ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE SKILLS: ENGLISH LANGUAGE

English for Radiologists is a pre-intermediate course that is offered to health care students. It basically aims at equipping students with the necessary language skills they need to cope with the linguistic requirements of their specialization and to use English properly and fluently in the professional environment they are expected to join. This course seeks to develop a good understanding of basic skills in patient positioning and an accurate knowledge of anatomy to ensure good radiographic practice.
This course will present the essentials of radiographic techniques in a practical way.

Lectures and workshops

Key Aspects of Radiographic Practice:
Anatomical Terminology;
Positioning Terminology;
Projection Terminology;
General Considerations for the Conduct of Radiographic Examinations;
Patient Identity and Consent;
Justification of Examination;
Radiation Projection;
Pregnancy;
Evaluating Images;
Guidelines for the Assessment of Trauma; Theatre Radiography.
Radiographic Projections:
The upper Limb;
The lower Limb;
The vertebral Column.

Gendinning H. Eric. & Howard R., Professional English in Use: Medicine, Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Sloane C., Holmes K., Anderson C., Whitley A.S., Clark’s Pocket Handbook for Radiologists, Hooder Education, 2010.