practice in medicine T is unit looks at the role of evidence-based practice in medicine in delivering high-quality care. It introduces key terms used to discuss evidence in medicine and considers the role of clinical guidelines in improving the quality of care. T e vocabulary activities cover these key terms and develop the concepts of ‘neutral’ and ‘marked’ words as well as fi xed phrases. Students are introduced to more complex essay structures and practise identifying these structures from essay titles. Finally, students develop their skills in using the Vancouver referencing system in their writing to identify their sources.
Language skills • reading and writing
Topics
• providing evidence for specifi c treatments • using evidence eff ectively in practice
Vocabulary focus
• compound nouns from medical science • ‘neutral’ words and ‘marked’ words
• recognizing levels of confi dence in research or information
• fi xed phrases from academic English Skills focus
• identifying the parts of a long sentence • constructing long sentences • writing a bibliography/reference list
Key vocabulary
active ingredient blinding control group double-blind evidence intervention meta-analysis placebo placebo eff ect random assignment randomized control trial signifi cance systematic review treatment group trial design validate
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