ebook ebooks e-book e-books downloaden bei MyEbooks.ch downloaden

Surgical English

:	Ramón Ribes, Pedro J. Aranda, John Giba
:	Surgical English
:	Springer-Verlag
:	9783642029653
:	1
:	CHF 47.50
:

:	Allgemeines
:	English

:	371
:	Wasserzeichen
:	PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet
:	PDF

Surgeon around the world need a basic knowledge of English to keep up to date with advances in their field. Fluency in surgical English is important for your professional development, enabling you to attend English-speaking patients with confidence, to study (or work) in other hospitals, speak confidently at international meetings, and to write articles for international journals. This book will provide you with the basic tools to handle day-to-day situations without stress and will help you to improve your English, no matter what your level. To our knowledge, this is the first English book written specifically by surgeons for surgeons. We are sure that surgical specialists from all over the"non-English-speaking world" (general surgeons, thoracic surgeons, vascular surgeons, neurosurgeons, gynecologists, plastic surgeons) will enjoy reading it.

	Foreword	6
	Preface	8
	Unit I Methodological Approach to Surgical English	9
	Unit II Surgical Grammar	9
	Contents	9
	Unit III Scientific Literature: Writing an Article	10
	Unit IV Letters to Editors of Surgical Journals	11
	Unit V Attending an International Surgical Course	11
	Unit VI Presenting an Oral Communication in English	12
	Unit VII Chairing a Surgical Session	12
	Unit VIII Typical Mistakes That Surgeons Make When Speaking and Writing in English	13
	Unit IX Latin and Greek Terminology	13
	Unit X Acronyms and Abbreviations in Surgery and Medicine	13
	Unit XI Glossary of Surgical Terms	13
	Unit XII Surgical English by Surgical Specialty	14
	Unit XIII Taking a Clinical History	14
	Unit XIV Writing a Surgical Report, Describing a Surgical Technique, Dictating a Report Unit XV	14
	Writing a Hospital Discharge Report	14
	Unit XVI How to Write a Letter Requesting a Visit Unit XVII How to Write an International Curriculum	15
	Vitae	15
	Unit XVIII Surgical Instruments	15
	Unit XIX Managing a Surgical Department	15
	Unit XX Surgical Conversation Guide	16
	Unit XXI Conversation Survival Guide	16
	Unit XXII A Few W ords About Effective Communication	17
	Contributors	18
	Unit I Methodological Approach to Surgical English	19
	Getting Started	19
	Unit II Surgical Grammar	22
	Tenses	22
	Modal Verbs	33
	Conditionals	39
	Passive Voice	42
	Reported Speech	45
	Questions	49
	Verb Patterns	50
	Countable and Uncountable Nouns	54
	Articles: A /An and The	55
	Word Order	57
	Relative Clauses	58
	Adjectives	61
	Prepositions	67
	Unit III Scientific Literature: Writing an Article	74
	Common Mistakes: An Example from the Real World	74
	Preliminary Work	75
	Article Header	76
	Main Text	79
	References	84
	Additional Material	90
	Final Tips	91
	Unit IV Letters to Editors of Surgical Journals	93
	Submission Letters	93
	Re-submission Letters	95
	Re-configuration Letters	96
	Letters of Thanks for an Invitation to Publish an Article in a Journal	99
	Asking About the Status of a Paper	100
	Other Letters	101
	In Summary	104
	Unit V Attending an International Surgical Course	105
	Introduction	105
	Travel and Hotel Arrangements	106
	Course Example	113
	Unit VI Presenting an Oral Communication in English	118
	Dos and Don’ts	118
	Useful Sentences for Surgical Talks	121
	The Dreaded Questions and Comments Section	123
	Unit VII Chairing a Surgical Session	129
	Common Comments	129
	Should Chairpersons Ask Questions?	131
	What the Chairperson Should Say When Something Goes Wrong	132