Shadowing Practice: How to Present a Patient: Inpatient Bedside Teaching Rounds (Group 12) - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Jonathan, this is Dr. Jones and our internal medicine service team.
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Hi.
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Hi Jonathan.
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We're going to be, I'm going to be presenting your case to them.
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Is that alright if I do that in the presence of your girlfriend and co-worker here?
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Yes, this way.
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Thanks Jonathan.
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So this is the first UMC visit for Jonathan, who is a 24-year-old African-American
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with a history of sickle cell disease who presented to the emergency department with a two-day history of bilateral knee pain.
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He's ectomorphic and is in moderate distress.
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The pain began Tuesday at approximately 4 a.m while he was working a night shift at Walmart.
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He had difficulty sleeping because of the pain that night, that night and the pain gradually continued to increase due to a severity of 8 out of 10 today.
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The pain was exacerbated with walking and standing and was not significantly relieved with Percocet,
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which he received from another physician that we aren't sure who it was.
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Jonathan has never experienced knee pain to this extent before, but he did say that he's had a few episodes in the distant past of knee pain.
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He reports some chills and a mild shortness of breath, but he denied fever, nausea,
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vomiting, cough, chest pain, abdominal pain, or recent trauma to the knees.
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He has no other known medical illness and isn't on any chronic medication for sickle cell disease either.
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In the ED, he was given an IV bolus and received two doses of morphine at 6 mg and 8 mg doses.
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For past medical history, he was diagnosed with sickle cell disease at age six
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and has had six to eight previous hospitalizations for that.
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He has a history of lower extremity ulcers as well, but he has never had a pneumococcal vaccine which is interesting.
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His social history includes, he lives with his mother and four siblings.
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He works at Walmart as a stalker but denies any IV drug use or tobacco use.
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He does consume alcohol occasionally, and last time was this last weekend.
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He has two siblings that also have sickle cell disease.
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In the review of systems, it was negative except for lower extremity ulcers and intermittent left hand pain.
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In his vitals, he had a temperature of 36.3 degrees Celsius, heart rate of 96, a respiratory rate of 16,
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blood pressure of 108 over 70, and his O2 saturation was 89% on room air.
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For Hent, he's normocephalic, atraumatic, perle, and extraocular movements are intact.
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With lungs, they're clear to auscultation and percussion with no wheezes, rails, or bronchi.
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CV, his S1, S2 were normal.
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He is tachycardic with a soft flow murmur heard at the base.
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There was no S4, but he does have decreased pedal pulses.
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For abdominal exam, bowel sounds are normal the spleen tip was not palpable.
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GU, he didn't have any urethral discharge either.
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For skin, he had a silver scaly rash on the flexor surface of the right elbow,
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and there are non-healing bilateral ulcers of one centimeter diameter on both medial malleoli.
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For musculoskeletal, he has mild swelling of the right knee and small effusion.
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There's no erythema, and it's not tender to palpation, but there was pain on full extension his left knee didn't have any significant swelling or tenderness.
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He did have full range of motion bilaterally with his knees.
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Now in the lab work we have a CBC, BMP and liver function test pending.
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And so in conclusion or in summary, Jonathan, he's a 24-year-old African-American man with a history of sickle cell disease and hypoxia.
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He presented the emergency department with bilateral knee pain and minor right knee effusion.
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On the differential diagnosis, we have vaso-occlusive disease, periarticular infarct, septic arthritis, and gout.
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Vaso-occlusive disease is most likely due to the afebrile presentation of the patient.
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And the pending CBC results will likely rule out septic arthritis due to a gram-negative Neisseria, Staph, or Salmonella.
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Potential plans of treatment include knee pain.
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Well, for knee pain, we would consider NSAID treatment with morphine for breakthrough pain.
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For sickle cell disease, we should monitor closely for acute chest syndrome, splenic sequestration, and aplastic crisis,
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and consult a hemonch for a sickle cell referral after he is released from the hospital.
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And then we should also obtain a chest X-ray to rule out new infiltrates and consider oxygen therapy
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if he becomes symptomatic in his lungs again.
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All right, any questions?
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Would I also recommend adding two liters of oxygen via nasal cannula?
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I think that'd be a great idea.
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And great job, Bryce, you really were very thorough.
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Thank you for letting us present in front of you.
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That was really great.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.

Who Is This Video For?

This video is perfect for English learners at an intermediate or advanced level looking to boost their english speaking practice, especially in medical or professional contexts. If you’re prepping for IELTS speaking practice or want to sound more confident in formal conversations, the structured case presentation in the video offers a great model. It’s also ideal for anyone mastering the shadowing technique—you’ll get clear, natural speech to mimic, with pauses and flow that mirror real-world communication.

Words & Idioms Worth Stealing

The dialogue is packed with standout terms that elevate formal speaking. Here are a few to add to your toolkit:

  • Ectomorphic: A body type characterized by leanness—great for describing physical traits precisely.
  • Exacerbated: Made worse (e.g., “Pain was exacerbated by walking”). Useful in explaining cause and effect.
  • Breakthrough pain: Sudden pain that “breaks through” regular medication—common in medical settings but adaptable to other contexts.
  • Normocephalic, atraumatic: Fancy ways to say “normal head shape, no injuries”—perfect for practicing technical vocabulary.

How to Get the Accent Right

To nail the pronunciation, focus on the speaker’s clear, deliberate pace—ideal for shadow speech. Notice how they stress key terms like “vaso-occlusive disease” (va-soh-uh-KLOO-siv) and “splenic sequestration” (spleen-ik see-kwes-TRAY-shun). Use the shadowing technique by pausing the video, repeating phrases, and matching their intonation—this helps with fluency and rhythm. Pay attention to short, common words too: “denies” (dih-NYZ) and “auscultation” (aw-skul-TAY-shun) are easy to mispronounce, but the speaker’s clarity makes them easy to mimic. This video isn’t just a shadowing site—it’s a chance to practice sounding professional and confident, whether you’re in a clinic or an IELTS exam room. Keep at it—you’re doing great!

¿Qué es la Técnica de Shadowing?

Shadowing es una técnica de aprendizaje de idiomas respaldada por la ciencia, desarrollada originalmente para la formación de intérpretes profesionales y popularizada por el políglota Dr. Alexander Arguelles. El método es simple pero poderoso: escuchas audio en inglés nativo y lo repites en voz alta de inmediato, como una sombra que sigue al hablante con solo 1-2 segundos de retraso. A diferencia de la escucha pasiva o los ejercicios de gramática, el shadowing obliga a tu cerebro y músculos de la boca a procesar y reproducir simultáneamente patrones de habla reales. Las investigaciones muestran que mejora significativamente la precisión de la pronunciación, la entonación, el ritmo, el habla conectada, la comprensión auditiva y la fluidez al hablar, convirtiéndola en una de las metodologías más efectivas para la preparación del IELTS Speaking y la comunicación en inglés en el mundo real.