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A STANDARDISED ASSESSMENT SYSTEM FOR ENGLISH FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES TO ACHIEVE INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL HARMONISATION
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I. NEEDS
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A. THE NEEDS OF HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS FOR EFFECTIVE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS I. NEEDS
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I. NEEDS A. THE NEEDS OF HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS FOR EFFECTIVE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS Doctors: To enhance the transfer of clinical research information of import to the potential improvement of patient care. To enhance communications among international colleagues (medical and allied health) regarding diagnoses and teatment. To assess the ability in the required language skills of allied health personnel to work in other counties especially those in the European Union. To rapidly access and extract essential information from the international literature (printed and electronic). To able to write papers that will be accepted in internationally recognised publications. To make competent presentations (oral, poster, proceedings, etc.) at domestic and international meetings.
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Nurses: To be able to communicate in English with patients whose native language is not that of the region in which the hospital is located. To enhance communications among international colleagues (medical and allied health) regarding diagnoses and teatment. To assess the ability in the required language skills of allied health personnel to work in other counties especially those in the European Union. To rapidly access and extract essential information from the international literature (printed and electronic). To able to write papers that will be accepted in internationally recognised publications. To make competent presentations (oral, poster, proceedings, etc.) at domestic and international meetings. I. NEEDS A. NEEDS OF MEDICAL PERSONNEL:
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B. NEEDS OF ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS PROVIDING EDUCATION IN ENGLISH FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES I. NEEDS
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To facilitate academic exchange to enhance the development of collaborative programmes, depending on the decision of the leadership subcommitee of the test development organisation. I. NEEDS B. NEEDS OF ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS PROVIDING EDUCATION IN ENGLISH FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES
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C. HOW EDUCATION IN ENGLISH FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THE EUROPEAN UNION AND INTERNATIONAL HEALTH CARE INFORMATION FLOW I. NEEDS
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To provide a state-of-the-art programme regarding EMP. To adhere to the European Common Framework of Reference for Languages. To promote international implementation of collaboration in order to meet the objectives of the European Commission. I. NEEDS C. HOW EDUCATION IN ENGLISH FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THE EUROPEAN UNION AND INTERNATIONAL HEALTH CARE INFORMATION FLOW
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II.AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
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To contribute to the accurate assessment of proficiency in English for Medical Purposes of medical professionals and students by means of creating an international standardised assessment system based on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, and other relevant international guidelines. II. AIM AND OBJECTIVES GENERAL AIMS:
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II. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES a) To investigate international situation of education for English for Medical Purposes. b) To establish common international goals for education in English for Medical Purposes. c) To produce a standardised system of assessing competence in English for Medical Purposes in accordance with the guidelines of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, and other relevant international g uidelines. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES:
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a) Medical doctors, nurses, and all other allied health professional staff. b) All European and international medical and allied health sciences students. c) Researchers in the fields of medicine or biomedical sciences. III.TARGET GROUPS:
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IV.ACADEMIC AND COMMERCIAL NEEDS THAT MUST BE URGENTLY MET a)Immediate and essential needs for education in English for Medical Purposes. b)A standardised curriculum for EMP education. c)A standardised assessment system for EMP competences. d)Test specifications to be used as a basis for the production of a Common European Framework of Reference for EMP. e)Dissemination of the standardised curriculum. f)Dissemination of the standardised assessment system. g)Internet-based dissemination of the project and the results.
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