Episode 10B1 — Beginner/Intermediate
Paediatric GP Consultation
22 min · Symptoms, fever, examination, reassurance & safety-netting · OET Speaking · Free PDF
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Role-play Dialogue
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Language Breakdown
~4 min
Comprehension Quiz
~2 min
Free Transcript PDF
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DoctorVOCABULARY - 10 TERMS
| Term | Definition | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Paediatric (paeds) | The branch of medicine concerned with children — typically up to age 16 in UK practice. Clinician's shorthand: "paeds." UK spelling; US: "pediatric." | "Dr. Okafor has a special interest in paediatric medicine." |
| Symptoms | What a patient — or, in paediatrics, the parent — reports the body is doing. Built in Episode Three; in paediatrics the parent reports for the child, in their own words. — recall from Episode 03, revisited in the paediatric-parent context | "Mrs. Carter described Oliver's symptoms in her own words: 'off his food,' 'not himself.'" |
| Fever (temperature) | Body temperature above the normal range — typically above 37.5 °C orally. Parent-facing: "high temperature," "burning up"; clinical: "pyrexia," "febrile." | "Oliver had a fever from lunchtime the day before." |
| Cough (productive vs dry) | A reflex clearing of the airway. Productive = bringing up phlegm (wet, chesty). Dry = no phlegm, often tickly and worse at night. The distinction guides the clinical differential. | "Mrs. Carter described a dry cough, worse at night." |
| Earache | Pain in or around the ear. In young children, often non-verbal — pulling or tugging at the ear, irritability, broken sleep. Clinical exam targets the tympanic membrane. | "Oliver started pulling at his right ear the night before the appointment." |
| Examination | The structured physical check a clinician performs. Met in Episode One, when Mr. Davies first saw the GP; with a four-year-old the technique is slower and gentler, sometimes on the parent's lap. — recall from Episode 01, revisited in the paediatric context | "Dr. Okafor examined Oliver's throat, ears, and chest in turn." |
| Reassurance (to reassure) | The clinical skill of normalising a parent's worry without minimising it — naming the finding, the likely cause, and what to watch for. Not "it's probably nothing." | "Dr. Okafor reassured Mrs. Carter that most coughs at this age sound worse than they are." |
| Antipyretic | The clinical term for a fever-reducing medication. Everyday names: paracetamol, ibuprofen; UK parents know the brand Calpol. No mg figures or weight-based dosing voiced. | "An antipyretic will help bring Oliver's temperature down." |
| Safety-netting | The structured "come back if…" instructions a clinician gives before a patient or parent leaves. An NHS coinage, now standard internationally and named in OET Speaking criteria. | "Dr. Okafor gave Mrs. Carter a clear safety-netting list before she left." |
| Red flags | Specific symptoms requiring urgent reassessment — working hard to breathe, drowsy and hard to rouse, refusing fluids for 8+ hours, a non-blanching rash, a fever above 39 °C not settling, or lasting more than 5 days. | "Dr. Okafor listed the red flags Mrs. Carter needed to watch for." |
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