VIP Class Notes (Tony)
Vocabulary
about every 2 months
I will get his opinion
I didn’t get the surgery
Get a 2nd opinion
eg: My sister almost got surgery on her jaw, because her teeth were really hurting. But, she got a second opinion, and that dentist said she didn’t need it.
comments – write or say what you think about something
eg: Do you have any comment about this?
eg: My chief wants me to give my comments on the case after they read it.
input – giving your opinion about a topic, problem or solution
eg: Sometime they wanna hear our input if they can’t figure out the problem.
diagnose – doctors find the problem with patients.
eg: The doctor diagnosed him with a broken arm. But of course he already knew that.
eg: He was diagnosed with diabetes. It must have been from all the sugar and soda he consumes.
symptom – a sign of a problem
eg: He had all the symptoms of the flu, but he was not sick. The doctors couldn’t figure out what was wrong with him.
eg: Chest pain is a symptom of many problems.
eg: Many things could be causing chest pain.
coma – when a patient is unresponsive, and basically asleep. For an indefinite time.
eg: He was in a coma for 10 days after the car crash.
eg: If you want to induce a coma, you need to go to HuaShan hospital.
Grammar
There are a few reasons they would do that.
sometimes they want to share their cases with other doctors.
sometimes they wanna check the younger doctors.
sometimes they want advice/opinions from other doctors
we had not enough doctors – We didn’t have enough doctors
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