Inglese

Comprensione degli aspetti fondamentali della relazione che si instaura tra medico e paziente, sia in senso generale che all’interno dei contesti dei luoghi della cura. Conoscenze della lingua inglese nel settore linguistico medico-scientifico attraverso nozioni e concetti fondamentali in campo medico e sanitario.

Tessuto, G. 2024. English for Medicine: A Toolkit for discourse and genre-based approaches to medical language and communication. For classroom or self-study use. Third Edition. Torino: Giappichelli.

Formare gli studenti nell'ottica delle competenze trasversali tra linguaggio scientifico e l'ambiente etico/professionale della medicina e della salute in contesti anglofoni e internazionali.

Livello intermedio B1 della lingua inglese.

Lezioni frontali presentate in powerpoint e audio integrate da momenti di dibattito e confronto con lavoro a gruppi, sollecitando gli studenti a produrre a loro volta materiali specialistici orali e scritti in inglese da condividere con il resto del gruppo classe sulle diverse tematiche affrontate nelle lezioni.

Esame orale basato sugli argomenti del testo di riferimento.
L'esame è unico per il modulo di Inglese scientifico (A6513A) e per Informatica (prof. A6513B). I due moduli sono sostenuti obbligatoriamente durante la stessa sessione d'esame. L'esame è ritenuto superato solo se sono superati entrambi i moduli. Se uno solo dei 2 moduli non viene superato, si dovrà sostenere nuovamente tutto l'esame. Non è possibile congelare il superamento di singoli moduli. E' possibile sostenere l'esame solo dopo che i corsi di entrambi i moduli si sono conclusi.

Ove necessario, si consiglia anche la pratica della lingua inglese nelle sue applicazioni generali mediante la piattaforma di apprendimento autonomo Rosetta Stone.

Unit 1 - Medicine and Healthcare: key concepts and topics
1. Defining medicine
1.1. Defining medicine by other goal-oriented practices
1.2. Medicine, health & wellbeing
1.3. Medical professionalism
2. Medical care systems and practices
2.1. Folk medicine
2.2. Alternative medicine
2.3. Mainstream scientific medicine
3. Understanding the science and art of medicine
3.1. Medicine as science
3.2. Medicine as art
3.3. Science and art of medicine go hand in hand
3.4. Evidence-based medicine and other approaches
4. Medical science and art: a comprehensive view
5. History of medicine
5.1. The early days of medicine
5.2. Greek and Roman medicine
5.3. Early modern era of medicine: 16th-18th centuries Renaissance
5.4. Advances in modern medicine: 19th century
5.5. Medicine in the 20th century and beyond
6. Healthcare delivery systems and interprofessional care teams
6.1. Interprofessional collaboration
6.2. Interprofessional care teams: the UK healthcare system
6.3. Types of healthcare services
6.4. Primary healthcare
6.5. Secondary healthcare
6.6. Tertiary healthcare
6.7. Digitalisation of healthcare services: telemedicine
7. Medical education
7.1. Medical education in the UK
7.2. Medical regulatory bodies
8. Branches of medicine
9. Medical conditions
9.1. Medical conditions: distinctions
10. Doctor-patient relationship
10.1. Instrumental and affective components in doctor-patient relationship
10.2. Doctor-patient relationship and medical ethics
10.3. Types of doctor-patient relationship
10.4. Main requirements for a good doctor-patient relationship

English

Understanding main characteristics of doctor-patient relationship, in terms of general and specific healthcare contexts. English language knowledge applied to core components of topics and issues used in healthcare /medical-scientific fields.

Tessuto, G. 2024. English for Medicine: A Toolkit for discourse and genre-based approaches to medical language and communication. For classroom or self-study use. Third Edition. Torino: Giappichelli.

Helping students to acquire necessary competences across scientific language skills and ethical/professional standards applied to areas of medicine and healthcare in Anglophone and international contexts.

B1 (lower/upper intermediate) level of English

Monolingual frontal lessons in powerpoint or audio formats supplemented with group debate, with a view to eliciting students to produce specialist oral and written materials in English (ex: writing a research article abstract or presenting a conference poster) for sharing with other class members on any one topic dealt with.

There is a single exam for the Scientific English module (A6513A) and the Computer Science module (Professional A6513B). Both modules must be taken during the same exam session. Students must pass both modules to pass the exam. If they fail one of the two modules, they must retake the entire exam. It is not possible to freeze the passing of individual modules. The exam can only be taken after attending the lessons of both modules.

Where needed, students will benefit from self-study of general English by accessing Rosetta Stone platform.

Unit 1 - Medicine and Healthcare: key concepts and topics
1. Defining medicine
1.1. Defining medicine by other goal-oriented practices
1.2. Medicine, health & wellbeing
1.3. Medical professionalism
2. Medical care systems and practices
2.1. Folk medicine
2.2. Alternative medicine
2.3. Mainstream scientific medicine
3. Understanding the science and art of medicine
3.1. Medicine as science
3.2. Medicine as art
3.3. Science and art of medicine go hand in hand
3.4. Evidence-based medicine and other approaches
4. Medical science and art: a comprehensive view
5. History of medicine
5.1. The early days of medicine
5.2. Greek and Roman medicine
5.3. Early modern era of medicine: 16th-18th centuries Renaissance
5.4. Advances in modern medicine: 19th century
5.5. Medicine in the 20th century and beyond
6. Healthcare delivery systems and interprofessional care teams
6.1. Interprofessional collaboration
6.2. Interprofessional care teams: the UK healthcare system
6.3. Types of healthcare services
6.4. Primary healthcare
6.5. Secondary healthcare
6.6. Tertiary healthcare
6.7. Digitalisation of healthcare services: telemedicine
7. Medical education
7.1. Medical education in the UK
7.2. Medical regulatory bodies
8. Branches of medicine
9. Medical conditions
9.1. Medical conditions: distinctions
10. Doctor-patient relationship
10.1. Instrumental and affective components in doctor-patient relationship
10.2. Doctor-patient relationship and medical ethics
10.3. Types of doctor-patient relationship
10.4. Main requirements for a good doctor-patient relationship