Αγγλικά για Ακαδημαϊκούς Σκοπούς (A-)

Course description.

A short introductory course aiming to help students get a first idea of their new student life.

Sir Ken Robinson's animated talk.

Λεξικό

This is a very comphrehensive free English grammar (488pp. long) covering all grammatical phenomena. You can download it and save it on your pc.

Λεξικά

This is a lesson based on the history of Medicine covering shortly pre-historic medicine, ancient Egyptian, Babylonian, Indian, traditional Chinese and ancient Greek medicine.

This is the 1st part of a video on the History of Medicine.

This is the 2nd Part of a short video on the History of Medicine, as compounded by an amateur. It presents history through a number of pictures and descriptions.  Mind you, it's accompanied by nice music!!

SONG: "I need a doctor" (with lyrics) Dr Dre ft Eminem and Skylar Grey, YouTube video clip.  It's always nice to listen to music while studying!

A funny picture on how to choose your medical specialty

Funny picture on...what doctors really do!!!

An extensive text on Histology and Histopathology (its scope, procedures, what it involves, preparing tissues, histopathology department, etc.).

A useful site on Histology, including abundant, relevant information, learning games, etc.

This is the site where the main text of this lesson was taken from.

Visit the following link http://piktochart.com in order to create a FREE infographic about either a) the University of Ioannina in a nutshell or

b) the Medical School of the University of Ioannina in a nutshell.

The assignment is a group work (3-5 students) that has to be undertaken as a group work and submitted until 30th NOVEMBER. Once you've got your infographic ready, click on the google doc. below to submit your assignment.

This lesson focuses on HIV infection, its causes, progression, transmission, etc.

This is a very interesting TED-talk by Elizabeth Pisani, an epidemiologist who has been deeply involved in the field of HIV.

This is a vocabulary exercise based on Elizabeth Pisani's TED-talk.  Watch the video and then try to do the follow-up exercise.

This is the data reported by the Greek Ministry of Health and Social Solidarity regarding HIV infection in our country, as documented until 31.12.2012.

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Additional vocabulary exercises.

This is an online tutorial on basic information about STDs.  Watch the presentation and then click on "Your Knowledge" to check your knowledge on STDs.

A short video on Hepatitis A and B.

A comprehensive view of some of the commonest linking words and phrases.

Exercise on Linking devices and prepositions

Nice, funny video about mononucleosis.

This is a sample of a patient history form used in Johns Hopkins. Try to fill it in about yourself!

The basic functions of the human digestive system.

Derivatives and adjective exercises.

A short video on the procedure of endoscopy, its risks and possible complications.

After you've watched the video, try to fill in the attached exercise.

How would you mediate bad news to patients? Are Greek doctors and nurses trained to do so?

Try to do the attached exercises before you read the relevant chapters from the book.

A vocabulary exercise based on photos of some basic medical instruments.

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