English language and the medical profession : instructing and assessing the communication skills of international physicians /

English Language and the Medical Profession: Instructing and Assessing the Communication Skills of International Physicians is designed for a new context for English language teaching: the emerging, worldwide interest in English for medicine. The book offers a program for an English language curricu...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Hoekje, Barbara J., Tipton, Sara M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2011.
Colección:Innovation and leadership in English language teaching ; v. 5.
Temas:
English language > Medical English.
English language > Study and teaching > Foreign speakers.
Anglais (Langue) > Anglais médical.
Anglais (Langue) > Étude et enseignement > Allophones.
Technical writing.
Writing & editing guides.
Writing skills.
Language Arts & Disciplines > Communication Studies.
Language Arts & Disciplines > Authorship.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Readers.
English language > Medical English
English language > Study and teaching > Foreign speakers
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / Barbara J. Hoekje, Sara M. Tipton
  • ch. 1. International medical graduates in U.S. higher education : an overview of issues for ESP and applied linguistics / Barbara J. Hoekje
  • ch. 2. Steps along the way : a personal retrospective on the development of the U.S. ECFMG acculturation program / Gerald P. Whelan
  • ch. 3. Teaching the communication of empathy in patient-centered medicine / Catherine O'Grady
  • ch. 4. Evaluating the spoken English proficiency of international medical graduates for certification and licensure in the United States / Marta van Zanten
  • ch. 5. The clinical skills (CS) test : IMG preparation and perception / Sara M. Tipton
  • ch. 6. Assessing cultural knowledge among international medical graduates in the United States / William Rozycki, Ulla M. Connor, Laurie Lipsig Pylitt, Lia Logio
  • ch. 7. By the bedside : lessons about communication from an internal medicine program director / MaryGrace Zetkulic
  • ch. 8. Developing curriculum and strategies for a Chinese-language medical university in Taiwan adopting English as a medium of instruction / Susan Olmstead-Wang
  • ch. 9. Overcoming language and cultural differences in medical encounters : the use of a language and culture training course (LACT) in educating IMGs in Australia / Marisa Cordella
  • ch. 10. Addressing the language and communication needs of IMGs in a U.K. context : materials development for the doctor-patient interview / Marie McCullagh
  • ch. 11. Courses for health and medical professionals / Carol Piñeiro
  • ch. 12. Pronunciation as life and death : improving the communication skills of non-native English speaking pathologists / Joanna Labov, Cheryl Hanau.

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