1	Course Title:	MEDICAL ENGLISH – V (OCCUPATIONAL TOPICS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
2	Course Code:	TIPİS3019
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	3
6	Semester:	5
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	3
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	1
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	None
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	English
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Öğr. Gör. Dr. NESLİHAN ÖNDER ÖZDEMİR
16	Course Lecturers:	Yok
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Öğr.Gör.Dr. Neslihan ÖNDER ÖZDEMİR neslionder@uludag.edu.tr
18	Website:	Yok
19	Objective of the Course:	It aims to provide medical students with the four main skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing in English by using current course materials and medical articles specific to the field of medicine.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	To understand and interpret a medical text in English correctly. To be able to use reading strategies while reading an English text about medicine. To be able to understand and use the most frequently encountered medical words and terms in English. To be able to discuss medical issues using Medical English. To be able to use English vocabulary learning strategies. To be able to recognize the differences between General English and Medical English.

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Learning Outcomes:

1 Dealing with the advanced level of medical texts in English; 2 Using right vocabulary while speaking to patients and colleagues; 3 Presenting a research article in English; 4 Coping with unknown words through vocabulary learning strategies; 5 Being able to read current medical texts and research articles in English; 6 Using skills of paraphrasing; 7 Writing a cover letter to apply for a postgraduate study or work abroad; 8 Explaining the instructions relevant to medical contexts; 9 Discussing current topics in English; 10 Being aware of the medical websites ;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Healthcare in Turkey: from laggard to leader (British Medical Journal, 2011) Editorial: The lethal burden of drug overdose (LANCET) Sentence connectors
2	**Target Academic Vocabulary ‘What British women know about cervical cancer symptoms and risk factors?’ (European Journal of Cancer) ***Medical Video
3	Academic reading passages Lung cancer: a global scourge (LANCET)
4	A milestone in the response to non-communicable diseases
5	America’s cancer care crisis-LANCET
6	Cardiovascular health for all
7	Health-care workers with HIV: free to work again
8	Syria: the neglected health crisis deepens
9	Lung cancer: a global scourge
10	The lethal burden of drug overdose
11	Current medical research article (which will be published in 2015)
12	Current medical research article (which will be published in 2015)
13	Current medical research article (which will be published in 2015)
14	Current medical research article (which will be published in 2015)

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	1) Medical Journals that Uludağ University has subscription (considering the journal’s impact factor), including: The New England Journal of Medicine Lancet Journal of Medical American Association (JAMA) British Medical Journal 2) In-house course materials, including selected authentic medical texts, medical research articles and detailed definitions and explanations of high frequency medical words *3) Medical students’ recommendation of English medical research articles which are compatible with the content courses in Turkish Websites: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/ http://www.sciencedaily.com/ Dictionaries: 1) Dorland’s illustrated medical dictionary (31st edition): Saunders, Elsevier: USA. 2) Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English (5th edition) 3) Kocaturk, U. (2005). Açıklamalı Tıp Terimleri Sözlüğü. Yenisehir: Ankara 24 Assesment
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	40
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	60
Total	2	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		40
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		60
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course	1 midterm and 1 final exam
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ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

Activites	NUMBER	TIME [Hour]	Total WorkLoad [Hour]
Theoretical	14	1	14
Practicals/Labs	0	0	0
Self Study and Preparation	2	14	28
Homeworks, Performances	0	14	14
Projects	0	0	0
Field Studies	0	0	0
Midtermexams	1	14	14
Others	0	0	0
Final Exams	1	14	14
Total WorkLoad			84
Total workload/ 30 hr			2,8
ECTS Credit of the Course			3

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CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

PQ1 PQ2 PQ3 PQ4 PQ5 PQ6 PQ7 PQ8 PQ9 PQ10 PQ11 PQ12 PQ13 PQ14 PQ15 PQ16 LO1 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 LO2 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 LO3 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 LO4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 LO5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 LO6 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 LO7 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 LO8 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 LO9 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 LO10 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High