The objectives of this book are to help students develop their communicative skills in english as well as various jobrelated competencies. The book was designed based on teh global simulation framework in which students take on a role in a simulated center for disease control. Each unit covers different aspects of working in te simulated center, including how to apply for a job, applying for a job in the center, designing medical campaigns about communicative diseases, non communicative diseases and violence, and preparing for language proficiency exams. It is designed for use with B1 english language students from the Health Sciences division at the Universidad del Norte.
- Building English Language Proficiency for the Health Sciences: Caribbean Institute for Disease Prevention & Health Promotion (CIDPHP)
- Cover
- Authors
- Copyrights
- Contents
- Introduction
- Unit 1. Getting to Know the CIDPHP
- Getting to know the CIDPHP
- Who are we?
- What are our roles and responsibilities?
- Flow of information in the CIDPHP
- Unit Wrap-Up
- Unit summary
- Unit 2. Learning How to Design an Educational Campaign
- Strategies for Developing a Health Promotion Campaign
- Planning a health promotion campaign
- Campaign vs. Presentation
- Deciding on the channels and materials
- Analyzing the language of a campaign: lay terms vs. medical/technical terms
- Collecting information: surveying for a successful campaign
- What are surveys?
- Why should you conduct a survey?
- How do you prepare a survey?
- What tools can you use?
- How do you analyze the results of your survey?
- Writing the report on a health promotion campaign
- Making your writing more effective
- Unit Wrap-Up
- Unit summary
- Unit 3. Getting a Job at the CIDPHP
- Writing a résumé
- Writing a cover letter
- Useful grammar tips for writing a cover letter
- Creating your profile in Linkedin
- Writing an attractive and informative heading
- Having a Job interview
- Unit Wrap-Up
- Unit summary
- Unit 4. Learning about Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs)
- Learning about non-communicable diseases
- Summarizing the case
- Case study
- The Educational Campaign
- Assessing your Campaign
- Reflecting on your campaign
- Writing the report on your campaign
- Unit Wrap-Up
- Unit summary
- Unit 5. Learning about Communicable or Infectious Diseases
- Learning about communicable or infectious diseases
- Case study
- The Educational Campaign/ campaign
- Assessing your campaign
- Reflecting on your campaign
- Writing the report on your campaign
- Unit wrap-up
- Unit Summary
- Unit 6. Learning about Violence
- Learning about violence
- Case study
- The Educational Campaign/ Campaign
- Assessing your campaign
- Reflecting on your campaign
- Writing the report on your campaign
- Unit Wrap-Up
- Unit summary
- Unit 7. Bilingualism and Promotions in the CIDPHP
- Promotion opportunities in the CIDPHP
- Preparing for your exam
- Unit Wrap-Up
- Unit summary
- References
- Back cover
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