Tác Giả GS. BS. Trần Phương Hạnh

To the teacher 

Taking a history 1 

1 Asking basic questions 

2 Taking notes 

3 Reading skills: Scanning a case history 

Taking a history 2 

1 Asking about systems 

2 Asking about symptoms 

3 Reading skills: Noting information from a textbook 

Examining a patient 

1 Giving instructions 

2 Understanding forms 

3 Reading skills: Using a pharmacol- ogy reference 

Special examinations 

1 Instructing explaining and reas-suring 

2 Rrpharasing, encouraging and prompting 

3 Reading skills: Reading articles 1 

Investigations 

1 Explaining and discussing investigations 

2 Using medical documents 

3 Reading skills: Reading articles 2 

Making a diagnosis 

1 Discussing a diagnosis 

2 Explaining a diagnosis 

3 Reading skills: Reading articles 3 

Treatment 

1 Medical treatment 

2 Physiotherapy 

3 Surgical treatment 

Key 

Appendix 1: Language functions 

Appendix 2: Common medical abbreviations 

Appendix 3: Who' s who in the British hospitial system 

Appendix 4: A broad equivalence of positions in the NHS and US hospital systems 

Appendix 5: Useful addresses