondo 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 basate sul libro di testo (coadiuvate da presentazioni Powerpoint) e audio integrate da momenti di 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; produzione di tesina scritta di 3000 parole su patologia o argomento dell’ambito sanitario come trattato durante il corso

    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. Production of a written essay of 3000 words about a disease or healthcare-related topics discussed at the course.

    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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