B2 FCE

B2 – Past Medical Recommendations (Mixed Conditional)

All of us enjoy speculating about the past, present, and future. Once your students are confident using conditionals, why not take it a step further and introduce them to the mixed conditional, which combines the past with the present, with a focus on giving medical advice. Serendipitously, I found myself teaching the conditionals wish +… Continue reading B2 – Past Medical Recommendations (Mixed Conditional)

C1 CAE

C1 – Use of AI in medicine

At this point, almost everyone knows about AI and uses it to some extent daily (at times unknowingly!). How about the professionals? This week, I decided to dive into the use of AI in medicine and check whether doctors should be excited or worried about this technology at their workplace. Last week, a few of… Continue reading C1 – Use of AI in medicine

B1 PET, B2 FCE

B1/B2 – Taking patient history

My pool of doctor students has recently increased and motivated me to think about lessons that can be useful and interesting for this group. One of the scenarios that I, an ESL teacher, am also familiar with is taking a patient history. The students told me they occasionally have foreign patients and would like to… Continue reading B1/B2 – Taking patient history