Medical English

Practical information

Course hours

Prices		Evening
Commercial student This is the standard price for this language course. If you are not entitled to a discount, this is the price you will need to pay.		€470
Student UGent You are registered as a UGent student and you take a course this academic year (or the summer before). Not registered yet? Check out the FAQ discount for future UGent students. PhD students benefit from the staff rate.		€295
Scholarship student UGent You are registered as a UGent student and you have a scholarship from the Flemish Community this academic year. Send us a proof of your scholarship via this form, together with your registration.		€255
Incoming exchange student UGent You are registered as an incoming exchange student of UGent. You will receive an extra discount for a Dutch course. For more info, see the FAQ discount for incoming exchange students.		€295
Outgoing exchange student UGent As an outgoing exchange student of UGent you receive an extra discount. You pay the student fee first and after your departure (after you upload the confirmation of arrival) your discount will be settled automatically.		€155
Outgoing exchange scholarship student UGent		€140
Staff UGent and UZ Gent / PhD student As a staff member of UGent, you receive a discount, independent of the paying method used for the course. PhD students fall under this category as well.		€380

Semester

1 and 2

Hours per week

1x2

Books by

Standaard Studentshop, Afdeling UGent, Bagattenstraat 51, 9000 Gent

Objectives and content

This course is aimed at doctors (in training) who want to improve their English language proficiency, as needed on the job. This course can also be of interest to people in other (para)medical trainings and professions. The course will teach you how to communicate fluently and efficiently with patients and colleagues and will increase your English language proficiecy in a medical context.

This course is built on the professional communication between healthcare providers/patients and healthcare providers themselves. You will acquire a broad range of specific medical vocabulary (diseases, treatments, anatomy, etc.) by means of vocabulary exercises and interactive speaking exercises that approach the professional context as much as possible. This way, you will practice the following situations for example: asking the right questions about the patient's history, delivering bad news or explaining diagnostic procedures and treatment options in patient-oriented language. Furthermore, specific grammatical items that are important in these situations will be discussed (e.g. using the correct tenses, asking appropriate questions, giving polite instructions, etc.). The course comprises six units with the following topics

Unit 1: Medical education and practice
Unit 2: Patient intake
Unit 3: Human anatomy
Unit 4: Examining a patient
Unit 5: Diagnosis and treatment
Unit 6: Prevention and screening

Required prior knowledge

You have good practical knowledge of English (level B2 = secondary school level of English).

If you register for this course, you need sufficient prior knowledge related to the causes, symptoms and treatments of (relatively) common conditions. For this reason, this course is recommended to medicine students who have completed the first two bachelor years.

Course materials

Course book: Neyts, D. en Verguts, C. (2021): English for Medical Practitioners. Not only for emergencies, Gent: Academia Press.

Get 10% off the official price when you buy this book at the Standaard Boekhandel Studentshop (Bagattenstraat 51 – 9000 Ghent). *

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Schedule and subscribe

23/02/2026 - 11/05/2026

Time	18:00 - 20:00
Days	Mon
Location	Online

University Language Centre