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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ACY 2232 PROFESSIONAL ENGLISH COMPULSORY 2 0 0 2

Offered By

First And Emergency Aid

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle(Bachelor's Degree)/Second Cycle(Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR BENNUR KOCA

Offered to

First And Emergency Aid

Course Objective

To improve the ability of the students to read and understand English texts and to develop professional communication

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Can able to have basic communication skills with patients who speaks English
2   Can able to read and understand the medical records of the patient
3   Can able to read and understand the medical literature at least with help of a dictionary
4   Can able to tell and write the medical condition of the patient to other parties
5   Can read and understand the technical and operative manuals of essential devices
6   Can able to give medical information about the patient

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Presentation of the course, the concept of proffesional english
2 Primary assessment
3 Secondary assessment
4 CPR algorithms
5 Cardiac arrest case study
6 Disaster case scenario, triage and approach to patient
7 Approach to trauma
8 Midterm exam
9 The case study of acute abdomen role play
10 Bleeding events
11 The case study of a hypoglycemic patient role play
12 Burns
13 Poisoning
14 Suffocation
15 Foreing bodies in the ear, nose and eye
16 Overall assessment, taking feedback

Recomended or Required Reading

Medical English Clear & Simple: A Practice-Based Approach to English for ESL Healthcare Professionals, M. Hull
English in Medicine: A course in Communication Skills (Cambridge Professional English), E. H. Glendinning, B. Holmström
Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine, 7th Edition, J.E. Tintinalli
Mosby's Paramedic Textbook, 2nd Edition, M.J. Sanders

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Multiple-choice written exam

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ODV * 0.50 + FN * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) ODV * 0.50 + BUT * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

The course is done and evaluated.within the framework of SHMYO Education and Examination Rules of Practice

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

e-mail:ahu.pakdemirli@deu.edu.tr Phone: 0 232 412 47 40

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 15 2 30
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 15 1 15
Preparation for midterm exam 1 1 1
Preparation for final exam 1 2 2
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 50

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.14445
LO.235
LO.33553
LO.435333
LO.5333
LO.6333