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Hello everyone

Welcome to my class

I'm Cherry Chen

from central south university

In this part

we focus on

professional medical literature

So this is the third part

医学专业文献的语言特点与阅读

So we divide this part into three parts

professional medical literature

the definition of it

And then what are the language features

And how can we read

this kind of literatures

So what are the basic contents for it

In this part we focus on the case files

Here

the case files in the teaching materials

So this professional medical literature

is divided into two parts

One is case files

the other is answers and analysis

For the case files

we find the textural structure

is combined with case description

and questions

And then like

this kind of three questions

like

what is the most likely diagnosis

and what is the next diagnostic step

and what is the next step in therapy

And in the answers and analysis

we find this

considerations

the clinical approaches

and etiopathogenesis

and diagnosis and management

this is these two big parts

and the semi parts in it

And then let's look at the language features

we would focus on the case description

and then on the case analysis

So in the case description parts

like this

this is case one

We find a sixty five year old

right-handed man

and he is doing something

And he did something on the examination

He has something like that

So the language feature for that is

the subjects mainly are

he she his her

it its

so the personal

right

And it is usually

the article usually uses simple

present tense

And these sentences are usually

in narrative forms

是叙述体的

usually in narrative forms

And for the case analysis

some things are quite different

Like the long terms

and the compound and complex medical

noun phrases

For example

the terms are longer with prefix

roots and suffix

Look at this one

this term is

甲状腺机能亢进

you'll find hyper

thy

roid

thyroid

ism

And also

you find compound noun phrases like

an autosomal dominant genetic mutation

常染色体显性基因突变

显性

基因突变genetic mutation

And also complex noun phrases

you find modifiers

for example

the high frequency low amplitude

高频率的 低振幅的

visible tremor

可以观察得到的 tremor

tremor that occurs

后面会跟一个定语从句

that occurs primarily

when a specific posture is maintained

And also we find passive voice

For example

in this sentence

we find passive voice used a lot

Essential tremor is a clinical diagnosis

However laboratory studies can be indicated

and neuroimaging can also be indicated

if the degenerative

and structural changes

of the nervous system

are suspected

So within one sentence we find

three passive voices

right

And also we find more complicated

sentence structures

especially

we find they are used in

past participle forms

as the attributives

Here

Approximately

one half of all cases of ET

appear to occur

because of an autosomal dominant

genetic mutation

associated with a disorder

referred to as benign familial tremor

So you find associated with

like referred to

here the referred to part

is used to modify disorder

associated with

is used to modify

an autosomal dominant genetic mutation

And another feature

is about the inserting part

You would find more inserting parts

used in the sentences

like actions require fine-motor skills

so here you find this inserting part

using utensils or small tools

for example

Here including

the thalamus

And here you find

most commonly noted

in multiple sclerosis patients

right

And also commonly after

closed head injury

So how can we read this kind of literature

First

we focus

because the knowledge is mainly

in the part of case analysis

so we focus on the case analysis

and we have to get familiar

with textual structure

of medical case files

like it includes considerations

diagnosis like that

So get familiar with the structure

in the case analysis

At the same time

because the terms are longer

so you have to enlarge your vocabulary

right

And also improve

your understanding of the long

complicated sentences

So there are more

in this part

You find more long complicated sentences

First you focus on the basic structure

and then find the modifiers and to

make sure what are the logic connections

between this basic structure

and this modifier

So let's make a summary

So the general medical

case study materials

include case description

one part

and the case analysis

the other part

And for the case analysis

we find considerations

definition

etiopathogenesis

and diagnosis

management

etc

And you know the terms are longer

and sentences are more complicated

so you have to enlarge

your medical vocabulary

and improve your understanding

of the long complicated sentences

And here for this part

your assignments are still two

One is about the sample case file

No 1

and then read it

try to make an outline of it

and compare yours with your classmates

The other assignment

the other task is about

finding a case file

for your major

and read and

discuss your reading process

with your teachers

Try to get some help

if you have any problems

So that's all for this part

Thank you for joining us