Module 3B Be a Sport! Medical technology is providing tools against pain and fear Here are some examples To know whether you can donate blood, you will get a slight needle sting in the earlobe or fingertip But now there’s a no pain device that tests blood without drawing any It is a thermometer-like probe that you put under your tongue and it tells you instantly whether you are good to give blood Another no pain tool is a device with hundreds of micro needles, each one thinner than a strand of human hair These micro needles penetrate the outer layer of the skin, which contains no nerve endings, and deliver medications that cannot be administered orally Last but not least, virtual reality (VR) allows doctors and patients to simulate surgical procedures A computer-generated environment simulates an operation from the patient’s point of view Another advantage is that residents and surgeons can get more practice outside the operating room Doctors thus improve patient care and feel what their patients feel Pen injection and insulin measurement device Activities 1 Think, answer and discuss a Which of these words describe the relationship between technology and medicine? important negative hopeful impossible unnecessary b Will doctors improve patient care with the aid of medical technology? Maybe Sure I don’t think so c Does medicine depend on medical technology? Certainly Not always Of course not English Toolkit - Technology Photocopiable © Ediciones Santillana S.A / Richmond 2011 No pain tools Module 3B 2 Justify your answers in the previous exercise 3 True (T) or false (F)? 4 Match the following sentences a This text is about b To know whether you are good to give blood, c In this text, d Some medications cannot be administered orally, so e This new device to test blood f A computer-generated environment .there are three examples .they are delivered through micro needles .goes under your tongue .simulates an operation from the patient’s point of view .no pain tools .you get pricked in the earlobe or fingertip 5 Find words in the text that mean: a device: b deliver: c donate: d tool against pain: 6 Work in groups Prepare an interview for doctors about new technologies in medicine; report your findings to the class English Toolkit - Technology Photocopiable © Ediciones Santillana S.A / Richmond 2011 a Thanks to medical technology there are new no pain tools b Now you can donate blood without pain or fear c A micro needle is thinner than a strand of human hair d The outer layer of skin contains nerve endings e Virtual reality will soon allow doctors to simulate operations