VISMMHPE1-MAL0019-SEM1-D-2024-5-O - L-Università ta' Malta

Course Title

MAL0019 - Basic Medical Maltese for the Healthcare Professions 1

MQF Level

Duration and Credits

Semester 1

Not Applicable

Mode of Study

Part-Time Day

Information for International applicants

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This micro-credential is NOT open for Doctors and Dentists.

The course introduces students to conversational medical Maltese focusing on the areas of basic anatomical terminology, health care professional/patient communication, understanding patients' symptoms, and interacting in a Maltese medical setting.

Throughout the course, the students will have the opportunity to extend their communication skills through role-play and medical conversations.

Additionally, the students will be exposed to basic Maltese grammar and vocabulary that enables them to communicate verbally in Maltese in the local healthcare setting.

Learning Outcomes: Knowledge and Understanding

By the end of the course, students will be able to:

understand patients' general symptoms expressed in Maltese;
answer typical simple questions used in a Maltese medical setting.

Learning Outcomes: Skills

The course will help students to:

acquire a fair command of basic communicative Maltese;
familiarise themselves with basic medical vocabulary;
engage in basic conversation with patients and medical colleagues.

Non EU Applicants:

EUR50

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