Exercises:

1. Make word combinations using a word from each box. Look at А, В and С to help you.

associate house on provisional radio ward

call diagnosis officer pager round specialist

2.Match the descriptions (1-5) with the job titles (a-e). Look at A and В to help you.

1. Dr Graham has been a paediatrician for eight years and is responsible for treating the children admitted to Ward 60.

2. Dr Stewart has just started the second year of her Foundation Programme.

3. Dr Singh has started his training as a surgeon.

4. Dr Phillips has just graduated and is working in a large hospital in Birmingham.

5. Dr Millar is in charge of the medical staff in the Birmingham hospital.

1. specialist registrar

2. medical director

3. consultant

4. SHO

5. PRHO or house officer

3. Are the following statements true or false? Find reasons for your answers in А, В and С.

1. A medical graduate becomes registered two years after graduation.

2. The system of training doctors in Britain is called the Foundation Programme.

3. The name senior house officer is no longer used in Britain.

4. The consultant is usually the first doctor to see new patients.

5. When working in shifts, all doctors take turns to be on call.

4. Complete the text of a PRHO describing her job. Look at А, В and С to help you.

When I get to the ward, the first thing I do is talk to the house officer who was on duty during the last (1)…………… , to find out if there have been any new (2)………………Then I generally see the charge nurse. He tells me if there is anything that needs to be done urgently, such as intravenous lines to put up or take down. Later in the morning, I (3)……………any new patients, which basically involves taking a history. On Tuesday and Friday morning the consultant does her ward (4)……………… , and I have to make sure I'm completely up to date on her patients. After that, there are usually lots of things to do, like writing up request forms for blood (5)…………….., and so on. In the afternoon, I have to prepare for any patients who are to be (6)…………….the next day. They're usually happy to be going home! And then of course there are the lectures and tutorials in the (7)…………….. programme on Monday and Wednesday.

Unit 3 Allied Health Professionals

Community health

The health of the community depends on a large number of people other than medical practitioners and nurses. These can be grouped under the heading of allied health professionals. They include the following:

1. Physiotherapists (physios) help people to move by getting them to do exercises or by treating their body with heat or massage – treatment by manipulating muscles and joints with hands.

2. Occupational therapists (OTs) help people with a disability to perform tasks at home and at work. A disability is a physical or mental condition that makes it difficult to live normally, for example blindness or deafness.

3. Social workers help people to solve their social problems - for example poor housing or unemployment - or family problems.

4. Chiropodists, also know as podiatrists, treat conditions affecting the feet.

Technicians

There are numerous technicians - people who work with scientific equipment - such as radiographers, who are known as X-ray technicians. Ambulance technicians work in the emergency medicine service. An ambulance technician with more advanced qualifications is called a paramedic.

Prosthetists and orthotists

Prosthetists and orthotists provide care for anyone who needs an artificial limb, (a prosthesis), or a device to support or control part of the body (an orthosis). They also advise on rehabilitation - helping patients return to normal life and work after treatment.

Prosthetists provide artificial replacements for patients who have had an amputation or were born without a limb.

Orthotists provide a range of splints and other devices to aid movement, correct deformity from an abnormal development of part of the body, and relieve pain.

*orthotist – специалист в протезировании

Opticians

Opticians test eyesight and prescribe glasses - also know as spectacles - and contact lenses, when necessary. The examination includes measuring intraocular pressure - the pressure of fluid inside the eye - and examining the retina. If the optician suspects an eye disease, such as glaucoma, they refer the patient to their GP for treatment. The GP may then refer the patient to an ophthalmologist, a doctor who specializes in diseases of the eye.