Course: English for Health Workers 9: English for Allied Health Staff. Folder: Start Here.

About 8 minutes.

Welcome

Welcome to English for Health Workers 9: English for Allied Health Staff! Laboratory, pharmacy, imaging, physiotherapy and nutrition staff meet many patients every day. Clear, kind English helps patients feel safe and helps the team work well. In this course you practise the English you need to collect and label samples, explain waiting times, explain a medicine label, prepare patients for an X-ray or a scan, give exercise instructions, and give simple food advice and work with the clinical team.

🔊 Listen (Teacher · slow · clip en-health9-L0-1)

Note: This course is a learning resource from Digital Start Rwanda. It is not an official document. For health rules and procedures, follow your facility and official sources. Every facility has its own protocols for samples, results, medicines, imaging, therapy and nutrition. Always follow your local protocols, your supervisor and official national guidance. This is a language course, not professional training: it does not teach doses, diagnoses or clinical decisions.

Who this course is for

  • Everyone who works in a health facility: cleaners, porters, security guards, drivers, kitchen staff, receptionists, cashiers, community health workers, nurses, midwives, lab and pharmacy staff, and doctors.
  • You are new to English, or you want to feel more confident using it at work.
  • Take after: the four foundation courses (Courses 1 to 4).

What you will learn

Part 1: The Laboratory

  • Lesson 1: Collecting and Labelling Samples
  • Lesson 2: Results and Waiting Times

Part 2: Pharmacy and Imaging

  • Lesson 3: The Pharmacy Counter
  • Lesson 4: Radiology and Imaging

Part 3: Physiotherapy and Nutrition

  • Lesson 5: Physiotherapy: Exercises and Encouragement
  • Lesson 6: Nutrition Advice and Working with the Team

How each lesson works

Every lesson has the same steps. Do them in order. One lesson takes about 25 to 35 minutes. You can stop and come back.

Mu KinyarwandaBuri somo rifite intambwe zimwe. Zikurikize uko zikurikirana. Isomo rimwe rimara iminota iri hagati ya 25 na 35. Ushobora guhagarara ukagaruka nyuma.

  1. Goal: what you can do at the end.
  2. Key words: listen, then say each word. Read the example sentence.
  3. Useful phrases: listen and repeat each phrase three times.
  4. Dialogues: listen to real talk in a Rwandan health facility. Then read it aloud with a friend.
  5. Pronunciation: short drills for sounds that are hard for many Kinyarwanda speakers.
  6. Say it at work: one small task to do in your real job.
  7. Listening practice: listen first, then answer. Do not read the script first.
  8. Speaking role-play: practise with a partner.
  9. Quick check and common mistakes.

How to use the audio

  • Look for the audio boxes. Press play, listen, then say it yourself.
  • Listen two or three times. It is normal not to understand everything the first time.
  • Copy the voice: the speed, the strong parts and the tune.
  • Use earphones if it is noisy. You can listen on the bus or at home.
  • Record yourself on your phone and compare.

Tips for learning on your phone

  • Do a little every day: 15 minutes is better than 2 hours once a week.
  • Write new words in a notebook with the meaning in your own language.
  • Practise with a colleague. Take turns.
  • Use one new phrase at work every day.

The English for Health Workers series

No. Course Take after
1 English for Health Workers 1: Survival English for Health Facilities Start here
2 English for Health Workers 2: Safety and Emergency English Course 1
3 English for Health Workers 3: Hygiene and Infection Prevention Course 1
4 English for Health Workers 4: Professional Communication and Respect Course 1
5 English for Health Workers 5: English for Support Staff Courses 1 to 4
6 English for Health Workers 6: English for the Front Desk Courses 1 to 4
7 English for Health Workers 7: English for Community Health Workers Courses 1 to 4
8 English for Health Workers 8: English for Nurses and Midwives Courses 1 to 4
9 English for Health Workers 9: English for Allied Health Staff Courses 1 to 4
10 English for Health Workers 10: English for Doctors and Clinicians Courses 1 to 4

Course 9 in the English for Health Workers series. Take after: the four foundation courses (Courses 1 to 4).

Sources

Facts in this course were checked against these sources. They can change, so always check official sources.

You are ready when…

  • ☐ I know how each lesson works.
  • ☐ I know how to use the audio.
  • ☐ I have a notebook for new words.
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