Teaching Writing in the Health Professions: Perspectives, Problems, and Practices

ISBN-13: 9780367750886 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 204 str.

Michael J. Madson

Opis

This collection provides a research-based guide to instructional practices for writing in the health professions, promoting faculty development and bringing together perspectives from writing studies, technical communication, and health humanities.

Spis treści

Introduction Writing in the health professions: An emergent interdiscipline for teachers  Part I: Writing in medicine and public health  1 Teaching medical students to write proper clinical notes using expectancy-value theory  2 What can we learn about ‘advanced literacy for research’ in two Colombian graduate programs?  3 Supporting medical writers in the twenty-first century  Part II: Writing in nursing  4 Developing students’ professional identity through writing and peer review  5 Nursing simulations and intermediary genres: Bridging students’ classroom and clinical writing  6 Semi-embedding’ writing center specialists in a masters level nursing course to improve perceptions of writing support  7 Writing-related threshold concepts in doctoral nursing education  Part III: Writing in allied health and pharmacy  8 When the classroom is the workplace: Developing writing curricula for EMS and fire service training programs  9 Online instruction on scholarly writing and library research in a physician assistant program: Laying the foundation for developing academic literacies and examining evidence-based research  10 Enhancing communication competencies: A model for pharmacy and writing and communication center partnerships  Part IV: Writing in interprofessional contexts  11 Teaching culturally sensitive care through reflective writing  12 Communicating ‘patient-centered care’: A case study for collaborative writing in the health professions  13 Graphic medicine: Theory, utility, and practice in interprofessional contexts  14 Promoting writing through teacherless writing groups  Conclusion The ‘prognosis’ of writing in the health professions

O autorze

Michael J. Madson is an assistant professor in the technical communication program at Arizona State University. He teaches courses related to health-care writing and user experience.