CODE 108627 ACADEMIC YEAR 2025/2026 CREDITS 2 cfu anno 3 MEDICINA E CHIRURGIA 8745 (LM-41) - GENOVA SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR L-LIN/12 TEACHING LOCATION GENOVA SEMESTER 1° Semester MODULES Questo insegnamento è un modulo di: CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB OVERVIEW The course meets the need, in today’s increasingly globalized world, to communicate in English with patients and colleagues. AIMS AND CONTENT LEARNING OUTCOMES To acquire a good level of communication skills and knowledge of “common core” English at the B2 (upper-intermediate) level. To learn the principles of technical English writing in order to produce a scientific text. To communicate effectively in English with patients and colleagues, overcoming cultural barriers, in order to practice the profession in an international context. The program follows the sequence of English courses 1 (focusing on the consolidation of basic English knowledge) and English courses 2–3–4 (scientific and medical English). AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES The course, therefore, does not aim merely to facilitate the reading of a medical text, but has a more ambitious goal: to prepare students to practice their profession in English and within a cultural and linguistic environment different from their own. TEACHING METHODS Any Student with documented Specific Learning Disorders (SLD), or with any special needs, shall reach out to the Lecturer(s) and to the dedicated SLD Representative in the Department before class begins, in order to liase and arrange the specific teaching methods and ensure proper achievement of the learning aims and outcomes. Classroom lessons SYLLABUS/CONTENT Typical dialogue situations from specific medical areas are presented, featuring the most common English expressions related to health. Preference is given to non-technical, everyday language that a patient might use. For all these scenarios, the course highlights the key differences between the Anglo-Saxon and Italian interpersonal approaches, in order to help establish trust and improve communication with the patient. RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY All slides and teaching materials used during the lessons will be available on Aulaweb (https://www.aulaweb.unige.it) Carlo Pesce. Medical English. Zanichelli, 2020. TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD JOSEPH MICHAEL LEE Exam Board GIANLUCA DAMONTE (President) JOSEPH MICHAEL LEE (President) LESSONS LESSONS START Please refer to the Web Agenda | University of Genoa, available at the following link: https://easyacademy.unige.it/portalestudenti/ Class schedule The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy EXAMS EXAM DESCRIPTION Multiple-choice test ASSESSMENT METHODS Short oral presentations, responses to comments made during class activities, objective tests.
