# Healthcare Upper Intermediate

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- CEFR: B2 (Upper-intermediate)
- Theme: Professional & Specialized
- Words: 16
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Healthcare vocabulary for clinical practice, including the multidisciplinary team, triage, a drug's contraindication or side effect and palliative care…

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## Word list

* **multidisciplinary team**: A group of healthcare professionals from different specialities who work together on a patient's care. — “A **multidisciplinary team** reviewed her treatment plan.”
* **evidence-based**: Describes medical treatment based on the best available scientific research, rather than tradition or opinion. — “The clinic follows strict **evidence-based** guidelines.”
* **contraindication**: A reason not to use a particular treatment or drug because it could cause harm. — “Her allergy is a **contraindication** for that medicine.”
* **prophylaxis**: Treatment given to prevent a disease before it happens. — “Travellers are offered malaria **prophylaxis** before the trip.”
* **incidence** /ˈɪnsədəns/: The rate at which new cases of a disease occur in a population over a period of time. — “The **incidence** of the illness fell after the vaccine rollout.”
* **prevalence** /ˈprɛvələns/: The total number of existing cases of a disease in a population at a given time. — “The study measured the **prevalence** of diabetes in the region.”
* **discharge planning**: Preparing a patient and arranging support for their care before they leave hospital. — “**Discharge planning** began as soon as she was stable.”
* **triage** /ˈtraɪɪdʒ/: Sorting patients by how urgently they need treatment. — “The nurse used **triage** to decide who needed care first.”
* **palliative care**: Medical care focused on comfort and quality of life for people with a serious illness. — “The hospice provided **palliative care** for patients in their final months.”
* **relapse** /riˈlæps/: When an illness returns or gets worse after a period of improvement. — “He suffered a **relapse** just weeks after finishing treatment.”
* **vital signs**: The basic measurements of a patient's condition. — “**Vital signs** are recorded every four hours on that ward.”
* **dosage** /ˈdoʊsədʒ/: The amount of a medicine to be taken at one time. — “The **dosage** was halved and the side effects stopped.”
* **side effect**: An unwanted result of taking a medicine. — “One **side effect** was listed and three were reported.”
* **care plan**: A written plan setting out a patient's treatment. — “The **care plan** had not been updated since admission.”
* **outpatient** /ˈaʊtˌpeɪʃənt/: A patient who is treated without staying overnight. — “The whole procedure is now done as an **outpatient**.”
* **screening** /ˈskrinɪŋ/: Testing people who have no symptoms to find disease early. — “**Screening** picked it up two years before anything would have.”

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