Read the programme for a medical conference in England and answer the following questions:
What areas of medicine are covered in the conference?
Would you be interested in attending any of the sessions?
Why/why not?

Themes in General Medicine - Current Practice and New Horizons
Wednesday 1st November 2006

Session 1
Chairman: Professor F R Smith, Associate Medical Director, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Avian Influenza: Pandemic Potential?
Dr S Jones, Consultant Virologist, Liverpool Medical Microbiology Partnership

-influenza - epidemiology and natural history
-avian infection
-human infection with avian organisms
-pandemic influenza
-risk of pandemic influenza from avian strains

Putting the sense into sensitisation: Allergen Exposure in Respiratory Disease
Dr P Cousins, Consultant Chest Physician, York Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

-allergen exposure
-sensitisation
-asthma severity
-nasal air sampling
-indoor allergens

Session 2
Chairman: Dr D Cutler, Consultant Physician, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Investigation of Pituitary Disorders
Dr Q Edkins, Consultant Physician, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

-imaging
-clinical evaluation
-biochemistry
-pathophysiology

Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy
Dr K W Gallagher, Consultant Cardiologist, Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust

-biventricular pacing
-comparisons with drug therapy
-role of primary care in management of heart failure

Session 3
Sydney Watson Smith Lecture
Chairman: Professor Frank Prater, President Royal College of Physicians of Glasgow

The Modern Management of Psoriasis
Dr R T Moffitt, Professor of Dermatology, University of Liverpool

-underlying immunology
-biological therapies
-pharmacogenomics
-psychosocial issues

Session 4
Chairman: Dr S P Grace, Clinical Director Medicine, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

'So great and growing and evil'
Professor R M Wise, Vice President, Royal College of Physicians of Glasgow

-role of alcohol in society
-problems arising from alcohol abuse
-required professional responses

Radiology in Acute Medicine
Dr S E Franklin, Consultant Radiologist, Bristol Hospitals NHS Trust
-back to basics
-chest X-ray in acute medicine
-emergency CT screening
-the plain abdominal X-ray

Glossary:
avian infection - zakażenie drogą kropelkową
influenza - grypa
pandemic - pandemiczny
sensitisation - uczulenie
allergen exposure - wystawienie na alergeny
respiratory - oddechowe
pituitary - przysadkowy
biventricular pacing - wstawianie rozrusznika dwukomorowego
underlying - podstawowy
acute - medycyna ostrego przebiegu
abdominal - brzuszny
imaging - badania obrazowe (rentgen, USG, tomografia, etc.)

Part 2
Which session would you recommend for someone who:

1. deals with alcoholics?
2. treats people with heart problems?
3. is interested in the possible impact of bird flu?
4. is interested in the uses of x-rays?
5. have patients with skin disorders?
6. is interested in brain problems?
7. deals with a lot of allergy sufferers?

Part 3
Looking at the text what word is collocated with the following?

Medical Director
1. pandemic __________
2. respiratory __________
3. asthma __________
4. clinical __________
5. primary __________
6. heart __________
7. underlying __________
8. biological __________
9. psychosocial __________
10. alcohol __________
11. acute __________
12. professional __________

Part 4
Complete the sentences with a suitable phrase from the collocations above:
1. He can't breathe well; he is suffering from some kind of __________ ___________.
2. After years of __________ ___________ her health problems were severe.
3. Many health experts are worried about the affects of __________ ___________ on world health.
4. The Medical School offers a broad-based training in the molecular and cellular bases of the structures and processes __________ ___________ and cancer.
5. The higher the level of your __________ ___________ the more aggressive your treatment will be.
6. We have a special service to respond to the __________ ___________ resulting from major disasters.

Key

Part 1
1.
Avian influenza
Allergies
Pituitary disorders
Cardiac therapy
Psoriasis
Alcohol abuse
Radiology
2. according to your interests/area of specialisation

Part 2
1. 2A
2. 2B
3. 1A
4. 4B
5. 3A
6. 2A
7. 1B

Part 3
1. pandemic influenza
2. respiratory disease
3. asthma severity
4. clinical evaluation
5. primary care
6. heart failure
7. underlying immunology
8. biological therapies
9. psychosocial issues
10. alcohol abuse
11. acute medicine
12. professional responses

Part 4
1. respiratory disease
2. alcohol abuse
3. pandemic influenza
4. underlying immunology
5. asthma severity
6. psychosocial issues