Study Guide

Objectives

The main goals of the course are for the students to
• Understand the significance of Swedish language, interaction, and communication as part of their professional skills.
• Understand their own role when meeting patients as health care communicators.

The students will be able to
• Ask a patient about their health conditions in order to facilitate successful treatment.
• Inform different types of patients of the most important care instructions, procedures, and ward routines.
• Communicate in Swedish in a multidisciplinary work community.
• Further develop the language skills in their field using various learning methods and tools
• Acquire the written language skills in the second domestic language which is necessary in their professional field, as required by national legislation (Public Administration Language Examination, CERF level B1 = Sufficient competences -> grades 1-3, B2 = Good competences -> grades 4-5.

Content

• patient interview
• spoken guidance in the students’ own field of specialisation: ward/field/health care unit (nurse, paramedic, midwife, public health care nurse)
• most important nursing/field specific vocabulary
• most important anatomy vocabulary
• authentic texts from the professional field

Prerequisites

Upper Secondary School studies or equivalent skills, CERF level B1. Do the Swedish language placement test and, if needed, complete the preparatory studies before the course begins.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

The student
• is able to explain in brief their practical training and work experience in mostly understandable terms
• can communicate in an understandable manner in simple, routine interaction situations
• can give simple oral instructions to a patient/client and to react briefly to what the person has to say
• can briefly report on the client’s/patient’s condition using notes and support vocabulary
• uses basic nursing/field specific vocabulary passably
• uses simple, basic grammar structures
• using a dictionary, the student understands the main points professional publications of their field
• has made progress during the course, when compared to their starting point

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

The student
• can explain their practical training, work experience, and skills clearly.
• communicates clearly in the most important multidisciplinary interaction situations.
• is able to give and justify individual instructions in the most common patient guidance situations and to answer patient’s questions appropriately
• is able to report the client’s/patient’s condition in a clear and understandable manner
• uses the most important vocabulary and concepts of nursing
• uses grammar structures mostly correctly
• understands the main points of a nursing text without using aids
• is able to paraphrase
• works on their own initiative to actively improve the language skills in their field of specialisation

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student
• is able to explain their practical training, work experience, and skills fluently and with details.
• communicates skilfully even in demanding multidisciplinary communication situations.
• interviews and guides clients and adapts their language depending on the client and situation.
• is able to report the condition of a client/patient fluently and with detail.
• uses even demanding vocabulary and concepts of nursing fluently.
• can easily paraphrase.
• uses the terminology of their field skilfully and with an attention to detail.
• uses grammar structures fluently.
• works on their own initiative to actively improve the language skills in their field of specialisation.
• is able to use demanding nursing articles and publications to improve their language skills.