Writing, Speaking, and Communication Skills for Health Professionals - Softcover

Barnard, Stephanie Roberson; Hughes, Kirk T.; St James, Deborah; The Health Care Communication Group

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0300088620 ISBN 13: 9780300088625

Publisher: Yale University Press, 2001

Synopsis

Strong communication skills are required of today’s health care practitioners. Medical writers, medical students, residents and postdoctoral associates, physicians, biomedical researchers, nurses, pharmacists, and others in the allied health professions must develop and continue to improve their communication skills if they aspire to excellence in the medical and biological sciences. This book―a guide that belongs in the personal library of every health care professional―brims with practical advice on a broad range of essential medical communication skills.

The volume opens with an examination of how to organize the complex technical data encountered in clinics and the scientific literature. Next the book discusses the publication and presentation tasks that health care practitioners face, in particular the journal article, the grant, the conference poster, and the curriculum vitae. The third section of the volume explores teaching medicine and the problem-based record, and the final section deals with timely topics in the business of health care, including customer service, practice-building in competitive markets, meetings skills, and business writing. Easy-to-read and wide ranging, this book is the ideal communication primer for everyone in the health care field.

About this title

About the Author:

The authors are all experts in the field of health communications. Among their areas of expertise are public relations, medical editing and writing, teaching advanced writing and speaking skills, multicultural communication, collaborative adult learning, grant writing, management, and medical statistics.

Review:

"I'd like to put a copy in the hands of all my students and housestaff." -- Abraham Verghese, M.D., author of My Own Country and The Tennis Partner

"Rich with examples, this book is timely and up-to-date. The authors bring great experience, talent, and creativity to their material." -- Steven Schwaitzberg, New England Medical Center, Tufts University

About this edition

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0300088620
• ISBN 13: 9780300088625
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352