English for Medical Communication: A Guide to Course Design is a practical guide to the design of health communication courses in English for Academic/Specific Purposes (EAP/ESP). Written by an experienced team of EAP/ESP practitioners teaching communication courses to medical students, the chapters cover ten key areas in medical communication, such as reporting patient history, writing a medico-legal report, discussing ethical cases, writing a Wikipedia article in medicine, and presenting community project findings in a research report.
The book covers medical communication among healthcare professionals with laypersons and researchers. Each chapter introduces course design principles, teaching approaches and techniques, course materials with effective classroom tasks, and students’ sample assignments. Each chapter also provides resources to support teachers in designing courses in a wider international context.
Including up-to-date literature on key concepts and core understandings and best practices in medical communication, this accessible volume is an essential guide for language teachers of EAP/ESP programs designing courses for medical students at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels worldwide.
Edited by:
Clarence Wenfeng Wang
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Weight: 500g
ISBN: 9781032451558
ISBN 10: 1032451556
Pages: 260
Publication Date: 28 February 2025
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Primary
,
Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Acknowledgements List of contributors 1 Introduction Clarence Wang 2 Medical terminology Clarence Wang, Laura Wakeland, Simon Scanlon, Ashley Hazell 3 Patient history reporting Clarence Wang, Jane Stokes, Laura Wakeland, Anthea Cheung, Gagandeep Singh, Caroline Nixon 4 Clinical handover Clarence Wang, Laura Wakeland 5 Medical ethics case presentation Clarence Wang, Laura Wakeland 6 Reflective writing Clarence Wang, Ashley Hazell, Simon Scanlon 7 Medical report writing Clarence Wang, Jane Stokes, Laura Wakeland, Daya Datwani 8 Popular science article writing Clarence Wang, Laura Wakeland, Daya Datwani, Glenda Thomas, Simon Boynton 9 Wikipedia article writing Clarence Wang, Laura Wakeland, Daya Datwani, Letty Chan, Glenda Thomas, Simon Scanlon, Juan Castillo, Simon Boyton 10 Research report writing Clarence Wang, Letty Chan, Simon Scanlon, Daya Datwani 11 Writing systematic reviews Clarence Wang 12 Conclusion Clarence Wang Index
Clarence Wenfeng Wang is Lecturer at the Centre for Applied English Studies of the University of Hong Kong.
