Intercultural medical communication in Еurope

8 May 2013

Lecturers
Students

Medicine & Nursing

Autonomous learning
Classroom Context

Bulgarian

Any language

B1
B2
C1

Reference resources (online Dictionaries/ grammar guides/phrasebooks)
Test
Video

Vocabulary
Grammar

Listening
Speaking
Writing
Reading

Source to be found on IMED-KOMM-EU. Medical University, Varna
Very complex resource, represents the output of an international project. Has no English page.
Create and systematically organize, modernize, test, correct, value and distribute modern innovative materials for language teaching, testing (ECL) professional language teaching of medical students, foreign doctors and specialized mediacal staff. It consists of five units of a blended-learning course, is free and easily accessible, hybrid and consists of modules, activity-oriented and cooperative, an instance of task based learning.
Are designed to be used both for individual and class learning.
Has six interconnected web-pages for the use of teachers of Bulgarian, Lithuanian, German, Hungarian, Slovenian and Czech.
Pages focus on practically-relevant modules with complex online and offline exercises in the field of medical communication.
Includes valuable theoretical material on vocabulary, grammar and discourse (ppt presentations) and two multilingual dictionaries.
May 2022: No longer available in Bulgarian.

Supposedly validated under the project
Unfortunately, the Bulgarian section has been re/moved to online access under a course; it seems to be no longer freely available. The multi-lingual dictionary is no longer available either.
The German, Chech and Slovakian sections are functional, with some materiale left for the last 2 and a fully-developed German section.
Source does not seem to be usable any longer for Bulgarian and Hungarian.

Each of the 5 sections can be used according to the various needs learners ьшпреhave, as follows or in other sequences.
Topic 1. Communication Between Doctor And Patient. Anamnesis: plan, stages, question
Teacher gives handout (vocabulary – terminology, matching definitions, dialogue with gaps, short article) to students, introduces topic and discusses terminology.
Teacher plays video twice. Students watch and check words on their handout.
Teacher invites students to discuss dialogue.
Video is played for the second time and students are invited to role play.
Students are asked to detect new vocabulary in text abd article.
Vocabulary and script: multiple-choice excercise sample:
План за снемане на анамнезата / Plan for anamnesis
Етапи нa анамнеза / Stages of anamnesis
Въпроси за снемане на анамнезата / Questions
Text:
Разпитът на болния следва определена процедура (procedure), а данните се групират в следните групи: 1. Паспортни данни. Регистрират се име, възраст (age), дата на раждане, пол, местожителство (residence, address), националност, възраст, положение, професия на болния. При пациенти за клинично лечение се отбелязват имена, адреси, телефони близките (next of kin). 2. Сегашни заболявания (Anamnesis morbi). Разпитът започва с наглавните оплаквите (complains), за които болният е дошъл на преглед. Може да e един или много симптоми. Всеки симптом се установява. Главните оплаквания не включват термините (terms), кoито са наименования на заболявания или синдроми. Анамнезата няма за цел да регистрира поднесената от болния диагноза, а да уточни неговите подробности (details) оплаквания. Следващият етап при снемането на анамнезата е подробна (detaield) характеристиката на главните симптоми.