Module 2 – Unit 1: Listening Task 
Interview with the Author
Dr. Jerome Groopman is a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Chief of Experimental Medicine at Beth Israel-Deconness Medical Center. He is also a writer. In 2000, he wrote a book titled Second Opinion: Stories of Intuition and Choice in the Changing World of Medicine. Click on the LISTEN button to hear part of a television interview with him.
Adapted from: PBS Online NewsHour: http:/www.pbs.org/newshour/gergen/jan-june00/groopman_6-8.html. Retrieved 10/02/04.
First Listening
Listen to the interview with Dr. Groopman. List the three illnesses or medical conditions that you hear.
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Second Listening
Listen again and answer the following questions.
- Would you like to be Dr. Groopman’s patient? Why or why not?
- What advice do you think Dr. Groopman would give to a new doctor?
- Do you think most doctors in the U.S. have the same views as Dr. Groopman? What about in your country?
- Complete the statement: Dr. Groopman encourages his patients to be…
(Check all that apply.)
____ active
____ assertive
____ quiet
____ persistent
____ passive
____ proactive
____ shy