This course aims to help medical students use basic academic English skills to study and present medical topics. It covers the essentials of medical terminology, scientific magazine articles and videos, practical communication strategies, presentation skills and basic academic writing skills.
This book is Level 5 of the Great Writing Series. This fifth edition adds emphasis on developing accurate sentences, expanding level-appropriate academic vocabulary, and National Geographic content. Each unit includes Elements of Great Writing that teaches the fundamentals of organized writing, accurate grammar, and precise mechanics; Building Better Vocabulary that provides practice with carefully-selected, level-appropriate academic words; Building Better Sentences that helps writers develop longer and more complex sentences; Writing activities that allow students to apply what they have learned by guiding them through writing, editing, and revising; and New Test Prep section that gives a test-taking tip and timed task to prepare for high-stakes standardized tests.
This book introduces the vast topic of medical English, including the basics of reading, listening, talking and writing; English grammatical structures using as examples normal sentences in medical environments; the jargon of international conferences; Latin and Greek terminology with and without English equivalents; acronyms and abbreviations; etc. This book is intended to help health care professionals who need English for their work but do not speak the language on a day-to-day basis. It will be valuable for medical students, residents, nurses, doctors, and everybody else involved in the health care industry.
This book provides a comprehensive coverage of medical terminology. Chapters One through Three provide a foundation for building medical vocabulary. Chapters Four through Sixteen organize content by body systems, presenting related word parts, terms, and abbreviations. It creates a distinction between terms built from word parts, which are usually based on Greek or Latin, and those terms NOT built from word parts, which are based on eponyms, acronyms, or terms from modern language. The book concludes with a series of appendices designed to extend student learning as desired. This eleventh edition features new term lists, including Laboratory Terms and Diagnostic Imaging Terms.
This book provides guidance on mastering medical terminology with a cutting-edge relevance to real-life medical practice. Using Chabner’s proven method of learning medical terms by studying them in the context of the human body, this book helps individuals of all educational backgrounds easily understand and remember important medical terminology by incorporating easy-to-follow explanations, logical and interesting examples, and countless reinforcement exercises. This new twelfth edition also features additional spotlight boxes on high-interest medical topics; updated medical scenario reports, laboratory tests, and clinical procedures; a new mini dictionary; additional in person stories, ADA-compliant resources, and more.
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