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TEFL / EFL / ESL Medical English Conversation Topics

Below are some conversation topics for medical students.

Medical English Conversation Categories

1. Hospital and Hospital Equipment

2. The Body

3. Medicine

4. Doctors and Patients

1. Hospital and Hospital Equipment

2. Medicine

Can you describe some different ways to administer medicine?

Give reasons why some ways of administering medicine must not be used in certain situations.

Name some abbreviations for dosage and explain them.

What drugs are addictive?

Can you name any drugs that were taken off the market recently? Why?

What problems do senior citizens have with taking medication?

Name some medications that pregnant women should not take.

Name some metric units used to measure medicine.

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3. Doctors and Patients

4. The Body
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Medical Conversation Topics for ESL / EFL

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Below are some conversation topics for medical students. Hospital and Hospital Equipment The Body Medicine Doctors and Patients Can you describe some different ways to administer medicine? Give reasons why some ways of administering medicine must not be used in certain situations. Name some abbreviations for dosage and explain them.

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STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to Student B.)

(1)

What comes to mind when you hear the word 'hospital'?

(2)

What are your experiences of hospitals?

(3)

Would you like to work in a hospital?

(4)

Are the hospitals in your country good?

(5)

Is the standard of care in your country's hospitals getting better?

(6)

Do you like watching TV programmes about hospitals?

(7)

Is it better to be born in hospital or at home?

(8)

Why is hospital food so bad?

(9)

Do you think hospitals are unhealthy places?

(10)

What do you think of a government that's lets its hospitals close down?

STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to Student A.)

(1)

Have you ever stayed in hospital?

(2)

What do you think hospitals of the future will be like?

(3)

Have you ever been to a hospital in another country?

(4)

What part of a hospital would you most like a tour of?

(5)

Do you think hospitals are happy or sad places?

(6)

How could hospitals be made better places to visit and stay in?

(7)

What do you think a boutique hospital is?

(8)

What do people do if they cannot afford to go to hospital?

(9)

Who are the most important people working in hospitals?

(10)

What would you do every day if you had to spend six months in hospital?

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STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to Student B.) (1) What comes to mind when you hear the word 'hospital'? (2) What are your experiences of hospitals? (3) Would you like to work in a hospital? (4) Are the hospitals in your country good?

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