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Vocabulary about Hospitals

In the IELTS exam, you could be asked a question related to health and for that it might be useful to know some language related to hospitals. To be honest, hospitals are not often raised in this sort of test because they can be a controversial or triggering topic, but certainly they do occasionally come up. Also, it’s worth knowing key vocabulary in case you find yourself in a situation where you need to visit a hospital in the English-speaking world.

First of all, here is a video about hospital vocabulary:

In the video, I explain lots of words and I divide them into categories:

Parts of a hospital
People in a hospital
Verbs related to hospitals

I try to avoid the basic stuff, such as “doctor” and “nurse” because to be honest if you don’t know these then you are a long way from even considering IELTS. Instead, I look at words such as “dermatologist” and “scrubs.” These are less common but still quite useful.

Here’s an example of a part of the video that contains some useful vocabulary about hospitals:

This is related to the wider topic of health.

David S. Wills

David S. Wills is the author of Scientologist! William S. Burroughs and the 'Weird Cult' and the founder/editor of Beatdom literary journal. He lives and works in rural Cambodia and loves to travel. He has worked as an IELTS tutor since 2010, has completed both TEFL and CELTA courses, and has a certificate from Cambridge for Teaching Writing. David has worked in many different countries, and for several years designed a writing course for the University of Worcester. In 2018, he wrote the popular IELTS handbook, Grammar for IELTS Writing and he has since written two other books about IELTS. His other IELTS website is called IELTS Teaching.