Pilot trial results in assessing english literacy of applicants to medical residencies

Pilot Trial Results in Assessing English Literacy of Applicants to Medical Residencies

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Luis Eduardo Sanabria Rivera Universidad Surcolombiana
Reinaldo Emilio Polo Ledesma Universidad Surcolombiana
Adonis Tupac Ramírez Cuellar Universidad Surcolombiana
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Objective. The main goal of this paper is to statistically describe the results obtained by 355 applicants to medical residencies, after responding a technical English test with 24 exercises. Justification. English is indispensable for reading, understanding specialized medical texts, for listening podcasts with the last scientific and technological advances in Medicine, and for writing and communicating medical reports.


Main Results. From 355 applicants to medical residency only seven have the necessary com­petences in Medical English to be a postgraduate student. The majority of aspirants have problems related with bad english competences in the act of correct managing of verb ten­ses, medical vocabulary, semantics and English syntax.

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Biografía del autor/a / Ver

Luis Eduardo Sanabria Rivera, Universidad Surcolombiana

General Surgeon and Director of Medicine's Program at Surcolombiana university

Reinaldo Emilio Polo Ledesma, Universidad Surcolombiana

Teacher of Biochemistry at Surcolombiana university

Adonis Tupac Ramírez Cuellar, Universidad Surcolombiana

of General Surgery and Clinical Epidemiology at Surcolombiana university

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