Medicines and Medication Records

In the last couple of weeks we studied INCIDENT REPORT FORMS. Now we turn our attention to MEDICATION RECORDS.

Exercise: Look at the 2 MEDICATION RECORD FORMS (STAFF and GUARDIAN) I gave you in class.

Let's brainstorm some vocabulary we need under these headings ...

NAME OF MEDICATION

DOSAGE

TIME GIVEN

DATE GIVEN

CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH MEDICATION IS TO BE GIVEN

ADMINISTERED BY

CHECKED BY

Exercise 1: Add these words to lists in your Spelling Diary


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SPELLING

Using a dictionary and the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)




Click here to download the International Phonetic Alphabet Chart (from www.speechmatters.com.au)

Listen to the vowel sounds (Australian Pronunciation) here

Listen to the consonant sounds (Australian Pronunciation) here


Exercise One: Use the chart and the listening links together to learn the ILP


This week we are using the IPA and our dictionaries to help us with spelling. Continue creating your own lists in your Spelling Diary, keep adding new words from your reading.

You might also like to use the Spelling Lists from the Appendix of Idle Chatter 2 (Margaret Von Perger, Oxford ANZ English 1997) to help you build up Spelling Diary. (I will give you a copy of this helpful appendix in class).

Exercise 2: Look up these words in your dictionary and practice pronouncing them with a friend. (Use the ILP Chart to help you)...

grievance
conceited
antique

exquisite
coincidence

physiotherapist
synthetic
sympathetic

build
busy
business

Exercise 3: Add these words to your Spelling Diary

DICTATION : At a Doctor's Surgery

Use the cloze exercise I gave you in class to complete the dictation. You will need to play it several times as the recording is quite long and the men speak fast. Use your Spelling List Appendix to help you.

Click here to go to the dictation

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