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UNIT 3CONTINGUT:

Unit 3.-The diary TCAI activities at hospital3.1.-To help to administer medication3.2.-Educating patients about diseases management3.3.-Educating patients to healthy habits

8 UNIT 3: The diary TCAI activities at hospital:3.-1.-To help to administer medication:

1. In pairs, students are going to discuss the following questions about administering medication (10min)

2. Look up the health website in Catalonia and find the regulations of administration of controlled drugs. (15 min)

Exercises of translate words.3. Writing: administration medication protocol. They have looked

up information about protocols.(20 min)4. Talking and writing about The 5 Rights (15 min): Medication

errors, or mistakes involving medications, are so common that in the medical profession we have the “5 Rights” to help us avoid them.

Students talk about these five rights giving personal and familiar examples.Then they have to write one of the examples given by other students in the group.

Internet Website of

medication information.

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AF-SAN01-Anglès Tècnic en Sanitat.

Patient attention at hospital

1.-Arrival at hospital2.-Characteristics of the patient's room 3.-The diary TCAI

activities in hospital

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9 3.2.-EDUCATING PATIENTS ABOUT DESEASES.MANEGEMENT:

1.-Be familiar with types of injure(10 min)See different examples in a website and translate twenty of them in your own language.

2.- Talk about asthma: Reading and writing: Students will look up a website in order

to evaluate the asthma medication guide. They will classify all types of drugs taking into account

different items: long-term control medications, quick-relief medication, route of the medication, etc.(15 min)

Play a game: VIRTUAL ALLERGIST(10 min)Students will choose a part of the body and then when a symptom is selected the could see the conditions related to the trouble.

3.-How to use a nebulizer Exercises in order to learn to give instructions effectively. (15

min)

4.-SHARE YOUR KNOWLEDGE (10 min)

In small groups, discuss the following questions and then feed back your group’s ideas to the class:

Videos Pictures Workbook

10 3.3.-Educating patients to healthy habits

1.-Students will start with a listening about asthma with questions to answer (15 min)Exercises (optional)2.- Listening about the clue of a healthy diet and a large variety of

exercises on the web (25 min)Recreate a dialogue about diet (10 min)

3.-Hangman (10 min):

Listening and reading exercises

Additional information

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ACTIVITIES

83 The diary TCAI activities at hospital3.1.-To help to administer medication

1.-In pairs, students are going to discuss the following questions about administering medication.They read, first:“The use of controlled drugs is regulated by legislation. The legislation sets out

rules for the safekeeping of controlled drugs, the records which must be kept, and the manner of administering controlled drugs.”

1.-What is your experience of administering controlled drugs?2.-What is your experience of drug prescriptions?3.-What rules relating to the administration of controlled drugs are there in your country?4.-Why are controlled drugs regulated so strictly?

2.-Then they have to look up the health website in Catalonia and find the regulations of administration of controlled drugs.

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The teacher asks them to translate two regulations shown in the Catsalut web in pairs.

3.-They also have to look up the protocol to administrate oral, nasal, dermatological, and rectal medication.

They have information how to administrate eyes’ medication in this website:

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They have to write an administration medication protocol.

4.-The 5 RightsMedication errors, or mistakes involving medications, are so common that in the medical profession we have the “5 Rights” to help us avoid them. The Five Rights are:

1.-The right dose

2.-The right medication

3.-The right patient

4.-The right route

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5.-The right time

Students talk about these five rights giving personal and familiar examples.

Then they have to write one of the examples given by other students in the group.

93.2.-GIVING INSTRUCTIONS EFFECTIVELY

1.-Assistant nurses help patients in lots of medical situations. There are a lot of types of injure:

See examples in this website and translate twenty of them in your own language:

medication

2.-Reading and writing:

Students will look up this webside in order to evaluate the asthma medication guide.

They will classify all types of drugs taking into account different items: long.term control medications, quick-relief medication, route of the medication,...

medication

Play a game: VIRTUAL ALLERGISTStudents will choose a part of the body and then when a symptom is selected the could see the conditions related to the trouble.

medication

ASTHMA QUIZ:It’s a way to learn more about a disease: ASTHMA.Students play this game in pairs.Optionally the can write a composition about Asthma disease after finishing the quiz.

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Videos about allergies (optional)Students can learn more about allergies and watch these videos. They have to summarize the information of at least one of them.

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3.-Look at these pictures and talk about them:

How to use a nebulizer Put the following steps in the correct order:1. BREATHE IN THE MIST2. TURN ON THE OXYGEN3. PUT ON THE MASK4. PUT IN THE MEDICATION5. CONNECT TO THE OXYGEN

Then, match the beginnings to the endings:1.-First of all a.-put on the mask and tighten the elastic

straps so that it nfits snygly around the head.

2.-Now, b.-inhale the mist until it’s finished.3.-Next, c.-fill the chamber of the nebuliser4.-After that, d.-turn on the oxygen so the liquid

medication turns into a fine mist.5.-Finally, e.-attach the tubing to the oxygen outlet

on the wall.

Giving instructions effectivelyFirst students talk about:

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“Do you know any techniques for giving instructions effectively?”

Exercises:

Complete the strategies for giving instructions effectively using the words and phrases in the box:

At the same level demonstrate I’m going to teach you how to…

Understood repeat smiling firstly, secondly That’s right fingers

1.-.Put the listener at ease by using `positive non-verbal communication such as…………2.-Sit or stand…………………..as the patient.3.-Give encouragement by making remarks such as……………….., Yes, good, Well done, etc.4.-State the purpose of the communication before giving instructions, to prepare the llistener for important information; for example:……………………..5.-Use a level of language whick can be…………….by the listener.6.-Give instructions in steps, for example………………….,etc. You could count the steps on your………………..to make sure your patient understands you.7.-……………………..instructions on the relevant piece of equipment.8.-……………………..instructions and allow the listener to ask questions.

4.-SHARE YOUR KNOWLEDGE:

In small groups, discuss the following questions and then feed back your group’s ideas to the class:

What techniques do you find most useful when giving instructions? What techniques are not helful when giving instructions Have you ever encountered problems when giving instructions to a

patient?

EXERCISES(optional)Word order:

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103.3.-Educating patients to healthy habits

1.-Students will start with a listening about asthma (15 min)

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Then they will answer these questions about the listening:

What is asthma?What is an asthma attack?What does it happen during an asthma attack?Why do people use inhalers in an asthma attack?IMake exercises given in the website about astma:

The quiz in order to check your knowledge

Identify asthma

Activity page

2.- Listening about the clue of a healthy diet:

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Answer these questions about the listening:

What does a balanced diet consist of? What is the clue of a healthy diet?

Try to be able to recreate a dialogue in diet:

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3.-Hangman (5 min):

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