Doctors angry over secret filming by patients - EFL SUPPORT
🔹 Article Support
📌 Title: Doctors angry over secret filming by patients
Key Vocabulary:
• Doctors – medical professionals
• Angry – very upset or mad
• Secret – not told or hidden
• Filming – recording video
🔹 Paragraph 1 Vocabulary & Questions
Key Vocabulary:
• Smartphone – a phone with a camera, internet, etc.
• Patient – a person who sees a doctor
• Social media sites – websites like Facebook, Instagram
• Ban – not allow something
• Privacy – personal, not for everyone to see
• Confidentiality – keeping something secret
• Healthcare professional – a person who works in health (doctor, nurse, etc.)
Questions to Ask Students (Use Simple English):
1. What do some patients do with their smartphones?
2. Why are doctors worried about people recording videos?
3. Is it okay to post hospital videos online? Why or why not?
🔹 Paragraph 2 Vocabulary & Questions
Key Vocabulary:
• Staff – people who work in a place
• Blog – a website where someone writes about something
• Visible – easy to see
• Uncomfortable – not feeling good or relaxed
• Anxious – worried or nervous
• Medical data – private health information
Questions to Ask Students:
1. What happened when the patient gave her phone to the worker?
2. How did the hospital staff feel about being recorded?
3. Do you think filming doctors is polite or rude? Why?
🔹 Task Support
🛑 DANGERS Task:
Task Instructions: Rank the dangers from most serious (1) to least serious (8).
Example Ranking:
1. Anxiety
2. Addiction
3. Lack of conversation
4. Lack of sleep
5. Cyberbullying
6. Eye damage
7. Radiation
8. Lack of exercise
You can ask students:
• “Which is the most dangerous for you?”
• “Do you use your smartphone before bed?”
• “Do you talk with your family or use your phone more?”
🛑 DANGERS: Why is each one serious?
1. Lack of sleep
If you use your smartphone late at night, you may not sleep well.
This can make you tired, sick, or unable to focus at school or work.
2. Eye damage
Looking at the screen for a long time can hurt your eyes.
Your eyes may feel dry, tired, or painful.
3. Addiction
Some people cannot stop using their phones.
They use them too much and forget about real life, friends, or school.
4. Lack of exercise
People sit and look at their phones instead of moving their bodies.
This can make them weak or unhealthy.
5. Lack of conversation
People use their phones and don’t talk with family or friends.
This can hurt relationships and make people feel lonely.
6. Cyberbullying
Some people use phones to say mean things online.
This can hurt others and make them very sad or scared.
7. Radiation
Phones make a small amount of radiation.
Some people worry it is bad for the body, but it is not clear.
8. Anxiety
Always checking the phone or seeing bad news can make people nervous or worried.
Social media can also make people feel not good enough.
You can follow up by asking students:
• Which danger is the biggest problem for teenagers?
• Do you feel any of these problems?
• What is one good thing about smartphones?
✅ TRUE / FALSE Sample Answers:
1. Smartphones make all doctors in the UK angry. – False
2. The article says many hospitals have banned smartphones. – False
3. A man said smartphones are affecting the mental health of doctors. – False
4. The man said smartphones in hospitals come with worries about privacy. – True
5. Hospital workers are not worried about smartphone videos. – False
6. A hospital worker took a video of a patient. – False
7. A patient took a video she wanted to upload onto a cancer blog. – True
8. Uploading videos could mean people see private medical information. – True
❓ Discussion Questions – Simplified + Sample Student Responses
1. Should smartphones be banned in hospitals?
→ Yes, because it is not good to film people secretly.
2. What do you take videos of on your smartphone?
→ I take videos of my dog and my friends.
3. What problems are there with filming things on smartphones?
→ It is bad for privacy. Some people feel nervous.
4. How stressful do you think being a doctor is?
→ Very stressful. Doctors work a lot and help many people.
5. What advice do you have for doctors and medical staff?
→ Be careful with smartphones. Talk to patients kindly.
6. Should hospital staff not wear name badges?
→ Maybe yes, for privacy. But name badges help patients too.
7. Have you ever watched any interesting videos?
→ Yes, I watched a cooking video. I learned a new recipe.
🗨️ <SNS> Social Media Question
Q: Some people say that social media is harmful to mental health. What do you think?
→ Yes, it is bad sometimes. People compare their lives and feel sad.
📱 <Smartphone> Questions
Q: Do you think people enjoy their time with smartphones?
→ Yes, because they play games and watch videos.
Q: Do you think the use of smartphones at school should be banned?
→ Yes, students should study. Phones are a big distraction.
📱 General Technology & Lifestyle Questions
1. Do you think people use smartphones too much? Why or why not?
2. What do people usually do on their smartphones?
3. What are the good points of smartphones?
4. What are the bad points of smartphones?
5. What do you do when you don’t have your phone? (Good for the student without
one)
6. Do you think children should have smartphones? At what age?
7. How do you feel when someone is using their phone during a conversation?
8. What is something you can do with a phone that helps people? (e.g. calling for
help, using maps)
9. If you lost your phone, how would you feel? Why?
10. Do smartphones make people happier or more stressed? What do you think?
👫 Social & Daily Life Questions (Phone-Free)
1. What do you like to do in your free time without a phone?
2. Do you like talking face-to-face or texting more? Why?
3. What do you think people did before smartphones?
4. What is one thing you enjoy that doesn’t use a screen? (good for phone-free
student)
5. Can you live one day without a phone? Why or why not?
🧠 Simple Critical Thinking / “What If…” Questions
1. What would happen if all phones stopped working for one week?
2. What if hospitals banned phones completely—good idea or bad idea?
3. If you made your own phone, what special feature would it have? (fun and
creative)
4. What advice would you give to someone who uses their phone too much?
5. What do you think phones will look like in 20 years?
