Basic Conversational Chinese Course

This course is designed for healthcare professionals who have little or no knowledge of conversational Chinese to communicate with patients and their family members. The course aims to develop basic listening and speaking skills with an emphasis on accuracy and fluency. Participants will also gain insight into the Chinese culture. English will be used as the medium of teaching to facilitate learning.

Learning Objectives

At the end of the course, participants will be able to:

Converse in simple Mandarin with patients and their family members
Achieve a better understanding of patients’ concerns and needs
Answer enquiries in spoken Mandarin

General topics include:

Pronounciation
Greetings
Numbers-cardinal and ordinal
Asking basic questions and answering enquiries
Describing processes, objects and people
Anatomy description
Functional language used in consultations
Giving instructions
Explaining and reassuring
Paraphrasing and clarifying
Advising and warning
Body anatomy system – cardiovascular, dental, gynecological, musculoskeletal, neurological, ophthalmological, respiratory
Understanding symptoms – common medical expressions used by patients and family members

Dates

Run 1: Starting 7 Jun 2024 (Every Wednesday and Friday) *currently planned on web-conferencing platform*
Run 2: Starting 6 Feb 2025 (Every Tuesday and Thursday) *currently planned on web-conferencing platform*

Time

6.00pm to 8.00pm (2 hours)

Course schedule will be provided upon successful registration.

Course Fees

S$545.00 (SingHealth rate, including GST)
S$654.00 (non-SingHealth rate, including GST)

Venue

Online via WebConference platform or
SingHealth Academy
Connection One, 168 Jalan Bukit Merah, Tower 3, #06-07, Singapore 150168

Organiser

SingHealth Academy

Registration Details

NOTE: For SingHealth staff, please attain supervisor approval and update respective institution HRs for training records.

To register, please email the following information to healthleadership@singhealthacademy.edu.sg -
Course Title:
Full name:
Contact number:
Designation:
Department:
Institution:
Email address:

Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis. Successful registrants will be notified via email with information on payment details.

In line with the Singapore Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA), please note that we have updated our SingHealth Data Protection Policy, a copy of which is available at http://www.singhealth.com.sg/pdpa. Hard copies are also available on request.

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