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Professional enGlish
english for medical Professionals 1
5 weeks full time, 20 hours per week
Program dates 2013
22 April to 24 May (term 4)
14 October to 15 November (term 9)
entry requirements
• Overseas trained health professional
• an intermediate to advanced level of English with
a recommended minimum IELTS 6.0, or equivalent.
Key features
This program is designed to help you communicate
effectively in an English speaking health context.
This program is ideal for people who are preparing for
the Occupational English Test (OET) including doctors,
dentists, nurses, veterinarians, physiotherapists, pharmacists,
occupational therapists, speech therapists, dietitians,
radiographers and optometrists.
content of the Program
The program focuses on developing speaking, listening,
reading and writing skills and provides OET test practice.
Activities include health professional - client roleplays,
listening to consultations and lectures, reading health related
texts, analysis of case notes and writing of referral letters.
There is an emphasis on developing an understanding of
the Australian cultural and medical context.
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Writing Skills
Describing results and
fndings
Examining authentic
referral letters
Reading Skills
Skimming and
scanning Health
headlines from
Medical Journal
of Australia
Referencing
Context clues
Test Writing
Timed writing tasks
Referral letters
Test Listening
Consultation:
Patient with AIDS
Lecture:
Rural Health
Test Reading
NSW Poisons Centre
No Gene for
Alzheimers
Remote Consultations
Speaking Skills
Describing conditions
and procedures
Everyday language
Listening Skills
Listening for
main ideas
Epidemiology
of cancer
Note taking
Health Minutes
The Health Report
Speaking Roleplays
Explaining and
Reassuring
- anxious patients
Grammar and
Pronunciation
Present perfect
vs past tense
Stress in sentences
Australian Culture
Doctor –patient
Relationships Stimulus
TV program, RPA
Hospital
english for medical Professionals 1
OET Preparation for Medical and Health Professionals
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