12. Medical education 2 PROFESSIONAL ENGLISH IN USE FOR MEDICINE

PROFESSIONAL ENGLISH IN USE FOR MEDICINE

12. Medical education 2

A	The foundation Programme The foundation Programme is a two-year training programme which forms the bridge between university-level study at medical school, and specialist or general practice training. It consists of series of placements, each lasting four months, which allow the junior doctor, known as a trainee, to sample different specialties, for example paediatrics. A one year trainee (FY1) corresponds to pre-registration house officer (PRHO) posts and a year two trainee (FY2) to senior house officer (SHO) posts. Each trainee has an educational supervisor who ensures that more senior doctors deliver training in different ways, including clinical and educational supervision. To progress, trainees have to demonstrate a range of clinical competencies which are assessed through observation in their workplace.
B	People in medical education tutor An academic, or in some cases a postgraduate student, who leads tutorials. demonstrator In anatomy teaching, someone who demonstrates how to dissect. Demonstrators are often postgraduate students paying their way through medical school. lecturer/ senior lecturer An academic with teaching and research responsibilities who contributes to the teaching of a particular discipline. professor A senior academic with teaching and research responsibilities for a particular discipline. Usually a leading figure in their discipline. college tutor A consultant responsible for delivering a college training programme. clinical trainer A consultant assigned to a trainee who provides training during periods of direct clinical care. educational supervisor A consultant who supervises a trainee’s period of training
C	Medical qualifications BMSc BMed Sci Bachelor of Medical Sciences. A degree often taken after three years of medical studies by students who may wish to follow a career in medical research. MBChB, MBBS BMBCh, BMBS Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery. Bachelor degrees are undergraduate degrees. This is the first degree for UK doctors. MD, DM Doctor of Medicine DRCOG Diploma of the Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology MRCP MRCS Member of the Royal College and Physicians or Member of the Royal College of Surgeons. Doctors become Members by successfully completing the assessment procedures in their college. FRCS FRCS (Ed) FRCS(Glas) FRCSI Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Other colleges are indicated by the letters which follow, for example Edinburg, Glasgow, or Ireland. How doctors become a Fellow depends on their college. For the FRCS, further examinations must be passed. For other colleges it is by nomination or work assessment.

12.1	Complete the phrases with verbs from the box. Two phrases can be completed in two different ways. Look at A and B opposite to help you. assess deliver demonstrate provide supervise take 1 ____________ a competence or how to do something. 2 ____________ a trainee by ensuring is successfully completes her training 3 ____________a course or a training programme (a teacher) 4 ____________ a course or a training programme (as a student) 5 ____________ Progress or competence
12.2	Match the two parts of the sentences. Look at A, B and C opposite to help you. 1 An FYI is a doctor 2 A demonstrator is an anatomy teacher 3 A clinical trainer is a consultant 4 A supervisor is a consultant 5 A medical school is 6 A placement is 7 A college is 8 A Fellow is a specialist
12.3	Write in full the qualifications of the doctors and surgeons. Look at C above to help you. 1 Mr A.H. Younghusband, MBChB, FRCS, FRCSI 2 Dr C Doyle, BMed Sci, DM, MRCP 3 Ms E Inglis, MBBS, FRCS 4 Dr E Merryweather, BM, MD, FRCP

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