English Language and the Medical Profession: Instructing and Assessing the Communication Skills of International Physicians -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Introduction -- PART I: PERSPECTIVES ON COMMUNICATION AND ACCULTURATION -- Chapter One: International medical graduates in U.S. higher education: An overview of issues for ESP and applied linguistics -- Chapter Two: Steps along the way: A personal retrospective on the development of the U.S. ECFMG acculturation program -- Chapter Three: Teaching the communication of empathy in patient-centered medicine -- PART II: QUALIFICATIONS AND COMPETENCIES -- Chapter Four: Evaluating the spoken english proficiency of international medical graduates for certification and licensure in the United States -- Chapter Five: The clinical skills (CS) test: IMG preparation and perception -- Chapter Six: Assessing cultural knowledge among international medical graduates in the United States -- Chapter Seven: By the bedside: Lessons about communication from an internal medicine program director -- PART III: COURSES AND CURRICULA -- Chapter Eight: Developing curriculum and strategies for a Chinese-Language Medical University in Taiwan adopting English as a medium of instruction -- Chapter Nine: Overcoming language and cultural differences in medical encounters: The use of a language and culture training course (LACT) in educating IMGs IN AUSTRALIA -- Chapter Ten: ADDRESSING THE LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION NEEDS OF IMGs IN A U.K. CONTEXT: MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT FOR THE DOCTOR-PATIENT INTERVIEW -- Chapter Eleven: Courses for health and medical professionals -- Chapter Twelve: Pronunciation as life and death: Improving the communication skills of non-native english speaking pathologists -- ACGME General Competencies -- Web sites -- References.