Competence check: Units 10–12 First of all, think about what you have learned up to now. Are you close to “I can do this well” or closer to “I need to work on this”? Put a mark where you think you are at the moment. Then do the tasks and check your answers with the key on p. 206. Put another mark in a different colour where you see yourself now you’ve done the task. Read the following blog post by Mirabelle, a pharmacist who works for Médecins Sans Frontières in South Sudan. Some parts of the blog post are missing. Choose the correct part (A–K) for each gap (1–8). There are two extra parts that you should not use. Write your answers in the boxes provided. The first one (0) has been done for you. Fast-Paced Education in the Field It only seems like yesterday that I arrived in Yida, (0) been here three months and I’m ready for a break. I’ve learned so much in those three months – I’ve done a full inventory of the pharmacy’s stock, I’ve placed an international order, and I’ve assisted in general vaccinations1 and a measles2 vaccination. Over the past three months (1) lot about tropical diseases and treatment3. As a pharmacist, I care about drug quality and people getting these drugs. In Yida, our pharmacy is the only one that provides HIV treatment and so patients travel a long way to get here. But I’ve also dealt with three other diseases, which (2) : Leprosy4: This is not a disease we study at school, so (3) about it. I quickly read the Médecins Sans Frontières documentation to find out about the disease and see which drugs are recommended. There was not enough information, so I decided to search online for published literature. However, it was hard to find recent articles, so I used the World Health Organisation (WHO) website. First, I needed to understand what causes the (4) . The good news is that it can be treated, if caught early, there’ll be no damage to skin, muscles, or eyes. WHO has provided treatment free to any patient in the world with leprosy since 1995. The treatment for leprosy is given in (5) . Patients must be given lots of advice because the disease is very infectious. We also need to find out if they (6) . I’m glad all our patients can receive the treatment they need to cure this horrible disease. Malaria: I can tell you all about the symptoms of malaria. But my knowledge of the treatment is not great. Again, this is not a disease (7) before. Measles: We are currently doing a mass measles vaccination campaign in the Yida Camp. The kids hate the injections, but it is for the best. I make sure that the vaccines are cold. This is my first vaccination campaign and I want to learn all the tricks it takes to vaccinate hundreds of kids in 45 °C heat. Once (8) you never forget it, so I’m thankful for this opportunity to learn about these diseases, not only in books, but in real life too … 1 vaccination: an injection to prevent people from getting illnesses 2 measles: highly infectious virus, can be dangerous, patients show red spots all over their bodies. 3 treatment: the medicine you give a patient to cure him / her from a disease 4 leprosy: chronic infectious disease caused by a bacteria Reading i i I can understand a blog post about experiences. I can understand vocabulary about health. I can understand sentences in the present perfect. 1 Reading Mirabelle and two of her colle agues at Yida 152 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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