Medical English IV is a compulsory course in the fourth year of the study of Medicine in English. It includes 20 hours of seminars (1 ECTS).

The aim of the course is twofold: to assist the students in improving their communicative competence (with an emphasis on medical terminology) and to improve their academic writing skills. Active participation in classes, competition of written assignments, and oral presentations will contribute to the improvement of language fluency and writing skills and the development of the ability to find, summarize, write and present data and information.

Course content: Critical reading of medical texts with accompanying reading comprehension exercises at an advanced level, which will serve as a starting point for improving vocabulary relevant to the development of communication competence and key grammatical structures; individual work, work in pairs; creative writing. Students' progress is continuously monitored through short quizzes and a final test. Students will receive constructive individual and group feedback on their progress. The course is considered passed after the students have given an oral presentation, submitted all written assignments, and passed the final test.

Learning outcomes:

● understand professional and scientific texts, identify key ideas and specific information

● distinguish and apply different language registers (formal/informal expression)

● recognize grammatical and lexical structures typical of medical language in speech and writing

● spot grammatically and orthographically incorrect parts of sentences and be able to offer the correct solution

● apply grammatical and lexical structures typical of medical language in preparing a presentation

● communicate new knowledge fluently and accurately

Course structure: 

The course is organized through 20 hours of seminars. It is distributed continuously for 10 weeks. The course is based on the students’ active participation in the seminars and presentations.