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Medicine
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Lernkarten
Doctors
Synonym
medical practitioners
doctor who treats patients
a clinician
a doctor who provides primary care for patients
general practitioner (GP)
(or family doctor)
GP's usually work in
a group practice
Larger group practices work in
in a health centre
British english:
Praxis / praktizieren
Praxis: practice
praktizieren: practise
NHS
national health service
Sprechzimmer
consulting room
to provide
bereitstellen, jmd. versorgen
the two main branches of medicine
surgery and internal medicine
Chirurg
surgeon
Mediziner
physician
In Britain male surgeons are addressed as Mr and females as Ms
So Dr Smith is
a physician and Ms Smith is a surgeon.
A cardiologist
specializes in / is a specialist in
diseases of the heart and circulation or cardiology.
A geriatrician
specializes in / is a specialist in
diseases of elderly patients or geriatrics.
An anaesthetist
specializes in / is a specialist in
anaesthetics.
spezialisieren in
specialize in
das Fachgebiet
the specialty
Plural: specialties
I'm good with ...
I'm good at ...
- good with: a noun is following! Bsp: children.
- good at: a verb in -ing form or a noun is following! Bsp. explaining procedures or explanation's.
Names of specialities usually end in -ology
Names of specialists usually end in -ologist
If the name of a speciality ends ind -ics, the name of the specialist ends in -ician.
Exceptions:
anaestehtics - anaesthetist
dermatology
A dermatologist specializes in diseases of the skin.
rheumatology
A rheumatologist specializes / is a specialist in diseases of the joints.
traumatology
A traumatologist specializes / is a specialist in accident and emergency medicine.
paediatrics
A paediatrician specializes / is a specialist in diseases affecting children.
obstetrics
Geburtshelfer
An obstetrician specializes / is a specialist in managing pregnancies.
specializes in
verb in -ing Form: managing
People who work in any type of workplace. Called
the staff.
A pre- registration house officer
(1/4)
(PRHO) is a newly graduated doctor in the first year of postgraduate training. After a year he becomes a registered medical practitioner. In the current system of training, the Foundation Programme, the name for these junior doctors is Foundation Year 1 doctor. (FY1)
A senior house officer
(2/4)
(SHO)
is in the second year of postgraduate training. The title is now Foundation Year 2 doctor. (FY2).
but the old terms senior house officer are still used.
A specialist registrar
(3/4)
(SpR) is a doctor who completed the Foundation Programme and is training in one of the medical specialities. There are some non- training registrars doctors who have completed their training but do not wish to specialize yet.
A consultant
(4/4)
is a fully qualified specialist. There may also be some associate specialists - senior doctors who do not wish to become consultants. In addition, there is at least one medical (or clinical) director, who is responsible for all of the medical staff.
Multidisziplinäres Team
multidisciplinary team
eintreten / aufnehmen
When pateints enter or are admitted to hospital.
Station
ward
jmd. untersuchen
to examine
administrativ aufnehmen
to clerk (involves taking a history)
Untersuchung
investigation
EKG
Röntgentest
ECG
X-rays
provisorisch, vorläufig
provisional
die Diagnose
diagnosis
