Do you need to improve your medical English?
IH Manchester can help you!
Study Online: With your own personal tutor. Follow a structured, 50 hour online course and book live online individual lessons with your own IH Manchester tutor.
Completely flexible. Study when and where you want. Progress at your own pace.
IH Manchester can help you to medical English success!
Medical English 1:1 lessons with IH Manchester are designed to give you the language and skills needed to move on to the next stage of your medical career.
Why study medical English with IH Manchester?
- Study with full trained and qualified experts
- Access to our online study platform with content written by leading Medical English professionals and which includes 35 videos, 45 audio tracks and 100s of different tasks and activities including test practice.
- IH Manchester’s flipped learning approach means you learn efficiently. Students can complete activities on our platform before class so more class time is spent practising, consolidating understanding and receiving feedback.
- Learn the language skills required for success including integrated grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation work as well as focused writing, reading, speaking and listening practice.
- Practice including speaking test roles plays and written test script correction throughout the programme as required.
English for Doctors
Communicating accurately and effectively is critical to the safety, care and wellbeing of patients. This 100-hour, online course teaches the English that enables international doctors to deliver outstanding levels of practice and care, build strong relationships with patients and colleague, and lead and participate in successful healthcare teams. The course is designed for doctors and medical students with an upper-intermediate or advanced (B2 or C1) level of English who work or study in English.
Around the Hospital
• On the ward
• Hospital staff, inc. allied health professionals
• Introducing yourself to patients
• The body: anterior, posterior
• Glossary of body terms
Patient Admissions
• Clerking a patient
• Non-verbal communication
• Therapeutic listening
• Wounds and burns
• Hospital charts: patient admission form
• Writing a patient file note
Interviewing a Patient
• The language used in healthcare
• Conducting patient interviews
• The Calgary – Cambridge Observation Guide
• Asking different types of questions
• Cardiovascular conditions
• Respiratory symptoms and conditions
• Describing strokes
• The body: the nose, head, face
Taking Observations
• Blood pressure and pulse
• Temperature
• Neurological changes
• Hospital charts: Early Warning Score
• The body: the arm, hands
• The body: skin, nails, hair
Past Medical History
• Patient centred care
• Allergies and adverse drug reactions
• Taking a sexual history
• Substance misuse
• Describing dementia
• Challenging behaviours in the elderly
• The body: the chest
Talking about Pain
• Types of pain
• Pain severity
• Pain location
• Using pain scales
• Chronic back pain
• The body: muscles, tendons, bones, ligaments
Examining a Patient
• Patient confidentiality
• Putting a patient at ease
• The female reproductive system
• Doing an internal examination
• Protecting vulnerable patients
• Writing GP letters
Explaining Tests
• Blood tests, taking a blood sample
• Radiological tests
• Testing for tuberculosis
• Cervical smear tests
• Taking a urine specimen
• Diabetes tests
• Hospital forms: pathology forms
• The body: the ears
Discussing a Diagnosis
• Discussing different diagnoses
• Discussing injuries
• Discussing IBS
• Infectious diseases and conditions
• Answering a bleep
• The body: intestines, abdomen
• The body: feet, ankles
Explaining Treatment
• Managing diabetes
• Managing constipation
• Managing urinary incontinence
• Managing asthma
• Stoma therapy
• Administering medications, PCA
• Hospital charts: controlled drugs, oxygen therapy
• Writing a discharge letter
Discussing Surgery
• Surgical procedures
• Cosmetic surgery
• Hospital chart: VTE
• Arthritis
• The body: hips, thighs, legs
• The body: shoulders
• Using SBAR
Pre-operative Care
• Consent, infection control, MRSA
• Pre-operative investigations
• Assessing level of risk: anaesthesia
• Healthcare acquired infections
• The kidneys, fluid loss, dehydration
• Inserting an IV cannula
• IV fluids
Post-operative Care
• Giving a post-operative handover
• Endocrine disorders: subtotal thyroidectomy
• Wound infections
• Hospital charts: sepsis screening tool
• Suggesting lifestyle changes
• The body: mouth, eyes, the senses
• Writing a discharge letter
Oncology and End-of-Life Care
• Types of cancers
• Oncology and chemotherapy
• Radiotherapy
• The breast and breast cancer
• Cancer of the cervix
• Lung cancer
• Palliative care
• End-of-life care
• Hospital charts: DNAR orders
This course is accredited by the CPD Standards Office in the UK, whose professional qualifications are recognised worldwide. On course completion, learners receive an End-of-Course Achievement Certificate confirming 80 CPD points.
