McCarter, Sam <br/><br/>
Medicine 2 / 
Sam McCarter. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - Oxford :  Oxford University Press,  2010. 
 - 143 p. :  ill. ;  28 cm.  + 1 CD + Teacher's Resource Book (103 p.) 
 - Oxford English for Careers Medicine .
 - Oxford English for careers. .
<br/><br/> Includes speaking activities, grammar reference, listening scripts<br/>and a glossary. 
<br/><br/>"Medicine 2 gives you the language, information, and skills you need to develop your career:<br/>  Based on the communication skills required for OSCE (Objective Structured Clinical Examination).  Examples from the Oxford Handbook series - authentic material from the world's best-selling medical handbooks;  It's my job - authentic insights from professionals working in medicine;  Patient care sections develop students' skills in doctor-patient relations.  Online interactive exercises to revise and recycle language: https://elt.oup.com/student/oefc/medicine2." (Book Cover) CONTENTS:<br/> 1. Emergency medicine<br/>  Career Skills and Knowledge<br/>  It’s my job: John Rhys – cycle paramedic<br/>  Patient care / Signs and symptoms: Technical and non-technical words<br/>  Project: Recruitment<br/>  Language Skills<br/>  Listening: Listening for detail; Description of an emergency incident<br/>  Reading:  Guidelines on continuing professional development<br/>  Speaking: Eliciting information; Signs and symptoms; Describing a job<br/>  Writing: A job application<br/>  Language knowledge<br/>  Language spot: Rapid tense change; Comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs<br/>  Vocabulary: Adverbs: describing how things happened<br/> 2. Accidents<br/>  Career Skills and Knowledge<br/>  It’s my job: Matthew Jenkins - radiologist<br/>  Language Skills<br/>  Listening: Understanding verb tenses; Accident prevention measures<br/>  Reading: Accidents<br/>  Speaking: Fracture types; X-rays; Minor injuries<br/>  Writing: Describing a fracture<br/>  Language knowledge<br/>  Language spot: Taking about the present; Saying what’s necessary politely but firmly<br/>  Vocabulary: Fractures; Causes of injury<br/> 3. Sports medicine<br/>  Career Skills and Knowledge<br/>  Patient care / Signs and symptoms: Patient vocabulary; Giving warnings and using persuasion<br/>  Language Skills<br/>  Listening: Spot the difference; Patient attitude<br/>  Reading: Physical fitness and health<br/>  Speaking: Open questions; Head injury warning card<br/>  Writing: Head injury warning instructions<br/>  Language knowledge<br/>  Language spot: Types of questions<br/>  Vocabulary: Verbs of movement; Patient vocabulary<br/>  Pronunciation: Main stress<br/> 4. Obstetrics Career Skills and Knowledge<br/>  It’s my job: Mary Knox – NCT teacher<br/>  Patient care / Signs and symptoms: Lay words and medical terms<br/>  Language Skills<br/>  Listening: Taking details<br/>  Reading:  Third stage of labour<br/>  Speaking: Establishing rapport; Giving advice; Discussing topics in pregnancy<br/>  Writing: Supporting opinions<br/>  Language knowledge<br/>  Language spot: Giving advice and talking about expectation<br/>  Vocabulary: Technical terms<br/>  Pronunciation: Sentence nucleus<br/> 5. Psychiatry<br/>  Career Skills and Knowledge<br/>  Patient care / Signs and symptoms: Psychiatric symptoms; Interpretation of the patient<br/>  Project: The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale<br/>  Language Skills<br/>  Listening: Mental state examination; Asking about abnormal perceptions<br/>  Reading:  The changing face of depression<br/>  Speaking: A patient with anxiety or elevated mood; Assessing risk<br/>  Writing: Describing a chart<br/>  Language knowledge<br/>  Language spot: Phrasal verbs – separable and inseparable<br/>  Vocabulary: Verbs with prepositions<br/>  Pronunciation: Saying prepositions<br/> 6. Geriatrics<br/>  Career Skills and Knowledge<br/>  Patient care / Signs and symptoms: Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s<br/>  Project: Finding information on Alzheimer’s disease; Health care and changing demographics<br/>  Language Skills<br/>  Listening: Picking up the thread of what is being said; Active listening<br/>  Reading: Rehabilitation<br/>  Speaking: Alzheimer’s disease; Hip replacement; Debate: health-care budgets<br/>  Writing: A short essay<br/>  Language knowledge<br/>  Language spot: would, used to, get used to, be used to; Purpose and reason<br/>  Vocabulary: Special equipment<br/> 7. Dermatology<br/>  Career Skills and Knowledge<br/>  It’s my job: Zahra El-Ashry – practice nurse<br/>  Patient care / Signs and symptoms: Understanding exactly what the patient says<br/>  Project: Managing skin conditions<br/>  Language Skills<br/>  Listening: Listening for details; Dealing with teenagers<br/>  Reading: Applied anatomy and physiology<br/>  Speaking: Skin conditions; Diagnosis and management of skin conditions<br/>  Writing: Reflection on personal experience<br/>  Language knowledge<br/>  Language spot: Commenting on the past; Verbs with to and -ing<br/>  Vocabulary: Lesions<br/>  Pronunciation: Main stress in a sentence<br/> 8. Surgery<br/>  Career Skills and Knowledge<br/>  Patient care / Signs and symptoms: Putting yourself in the patient’s shoes<br/>  Project: Post-op pain management; OSCE exams<br/>  Language Skills<br/>  Listening: Patient response; Getting into conversations<br/>  Reading: Ovarian cysts: What are the symptoms, problems, and possible complications?<br/>  Speaking: Explaining treatments; An ovarian cyst<br/>  Writing: Describing a complicated operation<br/>  Language knowledge<br/>  Language spot: Relative pronouns in explanations<br/>  Vocabulary: Medical terminology for surgery; Technical vocabulary<br/>  Pronunciation: Secondary stress<br/> 9. Cardiology<br/>  Career Skills and Knowledge<br/>  Patient care / Signs and symptoms: Talking to an anxious partner; Competition; giving advice and coaxing<br/>  Project: Cardiac risk factors; Treatment for hypertension and cholesterol<br/>  Language Skills<br/>  Listening: A heart condition; Advice about lifestyle changes<br/>  Reading: High blood pressure - hypertension<br/>  Speaking: Taking a history; Medication for hypertension<br/>  Writing: Difficulties in persuasion<br/>  Language knowledge<br/>  Language spot: The future<br/>  Vocabulary: Avoidance of technical terms<br/>  Pronunciation: Speaking at natural speed<br/> 10. Respiratory medicine<br/>  Career Skills and Knowledge<br/>  Patient care / Signs and symptoms: Lung conditions<br/>  Project: Inhalers<br/>  Language Skills<br/>  Listening: Signs and symptoms; Mistake recognition; Explaining a device<br/>  Reading: Flow-volume loop<br/>  Speaking: Causes of breathlessness; Explaining tests; Describing a peak flow meter; Explaining an inhaler<br/>  Writing: Describing data<br/>  Language knowledge<br/>  Language spot: The definite and indefinite article<br/>  Vocabulary: Coughs; Nature of the sputum<br/> 11. Tropical diseases<br/>  Career Skills and Knowledge<br/>  Patient care / Signs and symptoms: Positioning and support of a stroke patient<br/>  Project: Milestones in public health<br/>  Language Skills<br/>  Listening: Treating returning travellers; Maintaining good health<br/>  Reading: Sickle-cell anaemia<br/>  Speaking: Developments in public health; Describing a disease; Speaking in group work settings; Patient cultural background<br/>  Writing: Describing a life cycle<br/>  Language knowledge<br/>  Language spot: Linking words<br/>  Vocabulary: Traveller’s diarrhoea<br/> 12. Technology<br/>  Career Skills and Knowledge<br/>  Language Skills<br/>  Listening: Technological advances; Trying to persuade the doctor;<br/>  Reading: Stem cell transplant<br/>  Speaking: Controversial developments; Reluctant patients; Stem cell therapy<br/>  Writing: Stem cell therapy<br/>  Language knowledge:<br/>  Language spot: Negative questions<br/> Speaking activities<br/> Grammar reference<br/> Listening scripts<br/> Glossary Reading bank:  1. Triage  2. Preventing injuries  3. How dangerous is skiing?  4. Fathers and pregnancy  5. OCD  6. Nifty after fifty  7. Roman face cream  8. Training for surgeons  9. Powering pacemakers  10. Ethical issues<br/>  11. Coping in the tropics  12. Smart fabrics Teacher's Resource Book extras:<br/> Grammar Test Keys<br/> Symbols and abbreviations 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780194569576 (Teacher's Resource Book) 9780194569569 (Student Book) 9780194569583 (Class CD) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Medicine--Terminology.<br/>English language--Textbooks for foreign speakers.<br/>English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers.<br/>English language--Medical English.<br/>English language--Spoken English--Problems, exercises, etc.<br/>Medicine.