Medical English

Reading, listening and vocabulary activities for non-specialists on medical themes. These include surgery, pandemics and the common cold.

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English language level: Intermediate: B1/2 unless indicated

Popular Resources

• Medical Occupations Worksheet – Quick guide to some key medical occupations in the context of the UK health system (NHS).
• What is Surgery? – listening activity with worksheet.
• About Colds – reading worksheet with answers.

Quick Quiz: Basic Medical Vocabulary

• How to Treat a Sprained Ankle
• Fun Facts About Our Bones
• Test Your Medical English
• The Strange Death of President Garfield
• Journal of a Plague Year
• History of Surgery Quiz
• The story of early surgery
• About Colds
• About Surgery – A Short Guide
• Spanish Flu (B2)
• Surgery: 2. Early History