English: bedrijfscommunicatie
Topic: Introduction to medical english Name: Vancraeynest Luce
Date: 05/01
P. 48 - 72 Period: SEM 1
Questions / Main Ideas
/ Notes / Answers / Definitions / Examples / Sentences
Vocabulary
Hospital team
Key terms
Paediatrician Paediatrician: treats children
Midwife Midwife: attends births and delivers babies
Cardiologist Cardiologist: specializes in illnesses of the heart and blood
Radiologist vessels
Radiologist: takes x-rays and other images
Scrubnurse Scrubnurse: supports surgeons in the operating theatre
Pharmacist Pharmacist: prepares medicines to give to medical staff or
Paramedic patients
Paramedic: responds to emergencies and provides first aid
Surgeon Surgeon: performs operations
Lab technician Lab technician: examines samples and tissues under a
microscope
In and around the hospital: departments
Key terms
Pathology Pathology: studies illnesses and analyses samples
Cardiology Cardiology: specializes in the heart
Physiotherapy Physiotherapy: designs special exercises for patients
Renal unit Renal unit: treats kidney diseases
Pharmacy Pharmacy: dispenses medicine
Orthopaedics Orthopaedics: treats bones
Neurology Neurology: treats disorders of the nervous system
Paediatrics Paediatrics: deals with children that are ill
Dermatology Dermatology: treats diseases of the skin
Haematology Haematology: studies blood disorders
Obstetrics Obstetrics: specializes in pregnancy and birth
Surgery Surgery: performs operations on patients
Medical staff
Key terms
Allergist Allergist: specializes in determining food and environmental
allergies
Anaesthesiologist Anaesthesiologist: specializes in pain prevention during surgery
Chiropractor Chiropractor: back specialist
Dentist Dentist: tooth specialist
Dermatologist Dermatologist: skin specialist
Topic: Introduction to medical english Name: Vancraeynest Luce
Date: 05/01
P. 48 - 72 Period: SEM 1
Questions / Main Ideas
/ Notes / Answers / Definitions / Examples / Sentences
Vocabulary
Hospital team
Key terms
Paediatrician Paediatrician: treats children
Midwife Midwife: attends births and delivers babies
Cardiologist Cardiologist: specializes in illnesses of the heart and blood
Radiologist vessels
Radiologist: takes x-rays and other images
Scrubnurse Scrubnurse: supports surgeons in the operating theatre
Pharmacist Pharmacist: prepares medicines to give to medical staff or
Paramedic patients
Paramedic: responds to emergencies and provides first aid
Surgeon Surgeon: performs operations
Lab technician Lab technician: examines samples and tissues under a
microscope
In and around the hospital: departments
Key terms
Pathology Pathology: studies illnesses and analyses samples
Cardiology Cardiology: specializes in the heart
Physiotherapy Physiotherapy: designs special exercises for patients
Renal unit Renal unit: treats kidney diseases
Pharmacy Pharmacy: dispenses medicine
Orthopaedics Orthopaedics: treats bones
Neurology Neurology: treats disorders of the nervous system
Paediatrics Paediatrics: deals with children that are ill
Dermatology Dermatology: treats diseases of the skin
Haematology Haematology: studies blood disorders
Obstetrics Obstetrics: specializes in pregnancy and birth
Surgery Surgery: performs operations on patients
Medical staff
Key terms
Allergist Allergist: specializes in determining food and environmental
allergies
Anaesthesiologist Anaesthesiologist: specializes in pain prevention during surgery
Chiropractor Chiropractor: back specialist
Dentist Dentist: tooth specialist
Dermatologist Dermatologist: skin specialist
