A new English for Health Care Students course was held by the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI)-Medical University of Bahrain (MUB) to help students improve their comprehension.
The course will help bring students rapidly to the point that MUB hopes, through this program to improve students' abilities to perform academically and professionally once they comets their education.
"Since the coursework is in English, it is very important that students be able to read their texts with relative ease and have a high level of comprehension," said Fatima Wali, English Language Lecturer, RCSI-MUB.
She said that she knows from previous experience that students often find it difficult to keep up with all the new terminology they are introduced to during their foundation year.
"Our student body is international, coming from across the region and further abroad. Although the standard of our students is high, many of them need a little help in English to bring them in line with others for whom the language is a mother tongue. This course will teach them how to use these terms in a grammatically correct fashion, allowing them better comprehension in the classroom and while studying alone," said Wali.
The course is ideal for students pursuing graduate degrees in Health Care specializations such as medicine, nursing, physiotherapy and others. It includes vocabulary presentations and drills followed by readings and extensive reading comprehension exercises. It will also make heavy use of IT learning resources.
There will be a strong focus on grammatical points which, because of their difficulty and high frequency in medical writing are most likely to interfere with comprehension.
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About Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland:
Dating back from the 18th century, the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) is a unique medical institution that has played a leading role in Irish surgical and medical education. RCSI is made up of Schools of Medicine, Physiotherapy, Pharmacy, Nursing and Healthcare Management. The College is active abroad, in the provision of education, training and hospital management and today more than 60 countries are represented on its international student body. The RCSI also has a strong international presence with Schools in both Malaysia and Bahrain. The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland is independent, international and progressive - a unique medical institution.
About Medical University of Bahrain: The Medical University of Bahrain is a constituent of the RCSI and was officially opened in October 2004 by HH The Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bahrain, Sh. Khalifa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa and the Prime Minister of Ireland, Mr. Bertie Ahearn TD. The role of the University is to provide healthcare education and training to world standards in Bahrain, drawing students from Bahrain, the other GCC countries and beyond. Graduates of the medical course will be awarded the MD degree of the University. The standards set down by the World Federation for Medical Education will apply. The University currently has students from Bahrain, India, Italy, Kuwait, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, United States of America and Yemen.
The University, currently housed in the Seef District of Manama, Bahrain, will move to a purpose built university campus adjacent to the King Hamad General Hospital in 2007. Additional healthcare programmes will be introduced over the next five to ten years including dentistry, pharmacy, physiotherapy and nursing.
If you have, any further questions please contact:
Mohammed Yousif,
Promoseven Weber Shandwick PR
Bahrain
+973 17- 225148
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