STIKES AMANAH PADANG

Yayasan Pendidikan Amanah Kesehatan Padang

Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Kesehatan (STIKES) Amanah Padang

SYLLABUS

English for Nursing II

(Elementary Level)

General Information

Institution : Amanah College for Health Science (STIKES) Amanah Padang

Program : S1 Keperawatan

Semester : 2 (Dua)

Course Name : English for Nurse (Mulok)

Lecturers : Havid Ardi, S.Pd.

Course Description:

This course is designed for nurse, who deals with medical services. It is a kind of integrated skills which combines speaking, listening reading and writing including language aspect grammar and vocabulary related to medical field. After completing the course, the learners are expected to have good ability to communicate in English for medical use. In classroom setting, the learners are required to have pair conversation, group discussion, role-play, games, as well as individual work. The classroom activities will emphasize more independence and active participation of the learners.

Course Aim:

English for Nursing 1 is aimed to prepare learners to use a narrow range of English for nursing, adequate for basic medical communication.

Course Objectives:

The objective of this course to enable the learner to:

• familiarize both formal and informal means of communicating in English for nursing activities;
• use basic functions and grammar needed to communicate in a professional environment;
• extend basic medical vocabulary, especially those used in medical communication;
• build basic listening skills;
• familiarize learners to basic medical writing.

Course Contents:

After completing this course, learners will be able to

1. Understand the use of basic English structure needed for the following basic language functions correctly:

· Introducing yourself and other people

· Finding out about personal information

· handling admissions

· Giving directions in the hospital

· Describing processes

· Asking and telling history

· Describing people

· Medical instrument

2. Use the above basic language functions appropriately;

3. Use basic medical vocabulary related to the above language functions appropriately;

4. Understand basic oral-aural English for nursing related to the above language functions;

5. Able to use some medical document in hospital

Course Design

Meeting	Topic	Major skill
I	Handling admission 1	Introduction and medical profession
II	Handling admission 2	Asking for details
III	Handling admission 3	Filling Medical record
IV	Handling admission 3	Small talk in medical record
V	Handling admission 3	Giving instruction
VI	Forceps please..	Giving instruction
VII		Mid test
VIII	Where is Operation theatre?	- Telling location and Direction - Receiving visitor
IX	How do you feel now?	Asking Patient History
X	What’s wrong exactly?	Asking Patient History
XI	Asking medical history	Asking Patient History
XII	Asking medical social history	Understanding past tense
XIII	Asking and telling past activities	Understanding perfect tense
XIV	Asking and telling past activities	Understanding present continuous tense
XV	Understanding Medical instrument	Understanding Passive Sentence
XVI	Final Examination

Assessment

The final grade for this course is based on the following aspects:

a. Attendance Score : 10 %

b. Participation Score : 15 %

c. Formative Score : 10 %

d. Mid Test Score : 25 %

e. Final Test Score : 40 %

Note: The minimum attendance is 80% to join Final examination.

Reference:

1. Ardi, Havid. 2006. English for Nursing: Elementary. Padang: Balai Bahasa UNP.

2.    Austin, David & Tim Crosfield. 1989. English for Nurse. Hongkong: Longman.

3. Glendinning. Eric H and Beverly A.S H. 1999. English in Medicine 2 nd. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

2. Jack C. Richard. New Interchange. Hongkong: Cambridge University Press.