liz_zerro1  +  49855 Mon, 11 Oct 04 03:02 PM I'm interested in the possibility of teaching English for medical purposes. I've been doing volunteer English teaching to Asian immigrants here in New Zealand and really enjoy it; I'm in my mid 50's, a UK qualified radiographer (UK passport holder) with overseas experience and more than ready to leave day-to-day hospital work. I'm contemplating taking a CELTA course in the next few months, continuing with the voluntary teaching for a year or two, then going back to Europe or maybe to Asia to do a few years EFL teaching. I keep reading that medical English is in increasing demand, and think I would then be ideally placed as far as prior experience goes. What are the prospects for an older person? My radiography qualification was not a degree when I did it, but is considered "degree-equivalent" as nowadays it is a degree. Of course it is a science degree, not a BA ... I'm very interested to hear any and all opinions on this. liz_zerro1 Joined on Mon, Oct 11 2004 New Member 08 Teaching English, CELTA, Medical English

	meg2589  +  53214 Tue, 02 Nov 04 11:52 AM Hello liz! Welcome to EF! I read your post. I am a non-native speaker of English, working in Japan as an English teacher. I have only 3 years of experience in teaching English and Science. I did my degree (BSc) in Medical Science. Later I studied B.Ed and M.Ed. to become a teacher. In my country our education is in English medium and English is very common in use. I came to Japan about 2 years ago. My first year of job search was very much frustrating here as I always got a negative answer for not being a native speaker. Anyway, now I am working at a school. After reading your post I was lost in my past days. I don't know if your degree is valid as a degree for your working visa in Japan or not, but if you try your luck here perhaps you can get good chance to teach English here (perhaps medical English too). Thanks for reading my post Regards, Meg meg2589 Joined on Thu, Jul 22 2004 Japan Junior Member 77 Regards, Negatives, Teaching English, Medical English

	dbl0jd  +  56519 Sun, 21 Nov 04 12:31 PM My opinion-- whether you have a degree or not, your experience and skills are highly on demand here in China. Have you ever considered to work in China as a English teacher? I myself have studied and worked in the UK for over 10 years and have now returned to China. We are running a cancer treatment centre and a international nurse training centre and we desparate need native English speaker with some medical background to help with the language part. I'd love to receive you email if you are interested (Email removed, please add it to your profile). BTW, life starts at 50 for men! dbl0jd Joined on Sun, Nov 21 2004 New Member 01 Medical English

	monikajans  +  60557 Thu, 09 Dec 04 11:38 PM hi my name is monika and i work for the branch of english school in poland we also offer the english lessons for the medical sector please write on my email (Email removed, please add it to your profile) best regards monika monikajans Joined on Tue, Dec 7 2004 New Member 02 Regards, Medical English

	Ironpetal  +  410003 Mon, 27 Aug 07 02:17 PM HI I AM ALSO INTERESTED IN TEACHING MEDICAL ENGLISH.  I HAVE JUST COMPLETED A TEFL ENGLISH LANGUAGE COURSE IN ISTANBUL.  PREVIOUSLY I WAS A MEDICAL SECRETARY FOR 11 YEARS WORKING IN MANY HOSPITAL SPECIALITIES,CLINICS GP SURGERIES OVER THOSE YEARS.  I HAVE EXTENSIVE MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY EXPERIENCE AND AT THE MOMENT I AM TRYING TO BREAK INTO THE WORLD OF TEACHING MEDICAL ENGLISH. I AM NEW TO THE WORLD OF TEACHING IN GENERAL.  I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY SUGGESTIONS AS TO WHERE TO START. IRONPETAL Ironpetal Joined on Mon, Aug 27 2007 New Member 02 TEFL, Medical English