United Kingdom: Cambridge Medical English is a unique provider of English Language courses designed only for doctors and taught, usually, at a Cambridge University college. It was founded by a team, disillusioned by the quality of other courses, and wanted to put the doctor at the heart of learning. They understand completely how doctors, leaving their homes in India, but excited about working in the UK, soon begin to feel embarrassed when communicating with patients and colleagues because of poor pronunciation. As Ashok Kureel, from Kanpur, now a successful anaesthetist, says:" I just didn't realise how difficult it would be for people to understand me. My English is excellent, but when I first started working in England I realised my accent was so bad that patients didn't understand me, and because of this they didn't trust me either. Then I was worried that maybe my colleagues didn't take me seriously. I began to lose confidence. It was a fellow Indian colleague who told me about Cambridge Medical English".

Ashok's story is typical, but the course aims to address these difficulties sensitively, giving back the confidence necessary for a successful career.

What makes Cambridge Medical English "stand out from the crowd" of other schools is that it specialises only in the teaching of Medical English to students or doctors who wish to work in UK hospitals. It is also unique because its Principal is a qualified English Language teacher, holding the highly prestigious, Cambridge University Certificate, CELTA qualification, and is also a trained General and Psychiatric nurse. This means she knows exactly what English issues doctors, from India, need to learn.

Cambridge Medical English are justifiably proud to boast that all its staff (even the secretary) are qualified doctors or nurses, which ensures your course is not just about language and communication which is essential, especially if you need to sit the PLAB2 exam. It also involves crucial elements such as reading and writing of scientific articles and journals, writing letters and CVs for that all important job offer and they even offer coaching for anyone who needs to deliver scientific or medical speeches.

Having substantial connections with the NHS ensures that staff are up to date with the important and ethical debates of the day, which all doctors working in UK need to know about. They instruct learners about NHS structure; Good Medical Practice (another essential requirement for PLAB preparation); as well as GMC application, BMA, and malpractice insurance (why you need it and how to get it)!

The superlative conferences they offer to students hoping to go to Medical School in England is also unique. Teachers involved with Cambridge Medical English have extensive experience of advising and preparing students for the cut throat process of applying to Medical school and into Oxbridge. They will have the answer about UK Medical School Admission, before you have even thought of the question.

If you are serious about being a doctor in England, you need to be serious about your Medical English.