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English For Clinical Communication Restructured Syllabus

This document provides a syllabus for a course titled "English for Clinical Communication" for undergraduate students in their first year of an allied health sciences program. The 30-hour, 2-credit course is designed to build students' spoken and written English communication skills needed for clinical settings. The syllabus outlines 5 units that will help students exhibit respectful attitudes, develop effective writing abilities, and demonstrate speaking skills during clinical conversations, like breaking bad news. It also lists recommended textbooks and references to enhance students' grammar, vocabulary, listening, and reading competencies for patient-centered care.

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English For Clinical Communication Restructured Syllabus

This document provides a syllabus for a course titled "English for Clinical Communication" for undergraduate students in their first year of an allied health sciences program. The 30-hour, 2-credit course is designed to build students' spoken and written English communication skills needed for clinical settings. The syllabus outlines 5 units that will help students exhibit respectful attitudes, develop effective writing abilities, and demonstrate speaking skills during clinical conversations, like breaking bad news. It also lists recommended textbooks and references to enhance students' grammar, vocabulary, listening, and reading competencies for patient-centered care.

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Sri Ramachandra Faculty of Allied Health Sciences

English for Clinical Communication Syllabus

UG Program Year 1 – Semester - II

Credits/Week Hours/Semester
Ten Digit Course
Course Number

Course Title

Lecture/Tutorial
clinical training
Category

Practical (P)/
Lecture (L)*

Tutorial(T) /

Total Hours
Credits (C)
Code

Research

Practical
1 ENG24AEU01 AEC English for 2 - - 2 30 - 30
Clinical
Communication

*Lecture (L) method will cover the following classroom activities


- Interactive Lecture cum demonstration
- GP / Individual Discussions / Student Seminars
- Digital mode of Learning - video watching and learning using software
- Role Plays

LEARNING OBJECTIVE LEARNING OUTCOMES


This course is designed to build spoken and This course is designed to help the students to
written English competencies needed to  Exhibit oral and written competency of
communicate effectively in clinical setup. English needed for clinical interactions.
 Exhibit respectful attitude and verbal and
non verbal behaviour during patient
interactions.
 Develop effective writing skills using
grammatically correct sentences in
preparation of clinical reports.

UNIT SPECIFIC OUTCOMES


Unit I Applied Grammar and The students will be able to
Vocabulary 5 hrs  Identify and correct word order and
preposition usage within sentences.
1. Identifying errors in sentences - word  recognize and rectify discrepancies in tense
order, tenses, Prepositions application.
2.Transformation of sentences: Reported  Identify and use health-related proverbs,
Speech, Voices idioms, and phrasal verbs correctly in the
3. Abbreviations in Medical field given context.
4. Medical idioms, proverbs & Phrasal
1
verbs
Unit II Writing Skills 8 hrs The students will be able to
 Identify the structure of a clinical referral
1. Letter of Discharge letter
2. Reply Letter of referrals  Employ polite and respectful tone in writing
3. Curriculum Vitae , covering letter the letters
4. Developing a survey Questionnaire on  Use grammatical features appropriately in
health aspects framing sentences
5. Creative writing – Procedural Writing  Use concise and simple statement to elicit
and Narratives Writing details
 Apply the concepts of coherence
and cohesion in developing sequential
procedure and narration
Unit III Speaking Skills 10 hrs The students will be able to
 Demonstrate the ability to consistently
1. Telephonic Conversation implement patient-centered communication
2. Clinical Conversations- Carry out techniques, effectively
patient-centered communication  Lists out phrases and expressions to show
● Phrases to express respect for patient respect,
values,  Lists out phrases to elicit patients preference
● Phrases to express preferences, and  Exhibit understanding of professional manner
expressed needs along with a focus on and use phrases to break bad news
information, communication,
● Phrases to express respect for patient
values, preferences, and expressed
needs along with a focus on
information,
● Phrases to engage patients as full
decision-making partners
2. Breaking Bad News

● Verbal Expressions
● Body Language
● Listening with empathy
3. Offering Patient Education

● Steps to educate patients in clear


terms

Unit IV Listening Skills 3hrs The students will be able to


 Develop active listening skill to acquire
1.Listening to Health Podcast information
 Apply listening techniques to elicit
2,Empathetic Listening answers
 Appreciate and Assimilate the
communicative approach for patient care
Unit V Reading Skills 4 hrs The students will be able to
 Develop active listening skill to acquire

2
1. Prescribed Reading Extracts information
- Alcohol Abuse  Apply listening techniques to elicit answers
- Faith can help you heal  Appreciate and Assimilate new ideas in to the lives.

Textbook Recommended:

1. Skills for Communicating with Patients Jonathan Silverman Suzanne Kurtz Juliet Draper
2. Cambridge English for Nursing, Virginia Allum and Patricia McGarr.
3. Career English for Nurses by Selva Rose

4. Medical English as a Lingua Franca by M. Gregory Tweedie, Robert C. Johnson · 2022

References:

1. High School English Grammar and Composition by Wren & Martin.

2. J. C. Nesfield, English Grammar Composition & Usage, Macmillan India Limited.

3. Practical English Usage, Michael Swan

4. Speak in English, Lakshminarayanan.K.R

5. Practical Communication By Abraham Benjamin Samuel

Online sources:

http://www.letterwritingguide.com/
http://www.englishchick.com/grammar/
pocketguide-texttabscombined-oct2014final.pdf (mdanderson.org)
Relative contributions of history‐ taking, physical examination and laboratory investigations to
diagnosis and management of medical outpatients. Br Med J 1975; 2(5969): 486–489. Riskin A,
Erez A, Foulk TA et al.
The impact of rudeness on medical team performance: a randomised trial. Pediatrics 2015;
136(3): 487–495

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