Works by Kim Kara, M.Ed.

CELBANPrep Publishing Library

Publisher:
CELBANPrep Publishing

Primary Audience:
Internationally Educated Health Professionals

Primary Subjects:
Professional Healthcare Communication • English Language Development • CELBAN Preparation • Healthcare Collocations • Medical Grammar

Paperback availability:

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Kindle editions availability:

Brazil • France • Germany  • India •  Italy  • Japan • Mexico • Netherlands • Poland •  Spain • Sweden • US • UK • Australia • Canada  

Library Knowledge Map

Here is a coherent body of educational knowledge created by Kim Kara, M.Ed., organized into systems, series, and resources.

Kim Kara, M.Ed.

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CELBANPrep Publishing

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├── The Healer Series 

│  Skill Development Resources

│   CELBAN Preparation Study Guide Books

│ ├── Reading Preparation Guide

│ ├── Writing Preparation Guide

│ ├── Listening Preparation Guide

│ └── Speaking Preparation Guide

│ 

├── Mastering Healthcare Communication Series

│  Communication Resources

│ ├── Reading and Writing

│ └── Listening and Speaking

├── Grammar Essentials Series

│   Grammar Resources

│ ├── Nouns and Articles

│ ├── Verbs and Verbals

│ ├── Agreement Errors

│ └── Advanced Punctuation and Sentence Structure

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└──  Medical Collocations Series

  Healthcare Language Patterns Resources

├── Volume 1

├── Volume 2

└── Sampler

Individual Series Maps

The Healer Series Knowledge & Relationship Map

│   Stage 1: CELBAN Competency Development

│   Skill Development Resources

The Healer Series develops the four interconnected competencies required for professional healthcare communication: Reading, Writing, Listening, and Speaking.

Although each guide focuses on one primary communication competency, the four resources are designed to work together. 

The Healer Series

├── Reading Resources 

│   CELBAN Reading Preparation Guides

│   Healer • Discover the CELBAN

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├── Writing Resources 

│   CELBAN Writing Preparation Guides

│   Healer • Master the CELBAN

│   

├── Listening Resources 

│   CELBAN Listening Preparation Guides

│   Healer • Explore the CELBAN 

│   

└── Speaking Resources 

      CELBAN Speaking Preparation Guides

Healer • Conquer the CELBAN

Mastering Healthcare Communication Relationship Map

│  Stage 2: Authentic Communication Practice

│   Communication Resources

│   Provide authentic scenarios and practice opportunities

Healthcare professionals rarely use one skill in isolation.

• You read before you write.

• You listen before you speak.

This ebook series is built around those natural pairings rather than the artificial separation often found in language textbooks.

Mastering Healthcare Communication

├── Reading & Writing

│ Written Communication

│   ├──  Reading → understanding information

│   └──  Writing → documenting and communicating information

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└── Speaking & Listening

│ Interactive Communication

│   ├──  Listening → receiving and interpreting information

│   └──  Speaking → responding, clarifying, instructing, collaborating

The Grammar Essentials Knowledge & Relationship Map

│   Stage 3: Communication Pattern Diagnosis

│   Grammar Resources

│   Help learners identify and correct recurring grammar patterns.

Grammar is often taught as a collection of separate topics in a single textbook.

The Grammar Essentials Series was designed differently.

Each module can be studied independently as a targeted grammar system supporting recognition and correction of recurring communication patterns.

Yet, together they form the complete Medical Grammar reference.

Grammar Essentials Series

├── Medical Grammar 

│ Compilation of:

│   ├── CELBAN Grammar Essentials: Nouns and Articles 

│   │   └── Nouns & Articles (Student Quiz Workbook #1)

│   ├──CELBAN Grammar Essentials: Verbs and Verbals 

│   │   └── Verbs & Verbals(Student Quiz Workbook #2)

│   ├── CELBAN Grammar Essentials: Agreement Errors 

│   │   └── Agreement Errors (Student Quiz Workbook #3)

│   └── CELBAN Grammar Essentials: Advanced Punctuation & Sentence Structure 

│   │   └── Advanced Punctuation (Student Quiz Workbook #4)

Medical Collocation Knowledge & Relationship Map

│   Stage 4: Advanced Healthcare Language Development

│   Healthcare Language Patterns

│   Develop recognition of healthcare language patterns used naturally in professional communication.

Healthcare communication is built through predictable language patterns.

The Medical Collocations Collection was designed to help Internationally Educated Health Professionals move beyond memorizing medical vocabulary and develop an understanding of healthcare language patterns: how healthcare words naturally combine to express meaning.

The collection progresses from foundational pattern recognition in Volume 1 to clinical application in Volume 2. The Sampler is available as a preview. 

Medical Collocations Collection Map

├── Volume 1

│   Medical Collocations Volume 1:

│   Beginner Healthcare Collocations Dictionary

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├── Volume 2

│   Medical Collocations Volume 2:

│   Intermediate Healthcare Collocations Dictionary

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└── Sampler

    Preview of the Medical Collocations Dictionary Series