
Explore the respiratory system from the nasal cavity and nostrils through pharynx, larynx, and trachea to the lungs, with bronchi and the diaphragm driving respiration and breathing.
Explore the lymphatic system: lymph nodes, tonsils, thymus, spleen, and bone marrow. Learn how they fight infection, mature T cells, recycle red blood cells, and store platelets.
Explore bronchitis and pneumonia through a patient-doctor dialogue, noting productive cough, green mucus, fever, chest pain, and wheezing, and learn distinctions and basic management.
Practice a medical English allergy dialogue focused on eczema symptoms and allergies. Recognize red, itchy, scaly skin rash on knees and elbows and how soap or detergent can trigger allergy.
Learn essential medical English for fractures, including emergency room dialogue, X-ray assessments, and casting for broken bones.
Covering departments including ear nose throat, ophthalmology, dentistry, dermatology, sexually transmitted diseases, and plastic surgery, this lecture highlights vocabulary such as teeth and gums, skin disorders, tissue, and cosmetic.
Explore the roots of Western medicine in ancient Egypt and Babylon, learning key terms from anatomy to diagnosis, prognosis, and clinical diagnostics.
Explore cardiovascular disease, a class of heart and blood vessel disorders, including coronary artery disease, angina, myocardial infarction, stroke, heart failure, and rheumatic and congenital heart diseases.
Explore chronic obstructive pulmonary disease as a progressive lung disease with shortness of breath, emphysema, chronic bronchitis, and bronchiolitis, linked to smoking, and airflow that bronchodilators may not improve.
The "Medical English for ESL Students and Professionals" course consists of 52 lessons, over 6 hours of recordings and 950 Medical English words and phrases. All lessons have text and recordings of the teacher. The course consists of 2 Levels - Beginners and Intermediate.
The Beginner Level is for people with little or no knowledge of Medical English. It slowly builds up a solid foundation, covering topics such as Organ Systems, Medical Equipment, Medication, Hospital Departments, and Most Common Diseases. In the recordings the teacher speaks slowly and clearly to ensure that she is fully understood by the students. There are lots of repetitions of the new words and phrases and plenty of pronunciation practice. The Beginner Level consist of 29 classes, 482 new Medical English words and phrases, and more than 3 hours of recordings.
In the Intermediate Level the level of difficulty is much higher than in the Beginners level. The texts are longer, the words - more complicated, and in the recordings the teacher speaks faster. There are different medical topics which help the students not only build up Medical English words but also learn/review/participate in discussions on important subjects concerning Western Medicine such as History of Western Medicine, Chronic Diseases, Infections and Infectious Diseases, Cancer and Cancer Treatments. This Level is for more advanced students or students who have completed Level 1. It consists of 23 lessons, 463 Medical English words and phrases, and nearly 4 hours of recordings.