Trainer Resources

Supervision | Health Education Yorkshire and Humber (yorksandhumberdeanery.nhs.uk)

Alongside linguistic central courses which run across all training year groups, there are a number of trainee led interventions that will help develop fluency in British English when consulting.

• Welcome | Doctors Speak Up  the Doctor’s speak up resource – it is free online. It is Australian so there are elements of Australian slang that are not relevant but a lot of useful consultation discussions on different topics. There is also specific advice for trainees from particular countries eg China, Indian sub-continent.
• Professional English in Use by Glendinning Professional English in Use Medicine: Amazon.co.uk: Glendinning, Eric: 9780521682015: Books is a user friendly book with interactive chapters that one could dip in and out of – variety of vocab sets and everyday language for different aspects of medicine
• Watching soap operas e.g. Emmerdale for Yorkshire accent or any other genre of film / series that is of interest.  Where possible watch with English subtitles on so hear and see language at same time.
• Fostering a good relationship with practice receptionist, practice nurse, hospital porters etc – ask them for help with colloquialisms and slang – also helps understand and address any power imbalance in health hierarchy
• Join club relating to interest – for example the ramblers walking club or similar – lots of opportunities for talking to others while walking outdoors (take rain protective gear and flask with hot drink).
• Social Media – several platforms run weekly improving English courses – eg facebook
• Kate Fox – Watching the English (book)