Medical Voices

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Medical Voices is a free medical English podcast: learn the English of healthcare through realistic doctor–patient conversations. For English learners at B1–C1, and especially for nurses and doctors who work in English or are preparing for IELTS or OET. Four ways to listen: 🩺 Medical English Lessons (every Tuesday, B2–C1): clinical English for nurses and doctors. 10 key terms, a full consultation at natural speed and then slowly, a language breakdown and a quick quiz. 💬 Everyday Consultations (every other Friday, B1): short scenes at the doctor’s, the pharmacy and the dentist, heard from both sides: what the clinician says and how the patient answers. 🎙 Nadia & Tom Talk (every other Friday, B1–B2): relaxed conversations about healthcare and life in English, with useful phrases explained along the way. 🎧 Listening Marathons (monthly): our best consultations back to back, for long listening practice. Scenes are set in GP surgeries, pharmacies, hospital wards and emergency departments, with notes on UK, US, Australian and Canadian usage. Every episode has a free PDF transcript with the vocabulary. We call our community the Med Nomads: everyone who has crossed a border and had to find the words for health in a new language. The nurse rebuilding her career in a new country. The international doctor finding their voice on a foreign ward. The parent in a waiting room abroad, explaining that their child’s fever started last night. We make the language of medicine learnable, dignified and free, so no one feels like a stranger in the place they came to heal, or to be healed. Hosted by Nadia and Tom. They’re characters voiced with AI voice technology; every script is written and checked by a human producer. 📄 Free video episodes and PDF transcripts: https://medicalvoices.health/en 🎓 Preparing for IELTS or OET? Our channel partner E2 Language gives Medical Voices listeners 26% off with code MDV26: https://medicalvoices.health/e2 (we earn a commission at no extra cost to you) 🇫🇷 In French: Voix Médicales, on YouTube and in your podcast app -- ⚕ For language learning only. This content is not medical advice.

  1. 1d ago ·  Bonus

    Doctor–Patient Conversations in English │ 50-Minute Listening Marathon

    Fifty minutes of listening practice: seven doctor–patient conversations in English, back to back, with no vocabulary lists and no quizzes in between. Each one plays at normal speed, then its key lines again, more slowly. The first four follow one patient, James Davies, from a GP appointment about his headaches to the pharmacy counter, a follow-up visit and a medication review. Then three new patients: a nurse checking vital signs, a runner describing knee pain, and a man whose stomach trouble the GP puts into clinical words. Useful for B1–B2 learners, for nurses and doctors working in English, and for OET and IELTS Listening practice. IN THIS MARATHON 1 · First Visit to the GP (Ep. 1) · 2 · At the Pharmacy Counter (Ep. 2) · 3 · Back at the GP (Ep. 3) · 4 · The Medication Review (Ep. 7) · 5 · Checking Vital Signs (Ep. 5) · 6 · Describing Pain (Ep. 22) · 7 · Abdominal Pain (Ep. 23) LISTEN FOR Chief complaint · Dosage instructions · Side effects · Onset · Pain scale · Drug intolerance · Oxygen saturation · Radiation · Nausea · Bowel habit DISCLAIMER: This content is for language learning purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. Free transcripts and quizzes for every episode: https://medicalvoices.health/en/marathons/1 Support the show: https://medicalvoices.health/en/support Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/dApiniaE4Ys 26% off E2 Language OET & IELTS prep Preparing for OET or IELTS? E2 Language is the test-prep platform we recommend: live classes, full practice tests and feedback from expert teachers. Medical Voices listeners get 26% off with the code MDV26. We earn a small commission if you sign up, at no extra cost to you, and it helps keep this podcast free. Study the words: our GP Clinic Vocabulary Masterpack has 75 clinic terms from Episodes 1–10 (each term comes with its pronunciation, a plain definition, clinical context, a register note and a real line from the episode), with printable flashcards and an Anki deck. It's our own product → https://medicalvoices.health/mp/pod Support the show

  2. Trailer

    Welcome to Medical Voices: Now Every Tuesday and Friday

    Medical Voices teaches medical English through real conversations between clinicians and patients. Tuesdays: full lessons set in GP surgeries, hospitals and pharmacies. Fridays: Everyday Consultations (B1) and Nadia & Tom Talk, in alternate weeks. Plus a monthly Listening Marathon. Free transcripts at https://medicalvoices.health/en. For language learning only, not medical advice. Support the show

  3. 6d ago

    Abdominal Pain History │ Medical English 23

    A GP takes a structured abdominal pain history from a patient who can’t quite put his symptoms into words. Watch how Dr. Khan turns everyday language — ‘my stomach hurts’, ‘I feel sick’, ‘I’ve been going more often’ — into clinical vocabulary: abdominal pain, nausea, change in bowel habit. Every question in this consultation is a register-switching exercise, and that switch is the single most tested communication skill in OET Speaking history-taking stations. You’ll learn the GI vocabulary that comes up in every primary-care history (cramping, colicky, bloating, guarding, flatulence), plus the abdominal-specific pair ‘localised vs diffuse’ — a callback to Ep. 22, where the same concept appeared in a different organ system. VOCABULARY IN THIS EPISODE Abdominal pain · Nausea · Vomiting · Bowel habit (change in) · Bloating · Cramping / colicky · Guarding · Appetite loss · Passing wind / flatulence · Localised vs diffuse DISCLAIMER This content is for language learning purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. Free episode transcript (PDF): https://medicalvoices.health/en/episodes/23 Support the show: https://medicalvoices.health/en/support Watch & subscribe on YouTube. 26% off E2 Language OET & IELTS prep Preparing for OET or IELTS? E2 Language is the test-prep platform we recommend: live classes, full practice tests and feedback from expert teachers. Medical Voices listeners get 26% off with the code MDV26. We earn a small commission if you sign up, at no extra cost to you, and it helps keep this podcast free. Study the words: our GP Clinic Vocabulary Masterpack has 75 clinic terms from Episodes 1–10 (each term comes with its pronunciation, a plain definition, clinical context, a register note and a real line from the episode), with printable flashcards and an Anki deck. It's our own product → https://medicalvoices.health/mp/pod Support the show

  4. Oct 20

    Taking a Pain History — Medical English Ep. 22

    In Episode 22, Nadia and Tom are at Elmwood Surgery for a GP consultation about persistent knee pain. Mrs. Whitfield describes her symptoms while Dr. Okafor works through a structured pain history — onset, character of pain, severity, radiation, timing, and what makes it worse or better. 10 essential pain-history vocabulary terms used naturally in a realistic GP consultation. A core episode for anyone working in clinical English or preparing for OET Speaking or NMC OSCE. Vocabulary: Pain history · Onset · Character of pain · Severity · Pain scale · Radiation / radiate · Tenderness · Intermittent · Exacerbating / relieving factors · Localised / referred pain. Free PDF transcript: https://medicalvoices.health/en/episodes/22 Watch & subscribe on YouTube: https://youtu.be/DXmipbglLvE French channel: youtube.com/@MedicalVoicesFrench Website: https://medicalvoices.health/en 26% off E2 Language OET & IELTS prep Preparing for OET or IELTS? E2 Language is the test-prep platform we recommend: live classes, full practice tests and feedback from expert teachers. Medical Voices listeners get 26% off with the code MDV26. We earn a small commission if you sign up, at no extra cost to you, and it helps keep this podcast free. Study the words: our GP Clinic Vocabulary Masterpack has 75 clinic terms from Episodes 1–10 (each term comes with its pronunciation, a plain definition, clinical context, a register note and a real line from the episode), with printable flashcards and an Anki deck. It's our own product → https://medicalvoices.health/mp/pod Support the show

  5. Oct 13

    Calling the Doctor Overnight (SBAR) — Medical English Ep. 21

    It's 2 AM on Whitfield Ward. A ward nurse picks up the phone and calls the on-call doctor about a patient whose observations have changed. This is the first Medical Voices episode where both characters are clinicians — and every line teaches SBAR, the structured handover framework hospitals worldwide use for a deteriorating patient. If you're preparing for OET's inter-professional speaking tasks or an NMC/AHPRA OSCE escalation station, this is the episode. Vocabulary: SBAR · Situation · Background · Assessment · Recommendation · NEWS score · Deteriorating · On-call doctor · Bedside · Escalation This content is for language learning purposes only and does not constitute medical advice or clinical training. 📄 Free episode transcript (PDF): https://medicalvoices.health/en/episodes/21 ▶️ Watch on YouTube. 🇫🇷 French channel: youtube.com/@MedicalVoicesFrench 26% off E2 Language OET & IELTS prep Preparing for OET or IELTS? E2 Language is the test-prep platform we recommend: live classes, full practice tests and feedback from expert teachers. Medical Voices listeners get 26% off with the code MDV26. We earn a small commission if you sign up, at no extra cost to you, and it helps keep this podcast free. Study the words: our GP Clinic Vocabulary Masterpack has 75 clinic terms from Episodes 1–10 (each term comes with its pronunciation, a plain definition, clinical context, a register note and a real line from the episode), with printable flashcards and an Anki deck. It's our own product → https://medicalvoices.health/mp/pod Support the show

  6. Oct 6

    Capacity & Informed Consent — Medical English Ep. 20

    An elderly patient is due a routine MRI, and his daughter has one urgent question: on a day his capacity is fluctuating, who actually gets to decide? Dr. Rao walks the family through informed consent, capacity, and best-interests decision-making — in plain, reassuring language. This is one of the most legally sensitive conversations in medicine, and one of the most exam-relevant: capacity and consent appear in every NMC OSCE blueprint and across the doctor profession of OET Speaking. Vocabulary: Capacity (to consent) · Informed consent · Best interests · Next of kin · Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) · Advance decision / directive · Fluctuating capacity · Understanding the information · Weighing up the decision · Voluntary decision This content is for language learning purposes only and does not constitute medical or legal advice. 📄 Free episode transcript (PDF): https://medicalvoices.health/en/episodes/20 ▶️ Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/FYTz3Hv3uMg 🇫🇷 French channel: youtube.com/@MedicalVoicesFrench 26% off E2 Language OET & IELTS prep Preparing for OET or IELTS? E2 Language is the test-prep platform we recommend: live classes, full practice tests and feedback from expert teachers. Medical Voices listeners get 26% off with the code MDV26. We earn a small commission if you sign up, at no extra cost to you, and it helps keep this podcast free. Study the words: our GP Clinic Vocabulary Masterpack has 75 clinic terms from Episodes 1–10 (each term comes with its pronunciation, a plain definition, clinical context, a register note and a real line from the episode), with printable flashcards and an Anki deck. It's our own product → https://medicalvoices.health/mp/pod Support the show

  7. Sep 29

    Falls Assessment: The Language of a Geriatric GP Follow-Up for OET Speaking & IELTS

    Mr. Fenwick had a single fall in his kitchen three weeks ago — and he's keen to downplay it so as not to worry his daughter. Dr. Chaudhry isn't about to let that happen. Nadia and Tom cover ten essential falls-assessment terms: fall, loss of balance, dizziness/lightheadedness, postural hypotension, mobility aid, home environment review, polypharmacy, bone density, activities of daily living (ADLs), and falls clinic. Each term is defined and demonstrated in a realistic GP follow-up — taking a structured falls history, screening for postural hypotension, opening a non-judgemental conversation about medications, and reviewing the home environment — followed by a slower repeat and a short quiz. A core episode for OET Speaking, relevant to both the doctor and nurse professions, and directly applicable to NMC OSCE geriatric-assessment stations. This episode also closes the chronic-disease arc that began at Episode 13. 📄 Free transcript PDF (vocabulary table, full script, language notes): https://medicalvoices.health/en/episodes/19 ▶️ Watch on YouTube. Episode 19 of Medical Voices. 26% off E2 Language OET & IELTS prep Preparing for OET or IELTS? E2 Language is the test-prep platform we recommend: live classes, full practice tests and feedback from expert teachers. Medical Voices listeners get 26% off with the code MDV26. We earn a small commission if you sign up, at no extra cost to you, and it helps keep this podcast free. Study the words: our GP Clinic Vocabulary Masterpack has 75 clinic terms from Episodes 1–10 (each term comes with its pronunciation, a plain definition, clinical context, a register note and a real line from the episode), with printable flashcards and an Anki deck. It's our own product → https://medicalvoices.health/mp/pod 26% off E2 Language OET & IELTS prepUse code MDV26 to get 26% off E2 Language packages. We earn a commission at no extra cost to you.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show

  8. Sep 22

    Chest Pain in the ED: The Language of an Emergency Triage Assessment for OET Speaking & NMC OSCE

    Mr. Sullivan walks into the Emergency Department with chest pain that's never felt like this before — and Staff Nurse Pillai has only minutes to take a structured history, get him monitored, and start ruling out the dangerous causes. Nadia and Tom cover ten essential chest-pain triage terms: chest pain, onset, radiation, associated symptoms, shortness of breath, ECG, troponin, cardiac monitor, rule out, and pathway. Each term is defined and demonstrated in a realistic ED triage assessment — taking a structured history, explaining an ECG and troponin test in plain language, and holding the line on "I can't tell you yet" without ever losing warmth — followed by a slower repeat and a short quiz. The highest-priority OET medicine role-play on the channel and a direct NMC/AHPRA OSCE chest-pain station, taught line by line. 📄 Free transcript PDF (vocabulary table, full script, language notes): https://medicalvoices.health/en/episodes/18 ▶️ Watch on YouTube. Episode 18 of Medical Voices. Study the words: our GP Clinic Vocabulary Masterpack has 75 clinic terms from Episodes 1–10 (each term comes with its pronunciation, a plain definition, clinical context, a register note and a real line from the episode), with printable flashcards and an Anki deck. It's our own product → https://medicalvoices.health/mp/pod 26% off E2 Language OET & IELTS prepUse code MDV26 to get 26% off E2 Language packages. We earn a commission at no extra cost to you.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show

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Medical Voices is a free medical English podcast: learn the English of healthcare through realistic doctor–patient conversations. For English learners at B1–C1, and especially for nurses and doctors who work in English or are preparing for IELTS or OET. Four ways to listen: 🩺 Medical English Lessons (every Tuesday, B2–C1): clinical English for nurses and doctors. 10 key terms, a full consultation at natural speed and then slowly, a language breakdown and a quick quiz. 💬 Everyday Consultations (every other Friday, B1): short scenes at the doctor’s, the pharmacy and the dentist, heard from both sides: what the clinician says and how the patient answers. 🎙 Nadia & Tom Talk (every other Friday, B1–B2): relaxed conversations about healthcare and life in English, with useful phrases explained along the way. 🎧 Listening Marathons (monthly): our best consultations back to back, for long listening practice. Scenes are set in GP surgeries, pharmacies, hospital wards and emergency departments, with notes on UK, US, Australian and Canadian usage. Every episode has a free PDF transcript with the vocabulary. We call our community the Med Nomads: everyone who has crossed a border and had to find the words for health in a new language. The nurse rebuilding her career in a new country. The international doctor finding their voice on a foreign ward. The parent in a waiting room abroad, explaining that their child’s fever started last night. We make the language of medicine learnable, dignified and free, so no one feels like a stranger in the place they came to heal, or to be healed. Hosted by Nadia and Tom. They’re characters voiced with AI voice technology; every script is written and checked by a human producer. 📄 Free video episodes and PDF transcripts: https://medicalvoices.health/en 🎓 Preparing for IELTS or OET? Our channel partner E2 Language gives Medical Voices listeners 26% off with code MDV26: https://medicalvoices.health/e2 (we earn a commission at no extra cost to you) 🇫🇷 In French: Voix Médicales, on YouTube and in your podcast app -- ⚕ For language learning only. This content is not medical advice.

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    Medical Voices
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    25
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    © 2026 Medical Voices
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