Health Care

Revision Seminar 2021-2022

Sierra Stopper
Role-play
• Person #1: You are a GP, and your 20-
something patient has come to see • Person #2: You are trying to stay
you for the 2nd time. The last time he
healthy, especially since your family
was here, he was complaining about
has a history of illnesses and disease.
an illness he self-diagnosed (which he
You have been reading up online
ended up not having). You are
about various diseases, and you are
dreading this encounter because you
sure that there is something wrong
know that he is back with another
with you. You bring your ideas to the
self-diagnosis. Try to convince him to
doctor, but she seems skeptical. Try
let you do your job.
to convince her this time that there is
an illness that needs to be treated.
 • What are the “famous” diseases of our time?
• What are the most common types of accidents?
• What are the top 5 causes of death?

• Things to study at home:

- Common diseases and how they are treated (e.g.
Diseases and bronchitis, heart disease, skin cancer, cholera,
hepatitis, typhoid, heart failure, diabetes…)
accidents - Accidents and injuries
- Other related vocabulary: pink eye, appendicitis,
concussion, chicken pox, pneumonia, amputees,
hearing-impaired people, mentally handicapped,
visually impaired, prosthetic legs (among many
other words!)
Traditional and alternative
medicines
•Make sure that you can name types of traditional (modern health
science, medical technology…)
•medicine and alternative medicine (knowledge, skills, and
practices based on age-old theories/experiences).
Body Care
• Who is in charge of our health?
• What are some key practices to stay healthy?
• What are some controversial body care practices?

• Ideas:
- Cold and Flu season body care practices: Wash your hands often, avoid people who are
coughing/sneezing, eat healthy foods, exercise, drink plenty of water, consider taking Vitamin C. IF
you get the flu: stay warm, eat chicken soup, drink water, take hot showers, take medicine BASED
ON the bottle dosage recommendations, gargle, etc.
Healthy Lifestyle

•What can we do to stay and live a healthy

•life? What are life practices that help us
•do that?

•- (See picture to the right)

Hospitals and Health
Facilities

• What are hospitals like in Slovakia? What

works well? What could be improved?
• What do you know about hospitals in the
US? In the UK? What are the differences
between them and the ones here?
• How have these facilities changed over the
years? Are they improving or not?
Hospitals and Health
Care in the UK

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nthkS
WhUxLg

• Healthcare paid for through taxes and

national insurance (National Health
Service).
• How is the overall health care system there?
Do some research!
 • http://www.aha.org/researc
h/rc/stat-studies/fast-facts.s
html
- There are over 5000
registered hospitals in the
U.S.!
• Private vs. public/state –
what is the difference?
• What is the quality level of
health care for the average
American?
Hospitals and Health Care
in the USA
 • **Martin S. scandal -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Wt9tTQ1Ek
A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PCb9mnrU1g
• **Epipen scandal -
Pharmacy and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JokN5AjOTV
0
Medicine – the
risks • What are the risks that come along with
medicine?
• How does the pharmaceutical industry affect our
health overall? Do the benefits of medicine
outweigh the risks?
• How would you compare the U.S. to the UK to
Slovakia?
Pharmacy and • What are common medicinal side-effects?
• **Commercials example -
Medicine – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hp_y0wD
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the Side- • How is advertising of side-effects different in
effects each of our three countries that we study?
• Again, do the benefits outweigh the risks?
Other Vocabulary (some of many words):
• Prescription Vaccination
• Bandage/plaster Antibiotics/antihistamines
• Blister/sunburn Splinter
• Headache/earache/stomachache Sore throat
• Injection Syringe/thermometer
• Suffer from/recover Feel under the weather
• Be back on one’s feet Be on the mend
• Be over the worst Fight off/get over
• Come down with Be poorly
Other resources:
• WHO, Top Ten Causes of Death -
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs310/en/
• Best Hospitals in the U.S. - http://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/rankings
• http://www.aha.org/research/rc/stat-studies/fast-facts.shtml
• AIDS medication scandal -
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3243938/Ex-hedge-funder-32-hated
-man-internet-defends-jacking-prices-AIDS-medication-5500.html
• U.S. Healthcare from a Global Perspective -
http://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2015/oct/us-h
ealth-care-from-a-global-perspective
• World Health Organization (WHO), U.S.A. -
http://www.who.int/countries/usa/en/
• WHO, Slovakia - http://www.who.int/countries/svk/en/
• WHO, Great Britain - http://www.who.int/countries/gbr/en/
Sources:
• Bollinger, Ty. “The Witch Hunt for ‘Alternative’ Medicine Practitioners.” Feb 2016.
TTAC Publishing LLC. 5 Oct 2016.
https://thetruthaboutcancer.com/witch-hunt-alternative-medicine-practitioners/
• “New Sunny Medicine.” 5 Jan 2015. Sunny Pharmaceutical. 5 Oct 2016.
http://www.sunnyph.com/news-mediaa/new-sunny-medicine/
• Free Pik. Graphic Resources LLC. 2016. 5 Oct 2016.
http://www.freepik.com/free-photos-vectors/healthy-lifestyle
• “Nicole’s Hospital.” International Association of Coroners and Medical Examiners.
2015. 5 Oct 2016. http://www.theiacme.com/17-position-statements
• Pinterest.com. Phoenix Children’s Hospital. 2016. 5 Oct 2016.
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/410742428487919161/