Name of course/module

Medical Polish

Name of unit(s) in which the course is implemented

Department of Foreign Languages

E-mail of the unit

sjosekr@umb.edu.pl

Faculty

Faculty of Medicine with the Division of Dentistry and Division of Medical Education in English

Major

Medicine

Mode of study

Long-cycle studies.

Form of study

full-time

Language of the course

Polish and English

Course type

obligatory

Year/ semester

I and II year

1, 2,3 and 4

Introductory courses and essential requirements

pre-course – Polish as a foreign language

Implementation of learning outcomes in the scope of knowledge, skills and competences from the previous year ( getting credit after the 1^st year) on the II year.

Number of hours of teaching divided into forms of teaching

Practical classes 100 hours

Course assumptions and objectives

The aim of the Polish language course is to prepare students to understand and use basic everyday life expressions, including those from medical environment, to find relevant information in short written text forms, and to be able to communicate with patients as part of the history taking procedure (basic skills).

Teaching methods

- short interactive lecture/presentation by the teacher

- role-play

- warming-up and brainstorming exercises

- grammar, lexical, translation and consolidation exercises

- working with audiovisual material

- preparing and presenting your own multimedia presentation

- information and communication technologies (e-learning)

Student consultations once a week, 45 minutes, according to the consultation schedule at the Department of Foreign Languages MUB

Name and surname of the tutor

Didactic staff employed at the Department of Foreign Languages of MUB

Name and surname of the person responsible for teaching

mgr Barbara Gorbacz-Gancarz

Symbol

and number of the learning outcome

in accordance with the educational standard and other subject learning outcomes

Description of major-related learning outcomes

Type of training

Method of verification of assumed learning outcomes

Knowledge

Skills

D.U18

is able to communicate with the patient in Polsih at the A1 level of the European System of Description for Language Training

Practical classes

Summarizing methods:

- oral examination

- project/presentation

Formative methods

- observation of student work

- assessment of activity during classes

- questions/answers during classes

- partial assessment

Social competences

K4

perceives and recognises own limitations and makes self-assessments of deficits and learning needs

takes part in group and individual projects and tasks

Summarizing methods:

- continuous assessment by the teacher

(observation)

Formative methods

- observation of student work

- questions/answers during classes

- opinions of colleagues

K7

uses objective sources of information

ECTS credits

2.5 + 3

Student workload

Form of activity

Number of hours to complete the activity

Activities requiring participation of the tutor:

1. Course completion: lectures (according to the study plan)

2. Course completion: practical classes (according to the study plan)

100

3. Course completion: seminars (according to the study plan)

4. Course completion: optional classes

5. Participation in consultations

10

hours total: 110

Independent student work:

1. Self-preparation for theoretical and practical classes (making a project, documentation, case description, etc.)

2. Self-preparation for assessments/tests

25

3. Self-preparation for the final examination/assessment

15

total hours: 40

Learning content of the course

Learning outcomes

(symbol and number)

Subject

D.U18 - can communicate with a patient in Polish

at the A1 level of the Common European

Framework of Reference for Languages

I YEAR:

1. Information about yourself. Family and the place we come from – towns and countries. Greetings and saying goodbye. Asking and answering questions about e. g. age, occupation Recognizing official and unofficial forms. Presenting the family and the place we come from. Expressing likes and dislikes. Interests. Describing people, places and objects; verb to be, instrumental case, verbs conjugation, nouns and adjectives - gender, pronouns, question words; (22 h)

2. At the doctor's surgery. Asking and answering question at the doctor's surgery. Recognizing body parts in Polish. Speaking about ailments; verb to have and accusative; (8h)

3. Accommodation. Asking and answering questions about accommodation and facilities; verb to have/must, time expressions; (4h)

4. Eating out. Understanding the menu and ordering dishes. Paying bills; verb to able to/can, instrumental case; (4h)

5. Shopping. Asking and answering questions. Understanding the names of food items and products. Prices; adverbs of frequency, verbs conjugation; (4h)

6.Telling the time. Asking and answering questions about the time in different places and situations, e.g. cinema, train; verbs expressing movement, conjugation; (4h)

7.Taxi, railway station, airport. Asking and answering questions in a Taxi, railway station and an airport. Speaking about the months; past form of verbs to be; (4h)

II YEAR:

1. Taking history: personal information. Developing speaking skills. Asking and answering questions.

2. Body parts, organs and systems. Taking history: pain and disorders. Body parts and organs – singular and plural. Verb 'boleć' singular and plural form. Verb 'mieć' - 1^st person singular + adjective + noun (body part or organ). Nominative and accusative case – singular and plural.

3. Specialists, specialties, and hospital words. Hospitals. Referral to specialists. Specialist medical centers. Verbs 'chcieć, musieć'. Finding information in Internet, information plates.. Understanding abbreviations.

4. At the doctor's surgery. Medical examination. Doctor's instructions.

5. At the pharmacy. Forms and types of drugs and dressings. Giving advice.

6. Specialist examinations, laboratory tests. Developing reading, speaking and writing skills.

7. Case history. Chief complaints. History of present illness. The case history questions and answers, role-plays and dialogs. Adverbs. Time expressions. Past forms of verbs “być, mieć, boleć and chorować'.

8. The family history. Past complaints. Style of life. Time expressions: present and past. Past forms of verbs ‘hurt, have and suffer from’. Giving advice. Prohibition.

Obligatory literature:

1. POLSKI RAZ DWA TRZY dla studentów anglojęzycznych, wprowadzenie do języka medycznego

by E. Szczepaniak, B. Gorbacz

2. O medycynie po polsku by E. Szczepaniak, B. Gorbacz

Supplementary literature:

1. Język Polski w Medycynie, A Guide to Polish in Medical Practice by  Magdalena Ławnicka
2. Co panu dolega? by Maria Chłopicka

Criteria for the assessment of the achieved learning outcomes and the form and conditions of obtaining credit for the course:

Assessment – based on partial grades from the whole year (tests, oral answers, projects) and attendance; oral exam after the second year; the final grade is a component (50% average grade from 4 semesters of the course + 50% grade from the exam)