Course aims:

To master physical therapy terminology for professional documentation and reading.
To accurately describe anatomy, injuries, and treatment plans in English.
To develop skills for discussing cases and collaborating with other healthcare professionals.

Course Entry Requirements:

Lower intermediate level of English

Course contents:

1. INTRODUCTORY COURSE

2. HEALTH AND ILLNESS 

3. PARTS OF THE BODY

4. CHILDHOOD

5. THE HEART AND CIRCULATION

6. INFECTIONS

7. THE NERVOUS SYSTEM

8. ONCOLOGY

9. THE SKIN

10. X-RAY AND CT

11. SURGICAL TREATMENT

12. EXAMINATION AND TREATMENT OF THORACIC SPINE DISORDERS

13. EXAMINATION AND TREATMENT OF THORACIC SPINE DISORDERS

Teaching methods:

Computer-assisted lecture (Power Point). Problem-based learning and discovery learning. Conversation.

Learning outcomes:

- The use of the main features of oral and written communication, and of text reception and production (including texts within the field of interest), in English;

- The interpretation of the relationship between an oral or written message and its context, and the use of argumentative and message-building techniques in English;

- The enrichment of specialized vocabulary;

- The discerning and scientifically honest use of information sources.

Learning outcomes verification and assessment criteria:

Oral examination at the end of the semester

Recommended reading:

Murphy, R, English Grammar in Use, Cambrdige University Press, Cambrdige, 2019, 394.
ADINA RĂDULESCU, ENGLISH IN KINETOTHERAPY. A PRACTICAL ENGLISH HANDBOOK, Fundaţiei România de Mâine, București, 2004, 124.
McCarthy, M, English Vocabulary in Use. Cambrdige University Press, Cambrdige University Press, Cambrdige, 2017, 228.