scholarly journals PRAGMATIC ASPECTS OF ACADEMIC WRITING IN HEALTH CARE

2020 ◽  
pp. 061
Author(s):  
Leontina Kerničan ◽  
Nadežda Stojković
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
Professional Communication ◽  
Academic Experience ◽  
Medical Texts ◽  
Medical Faculties ◽  
Clear Delineation ◽  
Account Due ◽  
General Aspects ◽  
Pragmatic Aspects

A clear delineation is obvious to understand specific aspects regarding the use of academic writing in health care. Thus, more pragmatic and less general aspects of academic writing for medical purposes will be taken into account. Due to solid experience in students’ education of LSP at medical faculties, we are delighted to share our academic experience primarily with students as well as with our colleagues. The paper will be focused on emphasizing the critical points of structuring medical texts. Namely, it will present the path of text structuring to help readers understand the specific aspects of high relevance for medical authors. Also, it will draw attention to the role of health care practitioners as well as how they should evaluate this aspect in their professional communication. Furthermore, we would like to pay attention to approaching fundamental problems in academic writing in health care.

scholarly journals ESSENTIAL FEATURES OF EFFECTIVE ACADEMIC WRITING IN ENGLISH

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 41-43
Author(s):  
Yu.V. Lysanets ◽  
O.M. Bieliaieva ◽  
L.B. Slipchenko ◽  
K.H. Havrylieva ◽  
H.Yu. Morokhovets
Keyword(s):  
Academic Writing ◽  
English Language ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Professional Communication ◽  
Academic Standards ◽  
Medical Setting ◽  
British Council ◽  
Academic Communication ◽  
English Academic Writing

The article discusses the features of academic writing in English based on the recommendations from the British Council in Ukraine in the framework of the “Researcher Connect” project, aiming to facilitate the transition to academic standards of English and improve the academic discourse produced by non-native language users. The authors outline major tendencies in the modern English language as pertains to written discourse and provide recommendations for rendering academic writing persuasive. It is a well-established fact that academic writing in English possesses unique features, which must be respected and taken into account. Hence, a transfer of academic norms from a person's mother tongue to English can be a challenge, which may impair the quality of academic writing. Presenting the research results without consideration of academic norms, grammar, and lexical features of English academic writing can lead to mistakes and misunderstanding, and result in a written work of poor quality, even if the research findings are valid. The mechanisms of improving the academic writing skills during the study of English for Academic Communication with due account for relevant grammar and lexical peculiarities have been explored. Therefore, the major challenge for researchers is the difficulty in transition to academic standards of a foreign language. The article discusses the surface and the deeper purposes in any academic writing; the significance of understanding one’s audience; the concepts of persuasion, clarity, and conciseness, as well as grammar and lexical means for achieving them. Developing the communication skills of Ukrainian scientists is crucial for successful international communication and cooperation. The study of potential difficulties, which the Ukrainian medical professionals may face in the process of academic writing in English, is important for developing the guidelines to eliminate possible mistakes and avoid misunderstanding in a medical setting. Further study of the peculiarities of academic writing in English will contribute to the optimization of international professional communication, the expansion of inter-institutional dialogue, and the integration of Ukraine into the world community.

The use of general and specialized corpora as reference sources for academic English writing: A case study

ReCALL ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 243-259 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ji-Yeon Chang
Keyword(s):  
Academic Writing ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
English For Academic Purposes ◽  
Discourse Community ◽  
Academic Experience ◽  
Academic English ◽  
Training Corpus ◽  
English Writing ◽  
English Speaking

AbstractCorpora have been suggested as valuable sources for teaching English for academic purposes (EAP). Since previous studies have mainly focused on corpus use in classroom settings, more research is needed to reveal how students react to using corpora on their own and what should be provided to help them become autonomous corpus users, considering that their ultimate goal is to be independent scholars and writers. In the present study, conducted in an engineering lab at a Korean university over 22 weeks, data on students’ experiences and evaluations of consulting general and specialized corpora for academic writing were collected and analyzed. The findings show that, while both corpora served the participants well as reference sources, the specialized corpus was particularly valued for its direct help in academic writing because, as non-native English-speaking graduate engineering students, the participants wanted to follow the writing conventions of their discourse community. The participants also showed disparate attitudes toward the time taken for corpus consultation due to differences in factors such as academic experience, search purposes, and writing tasks. The article concludes with several suggestions for better corpus use with EAP students regarding the compilation of a corpus, corpus training, corpus competence, and academic writing.

scholarly journals Source discernment – the root of all information literacy?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Unger ◽  
Magdalena Svanberg ◽  
Miritt Zisser
Keyword(s):  
Information Literacy ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
Evaluation Process ◽  
Popular Science ◽  
White Paper ◽  
First Year ◽  
Academic Experience ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
First Year Student

Is source discernment at the root of all information literacy? In today’s media landscape, finding information is easy. Finding information that is scientifically correct and trustworthy is much more difficult. An added problem for students today is that all this available information come in similar formats. When all information is presented as a pdf on your screen, how do you know what you ́re reading? How is a first year student with no previous academic experience really supposed to discern between a scholarly article, a book chapter, a conference article, a white paper, a popular science article, a scientific report and a doctoral thesis? And yet the ability to do so is fundamental for the information evaluation process. If you are not sure what you are reading, how can you evaluate the quality of the information? To ease our students’way into academic writing we now start our information literacy teaching with identifying different sources of information. Reference writing and information searching are then taught from this angle. Student assignments and feedback from teachers show that this seems to improve the quality of the sources the students use in their work as well as their ability to write correct references. We would like to discuss this with colleagues from other universities with similar or other experiences. The questions we would like to focus on are: How a first year student with no previous academic experience is really supposed to discern between different types of scholarly and non-scholarly information materials and how we as library instructors can help our students with this? What are the experience of other librarians and are there any good examples of strategies or classroom exercises?

scholarly journals THE PROBLEM OF QUALITY CORRELATION AND EFFICIENCY OF MEDICAL SERVICES AS A FACTOR OF HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS COMPETITIVENESS

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 366-370 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vadim Pashkus ◽  
Natalie Pashkus ◽  
Asya Chemlyakova
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Medical Services ◽  
Global Competition ◽  
Healthcare Organizations ◽  
Health Organizations ◽  
The Public ◽  
The World ◽  
Clear Delineation

In the present day, in the context of the toughening of global competition in the field of health care and the efforts that different countries of the world spend on improving the efficiency of the public sector of economy, the problems associated with determining the factors of competitiveness of healthcare organizations come to the forefront. The research conducted by the authors showed that assessing the competitiveness and development potential of medical companies with the Keigan-Vogel positioning map often gives incorrect results. The study showed that a significant part of errors (22-28%) is due to an incorrect evaluation of the quality and effectiveness of medical services, which necessitates a clear delineation of these concepts. The work shows how these indicators effect the competitiveness of organizations in the health sector and what happens if we do not distinguish between these two concepts.

scholarly journals Reflection on career choices in clinical neurosciences

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 2514183X2096836
Author(s):  
A Restellini ◽  
C Piguet
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Career Choices ◽  
Clinical Skills ◽  
Academic Career ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Academic Careers ◽  
Medical Faculties ◽  
High Level ◽  
Medical Advances ◽  
Level Training

Medical faculties are responsible for high-level training, not only on clinical skills but also on scientific research and medical advances. There is an evident need to promote academic careers to ensure the continuity and improvement of top-notch health care. Even if Switzerland is one of the countries with the highest medical density per inhabitant, the lack of interest for academic careers has increased, resulting in difficulties to form clinician-scientists and ensure succession. In this article, we reflect on the challenges and the potential solutions in the training of an academic career.

Health care professional communication about STI vaccines with adolescents and parents

Vaccine ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 32 (14) ◽  
pp. 1616-1623 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annika M. Hofstetter ◽  
Susan L. Rosenthal
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Professional ◽  
Professional Communication

scholarly journals Academic writing skills in Russian of foreign students

2021 ◽  
Vol 127 ◽  
pp. 02016
Author(s):  
Yuliya Aleksandrovna Klimova ◽  
Dina Ivanovna Romero Intriago ◽  
Irina Mikhailovna Subbotina ◽  
Marina Anatolievna Droga
Keyword(s):  
Academic Writing ◽  
Foreign Students ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Semantic Analysis ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Medical Specialties ◽  
Distinctive Features ◽  
Medical Faculties ◽  
Speech Problem ◽  
Secondary Information

The article analyzes the types of exercises for foreign students in order to develop academic skills. In particular, we are talking about foreign medical students. Speaking about the current trends towards updating the content of foreign language teaching and the new requirements of individual universities for the implementation of professional training in foreign languages, we have to state that due to the novelty and multidimensional nature of the phenomenon, this problem in the conditions of domestic higher combined education has been developed only to a small extent. In the context of distance learning, it is quite difficult for foreign students of medical faculties to read the text in their specialty and extract the information necessary to solve a specific speech problem. The article deals with the peculiarities of teaching academic writing in Russian as one of the types of speech activity. Special attention is paid to the distinctive features of the written speech by students of medical specialties; several stages of work based on structural and semantic analysis of the text material are highlighted and described. The development and implementation of adapted special texts and exercises in the educational process allow foreign students to understand the content of articles, accurately determine the main and secondary information in the material, reproduce its main content using the skills of summarizing, annotating, note-taking.

scholarly journals Health Care Professionals’ Experiences of Patient-Professional Communication Over Patient Portals: Systematic Review of Qualitative Studies (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elina Laukka ◽  
Moona Huhtakangas ◽  
Tarja Heponiemi ◽  
Sari Kujala ◽  
Anu-Marja Kaihlanen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Qualitative Studies ◽  
Professional Communication ◽  
Patient Portals ◽  
Patient Centeredness ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Negative Experiences

BACKGROUND The popularity of web-based patient-professional communication over patient portals is constantly increasing. Good patient-professional communication is a prerequisite for high-quality care and patient centeredness. Understanding health care professionals’ experiences of web-based patient-professional communication is important as they play a key role in engaging patients to use portals. More information is needed on how patient-professional communication could be supported by patient portals in health care. OBJECTIVE This systematic review of qualitative studies aims to identify how health care professionals experience web-based patient-professional communication over the patient portals. METHODS Abstract and full-text reviews were conducted by 2 reviewers independently. A total of 4 databases were used for the study: CINAHL (EBSCO), ProQuest (ABI/INFORM), Scopus, and PubMed. The inclusion criteria for the reviewed studies were as follows: the examination of health care professionals’ experiences, reciprocal communication between patients and health care professionals, peer-reviewed scientific articles, and studies published between 2010 and 2019. The Joanna Briggs Institute’s quality assessment criteria were used in the review process. A total of 13 included studies were analyzed using a thematic synthesis, which was conducted by 3 reviewers. RESULTS A total of 6 analytical themes concerning health care professionals’ experiences of web-based patient-professional communication were identified. The themes were related to health care professionals’ work, change in communication over patient portals, patients’ use of patient portals, the suitability of patient portals for communication, the convenience of patient portals for communication, and change in roles. CONCLUSIONS Health care professionals’ experiences contain both positive and negative insights into web-based patient-professional communication over patient portals. Most commonly, the positive experiences seem to be related to the patients and patient outcomes, such as having better patient engagement. Health care professionals also have negative experiences, for example, web-based patient-professional communication sometimes has deficiencies and has a negative impact on their workload. These negative experiences may be explained by the poor functionality of the patient portals and insufficient training and resources. To reduce health care professionals’ negative experiences of web-based patient-professional communication, their experiences should be taken into account by policy makers, health care organizations, and information technology enterprises when developing patient portals. In addition, more training regarding web-based patient-professional communication and patient portals should be provided to health care professionals.

scholarly journals Peningkatan Kompetensi Dokter Pasca-Program Internship Dokter Indonesia (PIDI) Tahun 2013

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 84
Author(s):  
Siti Nur Hasanah ◽  
Mieska Despitasari ◽  
Harimat Hendarwan
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Core Competencies ◽  
Health Care Facilities ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Private Placement ◽  
Competency Based ◽  
Medical Faculties ◽  
Multistage Sampling

AbstrakPIDI merupakan tahap pelatihan keprofesian praregistrasi berbasis kompetensi pelayanan primer guna memahirkan kompetensi yang telah dicapai setelah memperoleh kualifikasi sebagai dokter melalui pendidikan kedokteran dasar. PIDI dilaksanakan di fasilitas pelayanan kesehatan yang menjadi wahana internship. Telah dilakukan penelitian dengan desain potong lintang untuk memperoleh gambaran pelaksanaan program dan penilaian kompetensi peserta internship tahun 2013. Populasi penelitian adalah peserta internship periode Maret­–Mei 2012. Sampel penelitian adalah peserta internship dari 9 FK di 9 kabupaten/kota di 9 provinsi, dipilih melalui multistage sampling dengan mempertimbangkan status akreditasi asal FK peserta internship, kepemilikan FK, wilayah penempatan, dan frekuensi keterlibatan wahana internship. Pengumpulan data dilakukan melalui kelompok diskusi terfokus, wawancara, observasi, dan telaah dokumen. Terjadi peningkatan pemahiran, pemandirian, dan profesionalisme pada 7 area kompetensi inti dokter melalui proses internship 75–98,3%. Hal ini menunjukkan bahwa PIDI diperlukan dalam proses pemahiran, pemandirian, dan peningkatan profesionalisme. Proporsi penanggulangan kasus UKP peserta sudah memenuhi target yang ditetapkan. Sebanyak 78% jenis kasus memiliki proporsi penanganan kasus UKP di atas target. Cakupan kegiatan terbesar berada pada penanganan kasus bedah (94,1%). PIDI perlu dilanjutkan karena berdampak meningkatkan luaran profesionalisme dokter dan peningkatan sistem pelayanan kesehatan. Diperlukan peningkatan kualitas luaran Fakultas Kedokteran agar peningkatan pemahiran dan pemandirian serta profesionalisme dapat berjalan secara optimal.AbstractPIDI is a training in pre-registration phase of competency-based primary care to improve competency gained after doctor qualification from basic medical education. PIDI implemented in health care facilities that called “wahana”. A cross sectional research has been conducted in March–May 2013 to obtain PIDI implementation and assessment of interns’ competency. The population was interns which start their internship in May 2012. Interns from 9 medical faculties from 9 districts/cities in 9 provinces were selected as samples by multistage sampling considering the accreditation of medical faculties where interns finished their study, medical faculties’ ownership (public or private), placement and frequency of site’s involvement on PIDI. Data collected through focus group discussions, interviews, observation, and documents review. Results showed that competency in seven core competencies, autonomy and professionalism have been improved 75–98.3% through PIDI. This shows that PIDI was needed as a competencies, autonomy and professionalism enhancement before a doctor do his/her private practice. The proportion of 2013 interns’ handling on personal health care (UKP) has already meet the target. 78% of UKP’s type of cases have been done by interns. The highest proportion in surgical cases (94.1%). PIDI should be continued because it affects on the improvement of doctors’ professionalism and improved health care system. It is necessary to improve the quality of Medical faculty’s output in order to optimize the improvement on doctors’ competencies, autonomy and professionalism.

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