Academic year
2019-20
Is found in:
- International Curriculum, programme stage 2
This is a single course unit.
Study load:
4 credits
Weight:
4,00
Total study time: 100,00 hours
Possible deadlines for learning account: 15.03.2020 ()
Organisation of education
This course unit is marked out of 20 (rounded to an integer).
Re-sit exam: is possible.
It is not possible to enrol in this course unit under
- exam contract (to obtain a credit).
- exam contract (to obtain a degree).
Special admission is required to enrol in this course unit under credit contract.
Co-ordinator: Mijlemans Birgit
Language course: Yes, English
Languages: English
Scheduled for: Semester 2
Objectives
Targeting the productive and receptive language skills in function of trade communication, medical and economic topicality, communication with managers, medical reports, communication with external stakeholders in English (receptive at CEFR level C1, productive at CEFR B2).
Applying principles of efficient conferencing in English as a connector in a healthcare organization.
Providing communication around meetings in English as a connector in a healthcare organization.
Drawing up a business-related report in English as an ambassador of the health care organization.
Preparing a press release, press folder and newsletter in English as an ambassador of a healthcare organisation.
Integrating medical and economic current affairs into professional oral communication in English.
Drawing up medical reports (hospitalisation, intervention, research,...) in English in a care organisation without errors and scientifically correct under the supervision of one or more doctors, whether or not by means of speech recognition.
Reviewing internal English documents as a connector in the healthcare organisation.
Efficiently communicating medical and non-medical information about the user to the care team in English.
Contents
In function of trade communication, medical and economic topicality, communication with managers, medical reports, communication with external stakeholders:
skills: reading, listening, speaking, writing, interaction in a business and professional context
with attention to: grammar, vocabulary, style, spelling
Meeting techniques
Inviting, taking minutes, reporting
Business related report
including financial reporting, annual report
Press release, press folder and newsletter
Keeping an eye on the world and using current medical and economic developments in professional conversations
Medical reports
Speech recognition, medical dictates
Reviewing (e.g. documents drawn up by a nurse, etc.)
With attention for digital revision
Communication with care providers about users.
Order of enrolment
There are no prerequisites for this course.
Final objectives
| As an ambassador of the health care organization, and a connector in the health care organization, communicate in a service-oriented and medically correct manner in an intercultural, international and multidisciplinary context in Dutch, French and English with internal and external stakeholders with various profiles. (Dutch: CEFR level C2 / English: receptive skills CEFR level C1, productive skills level B2 / French: receptive skills CEFR level C1, productive skills level B2) |
Teaching methods
Learning dialogue
Practice session
Assignment
Evaluation
Evaluation(s) for first exam chance
| Moment | Form | % | Remark |
| Non-periodic | Skills test | 30,00 | Details evaluation: Chamilo |
| Periodic | Integrated assessment | 70,00 | |
Evaluation(s) for re-sit exam
| Moment | Form | % | Remark |
| Periodic | Skills test | 100,00 | |
Study materials
1. Mandatory books
Mandatory- Author: David M. Allan
- Publisher: McGrawHill
- Edition: laatste editie
- ISBN-nr: 978-00-735-1379-9