The Future of Healthcare

B2/C1 short video lesson on digital twins, precision medicine, AI diagnosis and patient empowerment.

Lesson Overview

Students watch a short video about the future of healthcare. The lesson focuses on digital twins, precision medicine, AI-powered diagnosis, value-based care, patient empowerment and digital access to healthcare.

Before you watch

How will healthcare be different in the future?
Would you trust an AI-supported medical diagnosis?
What does “personalized healthcare” mean to you?

Video

Open video on YouTube

Prep

Drag the correct ending into each gap. The options are mixed.

1. If healthcare is anticipatory,...

2. If a patient has a digital twin,...

3. If care is personalized,...

4. If patients are empowered consumers,...

5. If healthcare is available around the clock,...

Mixed answer options

patients can access support at any time.it is adapted to the needs of one specific patient.doctors can use a computational model to guide care.it tries to predict and prevent problems before they happen.they have more control and information about their care.

Watch

Watch the full short video. Focus on the main predictions about how healthcare will change in the decades ahead.

Watch on YouTube

Comprehension

Click each question to reveal the answer.

What four major transformations in healthcare are mentioned at the beginning?

Medicine will become more precise, value will shape care delivery, patients will become empowered consumers, and digitalization will transform every part of healthcare.

What is a digital twin in this context?

It is a customized computational model of a patient that can help doctors anticipate illness, guide therapy options and predict procedure outcomes.

How will precision medicine help radiologists?

It will help them make highly specific diagnoses with fewer unwarranted variations.

What will AI-powered decision models use to improve diagnostic accuracy?

They will use vast population health data.

How will healthcare become more anticipatory?

It will be organized around the patient’s medical conditions and available around the clock.

How will patient experience improve?

Interactions will become more convenient, personalized and compassionate.

Vocabulary from the Video

Healthcare will undergo dramatic .

Medicine will become more .

Patients will become empowered .

AI-powered models will improve diagnostic .

Care teams will be structured around patients and their .

Mixed options

accuracyneedsprecisetransformationsconsumerstherapy

Vocabulary Review

Word / phrase	Meaning	Example
dramatic transformations	major changes	Healthcare will undergo dramatic transformations.
precise	exact and specific	Medicine will become more precise.
value-based care	healthcare focused on outcomes and efficiency	Value will shape care delivery.
empowered consumer	a patient with more control and information	Patients will become empowered consumers.
digitalization	the use of digital technology to change a system	Digitalization will transform healthcare.
digital twin	a digital model of a person or system	Patients may have a digital twin.
computational model	a model created using computer data and calculations	A digital twin is a computational model.
anticipate illness	predict illness before it fully develops	Doctors may anticipate illness earlier.
precision medicine	medicine adapted to individual patients	Precision medicine can improve diagnosis.
unwarranted variation	unnecessary difference in care or diagnosis	The aim is to reduce unwarranted variations.
population health data	health information from large groups of people	AI models use population health data.
diagnostic accuracy	how correct a diagnosis is	AI may improve diagnostic accuracy.
anticipatory	designed to predict future needs	Healthcare will become more anticipatory.
multi-disciplinary	involving specialists from different fields	Care teams will be multi-disciplinary.
real-time monitoring	continuous tracking of a patient’s condition	Real-time monitoring can guide care.

Collocations and Expressions

diagnostic

precision

digital

real-time

population health

care

Mixed options

monitoringdeliveryaccuracytwindatamedicine

Phrasal Verb Exercise

Doctors will look patients using digital tools.

Healthcare providers will build more detailed patient data.

AI models will draw population health data.

Patients will check virtually with care teams.

New systems will cut unnecessary variation.

Digital care may open access for more patients.

Mixed options

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Phrasal Verb Exercise 2: Form Questions

How will doctors look patients in the future?

What kind of data will healthcare providers build ?

What information will AI models draw ?

How often might patients check with virtual care teams?

How can precision medicine cut variation?

How might digital care open access?

Mixed options

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B2/C1 Grammar: Future Predictions with Will and Future Passive

This grammar section practises formal future predictions often used in technology, healthcare and business contexts.

Use	Pattern	Example
Prediction	will + verb	Healthcare will undergo dramatic transformations.
Future passive	will be + past participle	Care will be organized around patients’ needs.
Result	will enable + object + to + verb	Precision medicine will enable doctors to make better diagnoses.
Transformation	will transform + noun	Digitalization will transform healthcare.

Grammar Exercise 1: Drag the correct future form

Healthcare dramatic transformations.

Care delivery by value.

Digital twins doctors to predict outcomes.

Diagnostic accuracy by AI-powered decision models.

Patients more empowered consumers.

Mixed options

will becomewill be shapedwill enablewill undergowill be improvedwill improving

Grammar Exercise 2: Error Correction

Click each sentence to reveal the correction.

Healthcare will be undergo dramatic transformations.

Healthcare will undergo dramatic transformations.

Care delivery will shaped by value.

Care delivery will be shaped by value.

Digital twins will enabling doctors to predict outcomes.

Digital twins will enable doctors to predict outcomes.

Diagnostic accuracy will improved by AI models.

Diagnostic accuracy will be improved by AI models.

Grammar Exercise 3: Sentence Transformations

Use “will transform”.
Digitalization is going to change healthcare.

Use the future passive.
Care teams will organize healthcare around patients’ needs.

Use “will enable”.
Digital twins will help doctors predict outcomes.

Useful Patterns

Prediction	Passive transformation	Cause and result
Healthcare will... Patients will... AI models will...	Care will be organized... Diagnosis will be improved... Data will be used...	Digital twins will enable... Precision medicine will help... Real-time monitoring will allow...

Discussion

Would you trust a digital twin to help guide your medical treatment?
What are the advantages and risks of using large amounts of patient data?
Could AI make healthcare more compassionate, or less human?
Should patients have more control over their medical data?
How might virtual access to care help people in rural areas?
What healthcare tasks should always involve a human doctor?

Useful Language for Discussion

Agreeing	Expressing concern	Predicting change
I can see the benefits of... That could improve... It would be useful if...	My main concern is... There is a risk that... Patients might worry about...	Healthcare will probably... AI could help doctors... In the future, patients may...

Role Play: Designing the Hospital of the Future

Situation: A hospital is planning a new digital healthcare strategy. The team must decide which technologies to invest in first.

Student A: Hospital Innovation Director

You want to invest in digital twins, AI-powered diagnostic models and real-time monitoring. Explain how these tools will increase value and improve patient experience.

Student B: Patient Representative

You support innovation, but you are worried about privacy, trust, human contact and unequal access to digital care.

Challenge

Use at least three future prediction forms from the grammar section.

Innovation Director	Patient Representative
This technology will enable... Care will be organized around... AI models will improve...	Patients may be concerned about... Human contact will still be necessary because... Access must be...

Finish