COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PROFESSIONAL ENGLISH

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TSS 2007 PROFESSIONAL ENGLISH ELECTIVE 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Medical Documentation and Secretariat

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

INSTRUCTOR AYLA AÇIKGÖZ

Offered to

Medical Documentation and Secretariat

Course Objective

After fundamental level of English Education; The couse make it possible that students will be able to express themselves, provide communication between physician and patient, maintain telephone calls, conduct patient files and patient guidance. Main aim is to create students that possess vocational terminology which equal to international level.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Able to communicate with patients, patient's relatives and physicians in English
2   Able to conduct telephone calls, verbal and oral communications in English
3   Able to prepare and present patient's files and documents in English
4   Terminology uses the English language of terms, can make correspondence
5   Able to use vocational terminology as equal to international level.
6   Able to follow and search about vocational academic articles, news, case studies in English.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction, presentation of course content
2 Individual Expression, Group Dialogs
3 Telephone conversation, dialogue examples
4 Appointment on the phone, examples of dialogue
5 Appointment in the policlinic secretariat, dialogue examples
6 Admission to the hospital
7 Open file and Vocational Terminology
8 Medical records transactions, Vocational terminology
9 Outpatient procedures, professional terminology
10 Human body and systems, medical terminology
11 Health personnel, occupational names and duties
12 Disease / Health, terminology, dialogue examples
13 Patient evaluation
14 The components of the health stories

Recomended or Required Reading

The Essential Medical Secretary: Foundations for Good Practice , Stephanie J. Green
Medical Receptionists and Secretaries Handbook , Mari Robbins
The Administrative Medical Assistant, Kinn s, Seventh Edition
Pearson s Comprehensive Medical Assisting, Second Edition
An Introduction to Medical Terminology for Health Care: A Self-Teaching Package (ELT / IELTS) , Andrew Hutton
Concise Medical Dictionary (Oxford Paperback Reference) , Elizabeth A. Martin
Touch Typing in Ten Hours: 3rd edition , Ann Dobson
Pocket Medical Terminology , Andrew Hutton
Medical Terminology For Dummies , Beverley Henderson

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Teaching staff presentation materials, audiovisual workshops, group work, homeworks

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 AR ArasınavTeo
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE AR * 0.60 + ODV * 0.40
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE VOR * 0.50 + FN * 0.50
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) VOR * 0.50 + BUT * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

The course is conducted and evaluated within the framework of SHMYO Teaching and Examination Principles.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

E-posta: ayla.acikgoz@deu.edu.tr

SHMYO Tel: 412 4742

Office Hours

Weekdays : Wednesday 09:30 - 12:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 1 12
Preparation for midterm exam 2 5 10
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Midterm 1 2 2
Project Assignment 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 57

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16
LO.1153
LO.2
LO.3
LO.434
LO.5
LO.6

CONTACT INFORMATION
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