Medical education in Great Britain

1. In Great Britain physicians are trained in either medical school or faculties of Universities.

2. Entry to a medical school is highly competitive and usually the number of candidates is much higher than the number of the places.

3. To enter a medical school in Great Britain candidates must pass entrance examinations are both oral and written.

4. Stundents take these examinations at the end of their 6-year secondary school course, generally at the age of 18-19 years.

5. Tuition fees are charged. The academic year is divided into 3 terms.

6. Education occupies five years. Two years of basic sciences and three years of clinical work.

7. Students attend lectures, do dissections and practical work in labs.

8. After the finals graduates work in hospitals for a year. This period is called inter-ship.

9. Interns work at least 8 hours a week. After inter-ship a young doctor obtains a “Certificate of Experience” from the medical school and he or she may work as medical practitioners.

 

 

DIET

1. Fruits, whole grains, vegetables contain vitamins, minerals and other remarkable chemicals useful for our health.

2. Most of plans are vitally important if we are to maintain good health.

3. The human body also developed the ability to make good use of many other phytochemicals in the plants.

4. Humans need eating plans vitamins and amino acids.

5. Vitamin must be taken in complex.

6. Recommended amount fruits and vegetables is 5-9 serving a day.

7. The more vegetables we eat, the more of tnese substances our holies have available to use to light disease.

8. Diet is not important as eating fresh fruit, vegetables, containing vitamins and minerals.

9. Medical experts say that general health of people world vastly improve if they started to eat more fresh fruits, drink more fruit juice, vegetables, dried fruit.

10. Eating more of these healthy foods could represent a simple strategy to reduce cancer risk.

Health service in Russia

1. Health service in Russia both preventive and curative is available to the whole population.

2. The network of clinics and policlinics dispensaries, hospitals and nursing centers is constantly growing.

3. The most distinctive tasks in the future of health service is the attention paid to prophylaxis.

4. One of the main tasks to fight against different diseases is the early detection of the first symptoms of the disease.

5. Periodical medical examinations are practiced in Russia.

6. Such examinations help to nip a disease in root.

7. The basic medical unit in Russia is the polyclinic for the adult population and for children.

8. The polyclinics have laboratories, x-ray, surgical and others department.

9. There is the Mother and Child Health care center in Russia.

10. The main task of this centre is to ensure the birth of healthy child.

 

Health service in USA

1. Health care system in the USA is organized in three levels: family doctor, the medical institutions and the United States Public Health Service.

2. A family doctor gives his patients regular examination and inoculation.

3. But many Americans have no family doctor and they come directly to hospital for all their medical needs.

4. Social services are also available to the patients and their families in personal, emotional, financial problems.

5. Most hospitals have the following medical departments: surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics and general medicine, trauma and intensive care unit, neurosurgical, renal and psychiatrics unit.

6. Emergency units are very special areas in the hospital.

7. The chief scientific problems in the USA are heart diseases cancer, of blood vessels, stroke and atherosclerosis.

8. Also of major importance in America are illnesses of aging, drug addiction and genetic problems.