MONDAY 22/02/2016 Professional English in Use, Medicine Allied Health Professional

Outline A: Community Health B: Technicians C: Prosthetists and Orthotists D: Opticians Exercises Bank of Questions Portal Address

A: Community Health Allied Health Professional: A large number or a group of people other than medical practitioners and nurses. Who are the groups work in Allied Health Professional? 1. Physiotherapists (Physios): They help people to move by getting them to do exercises or by treating their body with heat or massage – treatment by manipulating muscles and joints with the hands. 2. Occupational therapists (OTs): A group of people that help disables to perform tasks at home and at work. 3. Social workers: A group of people that help others to solve their social problems. 4. Chiropodists: Or podiatrists, a group of people that treat conditions affecting feet.

B: Technicians Technician: People who work with scientific equipment. eg: Radiographers (X-ray technicians) Ambulance Technician: Those who work in the emergency medicine service. Paramedic: They are ambulance technicians with advanced qualifications.

C: Prosthetists and Orthotists Prosthetists and Orthotists: They provide care for any one who needs an artificial limb (a prosthesis) Prosthetisits: They provide artificial replacements for patients who have had an amputation or were born without a limb. Orthotists: They provide a range of splints and other devices to aid movement, correct deformity from an abnormal development of part of the body, for example club foot (talipes), and relieve pain. Orthosis: A device to support or control part of the body. Rehabilitation: They help patients return to normal life and work after treatment.

D: Opticians Opticians: They test eyesight and prescribe glasses (spectacles, contact lenses) when necessary. Eye test includes: 1. Measuring intraocular pressure (pressure of fluid inside the eye) 2. Retina Eye disease (glaucoma)  refer them  GP GP  refer them  ophthalmologist A doctor who specializes in diseases of the eye.

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Bank of Questions Match all the words/phrases: Choose the correct word to complete the sentences: Paraphrase the paragraph below with not less than 50 words Write the ordinary English words for these anatomical words or vice versa: Complete these sentences with below words (eg: 5 blanks, 8 words) Match the conditions with the organs affected: Complete the textbook with the words below (eg: 5 blanks, 8 words) State whether the statements below are true or false, and correct the false ones: Define these words (leave one out) Over to you questions (3,4 and 5): Questions from the two pages you have been given.

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