High Int

Introduction to the Medical Assistants Course

This unit is built around an interaction between a medical assistant and two patients. The medical assistant conducts initial triage of patients in a busy clinic, assessing urgency based on symptoms and directing them to appropriate care. This unit includes vocabulary, listening, comprehension, and grammar practice.

Conducting Patient Triage

Before a patient's appointment with a doctor, a medical assistant collects their medical history, asking about past illnesses, surgeries, and family health issues. This unit includes vocabulary, listening, comprehension, and grammar practice.

Collecting Medical History

This unit centers around a conversation between a medical assistant and a patient. The medical assistant instructs the patient on how to fast and prepare for a blood test. This unit includes vocabulary, listening, comprehension, and grammar practice.

Explaining Test Prep

This unit centers around an interaction between a medical assistant and a physician. During a minor surgical procedure, the medical assistant helps the physician by preparing the necessary instruments for the procedure. This unit includes vocabulary, listening, comprehension, and grammar practice.

Assisting with a Minor Procedure

This mid-course assessment checks vocabulary, comprehension, and grammar of the first four units in this English for Medical Assistants course. 

Mid-Course Assessment 

In this unit, a medical assistant explains to a trainee how to perform basic laboratory tests and how to record the results. This unit includes vocabulary, listening, comprehension, and grammar practice.

Performing Basic Lab Tests

This unit is built around an interaction between a medical assistant and a trainee. The medical assistant explains how to update patients’ electronic health records with new data from the day’s visits, ensuring accuracy and confidentiality. This unit includes vocabulary, listening, comprehension, and grammar practice.

Managing Electronic Health Records 

This unit focuses on how to sanitize an exam room after an appointment and prepare the room for the next patient. This unit includes vocabulary, listening, comprehension, and grammar practice.

Prepping an Exam Room

In this unit, a medical assistant shows a trainee how to manage the flow of patients through the office, ensuring minimal wait times and efficient use of clinic resources. This unit includes vocabulary, listening, comprehension, and grammar practice.

Streamlining Patient Flow

This final assessment checks vocabulary, comprehension, and grammar of the last four units in this English for Medical Assistants course. 

Final Assessment 

This course is centered around common scenarios that involve medical assistants in a clinic setting. Students learn and review important English vocabulary and phrases that medical assistants use in their day-to-day jobs.