Module · after A0 → B1

Medical Dutch B1 → B2

From the Dutch you use with patients to the Dutch you need to read a guideline, follow a team meeting, write a formal e-mail and argue a point. Eight chapters about the Dutch healthcare system and the questions it faces, with two practice tests in the format of the Staatsexamen NT2 programme II.

Level: B1 → B2
Start from: B1
Content: 8 chapters · 17 units
Study load: 4–5 hours a week
Duration: about 4–5 months
Format: online, at your own pace
Price: €199 · 12 months

Who it is for

Professions that need B2

For several healthcare professions trained at bachelor (HBO) level, the BIG-register asks for Dutch at B2 — for example physiotherapists and midwives. For you, this module is the language preparation for registration. Check the exact requirement for your profession on bigregister.nl.

Doctors and dentists

Doctors and dentists need B2+. This module takes you to B2; the next module, B2 → B2+, adds the language of the consultation room for your own profession and prepares you for the B2+ exam.

What you will be able to do

Read newspaper articles, policy texts and short research reports about healthcare, and find the main line of argument.
Follow radio fragments, news items and conversations between colleagues at normal speed.
Write a formal e-mail or complaint, a summary of at most 100 words, and an argumentative text of 250–300 words.
Describe a graph, give a short presentation and take part in a discussion with arguments for and against.
Understand how the Dutch healthcare system, patients' rights and professional culture work — the context of your future job.

Chapters

#	Theme and units	Grammar and skill
H1	Het Nederlandse zorgstelsel · the system and the GP as gatekeeper	linking words (bovendien, daarentegen) · finding key sentences
H2	Werken in Nederland · direct feedback, part-time work and staff shortages	zou / zouden · formal e-mail and complaint
H3	Gezondheid en leefstijl · lifestyle as medicine, who is responsible	passive with modal verbs · summarising in 100 words
H4	Onderzoek en nieuws · reading a study, figures and graphs	all uses of «er» · describing a graph
H5	Ethiek · deciding for a patient, scarce care	relative pronouns, waar + preposition · statements and debate
H6	Taal en integratie · language barriers, English in healthcare	past perfect, indirect speech · 5-minute presentation
H7	Digitale zorg · privacy of the medical file, AI and reports	nominalisation and formal register · argumentative essay
H8	Herhaling en proeftoets · review and two practice tests	reading, listening, writing and speaking in exam format

What is in every unit

A text with audio recorded in Dutch, read along line by line.
Vocabulary cards with the forms you will meet, and grammar patterns explained in English.
Listening questions, and speaking tasks: listen to a question, record your answer, compare it with a model answer.
Writing tasks with a checklist, as used in the exam.
Diagrams for the harder topics, and links to the matching theory cards on BigMentor for those preparing for the BI-toets.

Practice tests, certificate and exam

This module does not give a language certificate. It prepares you for the Staatsexamen Nederlands als tweede taal, programme II (B2), which you take separately. Dutch at B1 and B2 is accepted by the BIG-register from that state exam.

Two practice tests (units et05 and u56) follow the four parts of programme II: reading, listening, writing and speaking, with the same assessment criteria.
You can take each practice test as often as you like.
After a practice test you see what to repeat before you register for the real exam.

What you need

Dutch at B1, for example after our A0 → B1 course or the Staatsexamen NT2 programme I.
A computer or phone with headphones and a microphone for the speaking tasks.
Nothing to buy: all texts, audio and exercises are online.

Price

€199 for twelve months of access, 21% Dutch VAT included. One payment, no subscription: the module does not renew by itself.

The next module, B2 → B2+, is sold separately and per profession.
Both modules are included at no extra charge in the full MentoraMedic programmes — the route many candidates take with funding from a municipality or an employer.
Questions, an invoice for your employer, or group access: [email protected].

Open the module sign in, then pay — a module attaches to your account