Family and General Practitioners

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 524.

III. Reading

After-listening

While-listening

3. Now watch the video and complete the charts.

First of all you are offered to have a tour of the Dentist's office. You will see 5 rooms. Watch, listen and fill the chart:

Then you are offered to study dentist's tools. You will see 7 items. Watch, listen and fill the chart:

4. Write the list of all actions the dentist does during the patients examination and treatment:______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

5. At the end the dentist offers a prize. Fill the chart:

Prove that anyone must not be scared of visiting a Dentist's office.

Pre-reading.Answer the following questions

1) How often do you go to the doctor's?

2) Do you go for regular medical check-ups?

3) Do you go to the dentist's twice a year?

4) Do you normally go to one doctor in particular or any available doctor?

5) What is the best way to find a doctor if you are new in the area?

While-reading. 1) Read the text about family and general practitioners and decide which answers best fits each gap in the text.

Family and general practitioners help people maintain and improve their health.

Family and general practitioners are doctors who see a wide variety of people. Most are primary care physicians and are often the first point of contact for people 1)…………. health care. They may see infants, children, and adults 2)…………. young and old. They see the same patients on a regular basis. When needed, they send patients to health care specialists for testing or 3) ………. .

Family and general practitioners ask patients questions to learn more about their medical 4) ………….. . They examine patients and order lab tests. They also explain test 5) ………….. and review treatment options with patients and their families. If more than one treatment is available, they help patients decide which option to choose. Sometimes family and general practitioners perform 6)…………. surgery on patients or deliver babies. They watch a patient's condition and make changes in the treatment if needed. They also talk to patients about good health practices, such as diet and exercise.

Family and general practitioners 7)…………. tasks to nurses and other health care workers. They also regularly consult with other health care professionals. In private practice, they may oversee the business aspects of running an office. Family and general practitioners 8)……………. to keep detailed records about each patient. They write reports for insurance companies and government agencies that collect 9)……………… on births and deaths.

Some family and general practitioners teach at medical schools. They may also do research on 10)……………. and treatments for disease. Advances in medicine require doctors to update their skills regularly.

1. a) in search of b) in the hunt of c) seeking d) looking through

2. a) neither b) either c) as d) both

3. a) healing b) treatment c) handling d) remedy

4. a) case b) past c) history d) record

5. a) consequences b) samples c) results d) outcomes

6. a) minor b) light c) trivial d) ordinary

7. a) hand over b) assign c) appoint d) ascribe

8. a) take care b) ensure c) provide d) make sure

9. a) date b) numbers c) data d) facts

10. a) measures b) procedures c) actions d) dealings

2) Read the text about dentists in the UK and fill in the correct word derived from the word in bold.