Inglés para Médicos. Tratando con un Paciente de Habla Inglesa

1. BASICS

• Basic health terms
• Meeting the patient: greetings, introductions, starting the consultation

2. PRESENT COMPLAINT 1

• Symptoms: Urinary system, Skin, Respiratory system, Central Nervous system, Gynaecological system, Paediatrics

3. PRESENT COMPLAINT 2

• Symptoms: Mental illness, Heart and Circulation, Gastrointestinal system, the eye, ENT, Traumatology and Rheumatology

4. History of present illness

• Where: parts of the body, internal organs
• When: time concepts
• How: describing the pain
• Looking for causes

5. TAKING A PAST HISTORY

• Personal, family, social history

6. BASIC INVESTIGATIONS AND PHYSICAL EXAMINATION

• Examining the patient and giving instructions

7. FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS

• Explaining tests and procedures

8. DIAGNOSIS AND CONDITIONS

• Imparting the diagnosis and giving bad news
• Referring a patient
• Explaining a condition

9. TREATMENTS AND THERAPIES

• Prescribing drugs
• Describing a treatment
• Discussing a course of action

10. THE FOLLOW UP

• The patient’s condition
• Giving advice on healthy lifestyles