Course Overview:

Nurses, doctors and other foreign and immigrant medical professionals must be proficient in medical terminology, procedures and concepts in order to work in a native-English speaking country, or to advance in their present position at home. Become certified to teach the necessary skills to ensure they succeed. Doctors, nurses, medical students and international health care workers worldwide who do not speak English as their native language are filling up Medical English classes. Schools, individual health care workers and government bodies are looking for teachers who specialize in teaching Medical terminology, concepts and attitudes to teach these people. Teaching Medical English is becoming an increasingly popular industry, with TESOL, TESL and TEFL teachers in high demand.

Working with Medical issues demands special skills, knowledge and experience. It is also an area of teaching that best suits someone with previous experience in the medical profession, however newcomers to this field are also successful in this field with this course as a guide. Students are highly motivated since the course has clear advantages for them personally, or within their institution.

The teacher also needs to be highly flexible. Medical English needs vary from student to student, but each person will have specific demands and needs for their individual desired results.

Course Content:

An introduction and overview of what Medical English is, who your target students are, and the process of teaching Legal English.
Methods and approaches to teaching Medical English.
Medical English terminology and how to teach Medical English terminology acquisition skills.
Examination and evaluation of medical case studies.
Developing Medical English materials.
Developing Medical English courses.
Medical grammar.

Course Requirements:

Study and evaluate case studies
Material development assignment
Medical terminology task
Medical concepts task
Medical agreements task
Final course assignment
Various other Medical English exercises