University of Washington Medical Center: Me and my colleagues

Introduction

The University of Washington Medical Center is a nationally renowned hospital located along the Montlake Cut and Portage Bay in the University District of Seattle, Washington, USA. It is one of the teaching hospitals affiliated with the University of Washington School of Medicine. UW Medical Center has 450 beds.

The 2007 issue of U.S. News & World Report's "America's Best Hospitals" ranks the UWMC 11th out of 5,462 hospitals nationwide.^[2] Many UWMC programs score extremely high in specialty rankings, including: primary care (1); rehabilitation medicine (3); otolaryngology (13); endocrinology (16); orthopedics (15); internal medicine (6); pediatrics (8); rural medicine (1); geriatrics (13); oncology (6); gastroenterology (30); pulmonology (14); nephrology (16); neurology/neurosurgery (30); rheumatology (20); gynecology (9); urology (24).^[3]

The University of Washington Medical Center opened on May 5, 1959. It grew out of the medical school that the university opened on October 2, 1946. It is home to the world's first pain center and was the location of the world's first long-term kidney dialysis, developed by UW professor Belding H. Scribner, M.D.

Task

You are a physician who has been recently hired by the best hospital in Seatlle USA and wants to share with your family in Mexico some information about the new people you have met.

You will speak to your family on the phone for the first time after leaving Mexico. Explain to them how things are going, tell them something about your job and the colleagues you work with.

Resources

Below are some sites that will help you accomplish the task.

Websites

• Best hospitals in Seattle
   http://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/area/seattle-wa
• University of Washington Medical Centerhttp://www.uwmedicine.org/patient-care/locations/uwmc/Pages/default.aspx
• Describing people in English  http://www.slideshare.net/sandriux4130/what-do-you-look-like http://www.english-test.net/forum/ftopic50137.html http://www.learnenglish.de/basics/appearances.htm

 

Process

1. Visit and study all the notes in the websites.
2. Study the notes.
3. Choose from Internet, 5 people who will be your colleagues at work. These people are the ones you will describe to your family. Try to answer these questions about them:
1. Where is she/he from?
2. What does she/he look like?
3. What’s she/he like?
4. What is her/his area of specialty?
4. Role-play the phone call with your teacher.

Evaluation

5	addresses the task effectively with unnoticeable errors  in language structure and use, as well as vocabulary and pronunciation .
4	contains some parts of 5 and 3
3	some parts of the task are not addressed;  some errors in language structure and use, as well as vocabulary and pronunciation .
2	contains some parts of 3 and 1
1	addresses only slight parts of the task;  very noticeable errors in language structure and use, as well as vocabulary and pronunciation.

Conclusion

Upon completion of this project you will have learned how to describe people taking into consideration physical appearance and personality traits.