Hi, my name is Terri Massin and I'm the instructor of City College's ESL 20, 23 and 26 courses which are also taught as noncredit ESLV 3842, 3843 and 3844. These classes are also called English for Health Communication and Careers. They are taught at the Downtown Campus on Tuesdays and Thursdays 12:00-2:30.

Please enjoy this blog. It's a place where I post articles, videos, websites for assignments, information about volunteering, help with pronunciation and vocabulary. Most of the information is for people who want to work in the health care field, but some of it is just helpful for anyone interested in health.

It would be FABULOUS if you wrote comments when you look at the blog. Then I know that people are reading and using the blog. You can sign in as Anonymous, but then at the end of your comment, please write your name (the one I call you in class) and which class (if any) you're in. THANKS A LOT!
Terri

Friday, January 24, 2014

Please Comment on the blog and sign your name, even if it says "anonymous"

I love to read your comments and it helps me want to put more things up. Please write what you think about what you read or saw and let me know who you are. It makes me happy! What more can I say??
See you all next week.
terri

Some interesting things to read and watch.

Listen to a doctor talk about drugs (illegal drugs) and their true effect on their brains.
Watch a series about asthma in New York and also a news segment about asthma in the Bay Area.

I hope you can open this. It's a provocative interview on KPFA, listener-sponsored radio. The person being interviewed is Dr. Hart, a neuroscientist at Columbia. He wrote a book called "High Price: A Neuroscientist's Journey of Self Discovery". 
http://www.kpfa.org/archive/id/99399



Also news on the rise of asthma in the Bay Area. 

And finally, here's the video (I hope this works) on the Dateline.

Thursday, January 16, 2014

Interesting show on treating depression with alternative methods...

meditation, nutrition, homeopathy, etc...... http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201401161000

Labor Statistics (Information about jobs) from CCSF's Website

http://www.ccsf.edu/NEW/en/educational-programs/career-and-technical-education/labor-market-information.html

Website for jobs in health care

http://www.healthecareers.com/

Health Programs at CCSF

You can check out the programs on the right side. Look for Health Education and Health Tech.
http://www.ccsf.edu/NEW/en/educational-programs/career-and-technical-education/student-resources/ProgramFAQs.html

volunteer info

http://www.volunteermatch.org/search?l=san+francisco%2C+ca%2C+usa

a video on volunteering http://www.youtube.com/user/TheVolunteerCenter#p/a/u/0/aS-mAz34NA0

Resume help

Here are some places to go for help with resumes.

http://workforcedevelopmentsf.org/jobseekerservices/images/stories/JobSeekerServices/OneStopCareerLinkCenterServices/LocationHours/January_2014_Calendar_WANAP_Rev._1.6.2014.pdf

http://workforcedevelopmentsf.org/jobseekerservices/images/stories/JobSeekerServices/OneStopCareerLinkCenterServices/LocationHours/chinatown%20nap%20center%20calendar%2001%202014%20-%20english%20version.pdf

http://workforcedevelopmentsf.org/jobseekerservices/images/stories/JobSeekerServices/OneStopCareerLinkCenterServices/LocationHours/edd-2014%20january%20workshop%20calendar.pdf

http://workforcedevelopmentsf.org/jobseekerservices/images/stories/JobSeekerServices/OneStopCareerLinkCenterServices/LocationHours/VVNAP_January_2014_Calendar.pdf

http://www.jvs.org/calendar.php