Hospital English contains free teaching materials for medical English vocabulary, English conversations in the hospital, and lesson plans based around various medical procedures and disease states. Materials are suitable for nursing students, university medical English courses, and current healthcare professionals.
Disease State Directors
Lesson plans and articles that prepare students to explain diseases to patients in English. Each unit covers symptoms, causes, treatment options, and patient counseling language.
Asthma, Type 1 Diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes, Arthritis - more conditions being added.
How to use Disease State Directors
Each director follows a structured format: pre-reading vocabulary, listening activities, full reading articles, comprehension questions, discussion questions, and a nurse/patient roleplay activity.
Suitable for self-study or classroom use. Audio files included.
Featured: Asthma
Students learn to explain asthma to a patient in English - covering symptoms like wheezing and chest tightness, common triggers, inhaler and nebulizer use, and danger signs requiring emergency care.
2 articles | audio | quizzes | roleplay
In the Hospital
Dialogs for greeting patients, explaining the hospital and patient room, and general ward communication.
Medical Procedures
Step-by-step dialogs for taking blood pressure, giving injections, drawing blood samples, administering medication, and explaining prescriptions.
Healthcare Professionals
Reading and speaking activities on the roles of nurses, pharmacists, physical therapists, and radiologists.
Medications
Articles and lesson plans for teaching about antibiotics and other medications. Includes nurse and patient dialogs for explaining prescriptions and dosage instructions.
Medical Flashcards
Vocabulary flashcard sets covering medication forms, organ systems, glands, medical equipment, and patient equipment such as crutches, wheelchairs, and splints.
Patient Case Studies
A core curriculum medical English textbook with equal focus on speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Each unit is built around a patient case study and a disease state article.
Level: Intermediate - 1st year university students or current healthcare professionals.
Nursing Procedures
An English conversation course built around nurse and patient dialogs. Focuses on building medical English vocabulary and speaking confidence.
Level: Introductory - suitable for any healthcare specialty as a first medical English course.
I am a US licensed pharmacist. I have worked at Yale New Haven Medical Center, Hartford Hospital, and retail pharmacies. I live abroad and have been teaching English as a foreign language since 1999. I currently teach medical English at two nursing colleges in Japan. These resources were designed for my students but are posted here free for all to use. They can be adapted for use as teaching materials for doctors, nurses, physical therapists, radiologists, physician assistants, pharmacists, and more.
Questions, comments, suggestions - please email them in. More content is being added regularly.
