Lesson Plan: Visiting The Doctor

Lesson Level: Senior 1 Duration: 40 Minutes

Lesson Title: Visiting the Doctor

Grammar and Vocabulary

Illnesses and Ailments

Dialogues at doctors' surgeries

Lesson Objectives

Students will be able to describe symptoms and understand advice given by a doctor.

Materials Required

Worksheets, dialogue cards (see notes)

Preparation

Prepare the worksheets and patient/doctor dialogue cards.

Patient cards should be cut up as individual cards. The Doctor sheet should be kept as a single large sheet.

Procedure

1

Write “Visiting the doctor” on the board.

Elicit and write on board reasons to visit the doctor (cold, broken arm etc)

2

Write the words Ailment, Duration, Symptom, Medication, Diagnosis， Prescribe，  on the board

Elicit meanings/definitions

Add definitions

eg.

Ailment           What is wrong with you

Duration          How long you have had it

Symptom         How it shows

Medication      What you can take for it

Diagnosis        What the doctor says

Prescribe          Tell the patient what to take

Prescription     What the patient should take

3

Give out the pictures worksheet (Note 1)

Allow about two minutes only to solve it.

Elicit the answers and write them on the board.

Explain any unfamiliar terms.

4

Create a dialogue on the board. You can write it yourself for weaker classes or elicit suggestions from stronger classes

eg.

Doctor: Hi, come on in and have a seat. Now what seems to be the problem?

Patient: Doctor, I have a stomach ache.

Doctor: How long have you had it?

Patient: I've had it about three days.

Doctor: Are you taking anything for it?

Patient: I bought some medicine at the pharmacy but it didn't help.

Doctor: I see. Are you allergic to anything?

Patient: Not that I know of.

Doctor: I'm going to give you a prescription for indigestion.

Patient: How often should I take it?

Doctor:You should take it before meals.

5.

Divide class into groups.

In each group give strongest student the “doctor information sheet” (Notes 2 and 3)

Give every other student one or more patient cards.

Students in groups must practice dialogues modelled after the one on the board.

As they practice monitor and assist as needed.

6

Choose some pairs of students to stand up and model their dialogues for the class.

Notes

1.

1 clip art picture for Diarrhoea	2 cough
3 stomach ache	4 cut
5 rash	6 bump on the head
7 sore throat	8 headache
9 broken leg	10 vomiting

A Rash                        B Diarrhoea                 C Sore Throat              D. Stomach Ache

E Cut               F Headache                 G Cough                     H Bump on the head

                        I Vomiting                   J  Broken Leg

2.

Do not write on this paper

Patient

Ailment: You have a rash on your arms and legs. Duration: You have had it for about four days. Previous Medication: You have put cream on it.	Ailment: You have diarrhoea. Duration: You have had it for three days. Previous Medication: You have taken some medicine that you bought at the chemist.
Ailment: You have a sore throat Duration: You have had it for two days. Previous Medication: You have been taking some throat lozenges (throat sweets).	Ailment: You have a bad cut on your leg. Duration: You cut yourself this morning when mowing the lawn. Previous Medication: None.
Ailment: You have a headache Duration: You have had it for one week. Previous Medication: You have been taking headache tablets which you bought from the chemist, but it keeps coming back.	Ailment: You have a bump on the head Duration: You did it one hour ago. You fell off your bike. Previous Medication: You haven't taken anything.
Ailment: You have a cough Duration: You have had it for one week. Previous Medication: You have been taking medicine which you bought from the chemist, but it is not helping.	Ailment: You have a broken leg Duration: You fell off a building when working one hour ago. Previous Medication: You have not taken anything.
Ailment: You keep vomiting Duration: You have had it for one day Previous Medication: You have not taken anything for it.	Ailment: You have a stomach ache Duration: You have had it for three days Previous Medication: You haven't taken anything for it.

3.

Doctor

Ailment: rash Prescribe: a cream. Duration: Apply four times a day. Extra Advice: (a) Avoid scratching your skin. (b) Use as little soap as possible.	Ailment: diarrhoea Prescribe: some medicine Duration:Take twice daily. Extra Advice: (a) Drink plenty of water (b) Avoid foods containing milk.
Ailment: sore throat Prescribe: some medication Duration:Take every four hours. Extra Advice: (a) Drink plenty of liquids. (b) Drink warm tea with honey.	Ailment: cuts Prescribe: a cream Duration:Apply three times daily. Extra Advice: (a) Wash carefully with mild soap. (b) Keep dirt out of it.
Ailment: Headache Prescribe: Some tablets Duration: Take four times per day Extra Advice: (a) Drink lots of water (b) Do not eat foods that are bad for you	Ailment: bump on head Prescribe: a cream. Duration: Apply four times a day. Extra Advice: (a) Avoid scratching your head (b) Rest for a few days
Ailment: Cough Prescribe: some medicine Duration: Take three times per day Extra Advice: (a) Do not smoke (b) Drink honey and lemon tea	Ailment: Broken Leg Prescribe: Go to hospital to have a plaster cast put on. Duration: Go back to hospital in six weeks Extra Advice: (a) Avoid scratching your skin. (b) Do not get the cast wet.
Ailment: Vomiting Prescribe: some medicine Duration: Take before meals Extra Advice: (a) Avoid fatty foods (b) Do not drink alcohol	Ailment: stomach ache Prescribe: some medicine Duration: twice a day Extra Advice: (a) Avoid fatty and sugary foods (b) Drink lots of water