1. MONDAY 08/02/2016 Professional English in Use, Medicine Medical Practitioners 2

2. Outline A: Hospital staff B: Medical teams C: Shifts Exercises Paragraph common mistakes Skimming and scanning Homework

3. A: Hospital staff Staff = people who work in a place. British hospital Medical staff groups conclude: Pre-registration house officer (PRHO), or house officer Foundation Year 1 doctor (FY1). (assistant physician or surgeon) Senior house officer (SHO) Foundation Year 2 doctor (FY2). (non-consultant hospital doctor) Specialist registrar (SpR) Doctors who completed the foundation programme. (a doctor and d about to become a consultant). Consultant Fully qualified specialist. (a professional who provides professional or expert d advice).

4. B: Medical teams Consultant physicians and surgeons (have a team of junior Drs) Multidisciplinary teams (Drs, physiotherapists and allied health professionals). Admit Ward Junior doctors clerk the patients (take medical history) Investigation (test) New admission Ward rounds discharged

5. C: Shifts Shifts (7am to 3pm) (3pm to 11pm) (11pm to 7 am) Alternative system: (9am to 5pm) (take turns on call) (rota)= list of names and times (radio pager or bleeper) = a device which makes a noise when h some one is trying to contact them

6. Exercises Have a look at the exercises now

7. Paragraph common mistakes

8. Skimming and scanning Skimming: a fast reading technique to get the gist Scanning: fast reading technique What are the uses of scanning and skimming?

9. Homework Study unit 7 for next week Do the exercises fully Make yourself familiar with skimming and scanning techniques

10. Thank you