Tác Giả eric h glendinning

To the teacher

Taking a history 1

1 Asking basic questions

2 Taking notes

3 Reading skills: Scanning a case history

Taking a history 2

1 Asking about systems

2 Asking about symptoms

3 Reading skills: Noting information from a textbook

Examining a patient

1 Giving instructions

2 Understanding forms

3 Reading skills: Using a pharmacol- ogy reference

Special examinations

1 Instructing explaining and reas-suring

2 Rrpharasing, encouraging and prompting

3 Reading skills: Reading articles 1

Investigations

1 Explaining and discussing investigations

2 Using medical documents

3 Reading skills: Reading articles 2

Making a diagnosis

1 Discussing a diagnosis

2 Explaining a diagnosis

3 Reading skills: Reading articles 3

Treatment

1 Medical treatment

2 Physiotherapy

3 Surgical treatment

Key

Appendix 1: Language functions

Appendix 2: Common medical abbreviations

Appendix 3: Who' s who in the British hospitial system

Appendix 4: A broad equivalence of positions in the NHS and US hospital systems

Appendix 5: Useful addresses