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Developing a new academic wordlist for medical purposes - a viable tool for educators
Khalil Tazik1, Mahmood Maniati1, Mohammad Reza Afshar1
1Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.
GMS Journal for Medical Education
|April 4, 2022
Summary
Researchers created a list of 1,003 academic and technical words from top medical journals. This vocabulary list is crucial for medical English education and understanding research articles.
Area of Science:
- Medical Education
- Academic Literacy
- Vocabulary Studies
Background:
- Academic literacy and vocabulary are crucial for understanding specialized medical research.
- Developing discipline-specific word lists enhances comprehension and academic writing skills in medicine.
Purpose of the Study:
- To compile a comprehensive list of academic and technical vocabulary frequently used in medical research.
- To support medical students, educators, and curriculum developers with essential terminology.
Main Methods:
- A corpus of 18,462,820 words was analyzed from 1,784 articles in The Lancet, BMJ, and NEJM (2015-2019).
- The RANGE program was utilized for quantitative and qualitative analysis to identify key academic words.
Main Results:
- A final academic word list comprising 1,003 words was generated.
- This word list covers 1,972,420 words, representing 10.68% of the analyzed medical research corpus.
Conclusions:
- The identified academic word list offers significant coverage of essential medical terminology.
- This resource is valuable for improving medical English education and facilitating access to medical research literature.
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