OET Speaking - Roleplay Card: 52-Medicine - Pneumonia

 OET Speaking - Roleplay Card: 52- Medicine


SETTING: Medical Ward

DOCTOR: Your patient is 54 years old and was admitted 2 days ago with right lower lobe pneumonia. He/she has made significant improvement with intravenous antibiotics and the decision made by the team to discharge home with a further 3 days of oral antibiotics from today. 

TASK
*Explain the reason for today's visit (discuss discharge decision)

* Reassure the patient (antibiotics cured pneumonia, satisfactory blood tests, and vital signs, continue oral antibiotics for 3 days etc)

* Find out about his/her home and work situation.

Stress the importance of rest at home (recovery, prevent communicable diseases, etc). Recommend a medical certificate for a further week off work.

* Advise when to return to hospital (not better after 1 week/sooner if symptoms worsen, chest pain, acute shortness of breath, high fever etc)

* Inform about follow-up visit (chest x-ray in 6 weeks) Find out any concerns/questions.

* Explain the need for an x-ray (eg., rule out the possibility of serious underlying disease, like cancer) Reassure that appointments for x-ray can be flexible around  working hours.







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