Among the main objectives of the Discipline of Modern Languages are assimilation and development of lexical and grammatical basic elements necessary for expression in medical English, establishment the habit of fluent and correct expression in English, facilitating the access to specialized materials and participation in national and international scientific events, understanding medical papers with relevant  and to medical vocabulary, comprehension of texts containing general and professional content, communication in various social and professional situations.

The skills acquired by the students are of a great diversity, among the most important being: the ability to go through specialized texts in a critical analysis of the lexical repertoire; being able to draw up abstracts on medical subjects related to the topics studied; the potential to develop medical texts of a significant size respecting the specific requirements; the necessary training for the explaining and  reasoning the patient's treatment options.

However, the jurisdiction with the greatest influence on the future professional and didactic activity of students studying this discipline remains the transfer of competences of studying a foreign language in the study of specialized disciplines.

English and Romanian languages (for foreign students) are studied in the first and second years of medicine, English can be studied by the fourth-year students as an optional course entitled "Writing and Presenting Medical Papers" at the Faculty of Medicine ( 2003- present). The optional course’s topic is as varied as it is necessary for the development of the writing and presentation ability of scientific papers in English, among the course’s topics being found issues relevant to writing scientific papers, their structure and professional correspondence.

Bibliography for Medical English:

1. Cohen, B.J., DePetris A., Medical Terminology: An Illustrated Guide, J.B. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 7th edition, 2013
2. Glendining, E., Holmstrom, B., English in Medicine (A Course in Communication Skills), Cambridge University Press, U.K., 1992
3. Greenhalgh, T., Medicine Today, Longman, 1993
4. Lisowski F. P., Oxnard, C. E., Anatomical parts and their derivations, World Scientific Publishing, Singapore, 2007
5. Marieb., E.N., Essentials of Human Anatomy and Physiology, A. W. Longman, 1997
6. Myers, A.R., Medicine, 2nd ed., Harwal Publishing, 1994
7. O'Brien, T., Nucleus – Medicine, Longman, 1993
8. Ribes, R., Ros P., Medical English, Springer, New York, 2008
9. Soltesz Steiner, S., Quick Medical Terminology, John Wilez & Sons Inc., 2003
10. Tiersky, E., Tiersky M., The Language of Medicine in English, Prentice Hall Regents, New Jersey, 1992
11. Vince M., Advanced Language Practice, Heinemann, 1994
12. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary, 32nd edition,. Elsevier Saunders, 2011
13. Mosby's Medical Dictionary, 9th edition, Mosby, 2012
14. Stedman's Medical Dictionary, 28th edition, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2013

Bibliography for Romanian language:

1. Brancus, G. si colab., Manual de limba romana pentru studentii straini, Editura Universitatii din Bucuresti, 2003.
2. Gheorghevici, A., Culegere de texte medicale in limba romana prelucrate cu exercitii lexicale si gramaticale, U.M.F. "Carol Davila" Bucuresti, 1995.
3. Balanescu, O., Limbaj medical romanesc pentru straini, Editura Ariadna ’98, Bucuresti, 1999.
4. Doca, Gh., Learn Romanian, Course for English Speakers, Niculescu, 2008.
5. Ispas, A.T., Anatomia AYi fiziologia omului, Editura Didactica si Pedagogica, Bucuresti, 2000.
6. Vasilescu, A., (coordonator), Limba romana ca limba straina. Dosare pedagogice, Editura
   Universitatii din Bucuresti, 2006.
7. Manual de chirurgie pentru studenti, sub redactia Eugen Bratucu, vol. 1 si 2, editura Universitatii Carol Davila, Bucuresti, 2009