Writing, Speaking, and Communication Skills for Health Professionals [Paperback]

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

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2001 | ISBN-10: 0300088620 | ISBN-13: 978-0300088625 | Edition: 1

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 organise 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.

Editorial Reviews

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 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.

Product Details

• Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: Yale University Press; 1 edition (September 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0300088620
• ISBN-13: 978-0300088625
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 4.9 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #836,386 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good book!, April 28, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Writing, Speaking, and Communication Skills for Health Professionals (Paperback)

I am a recent MD graduate and I always wondered how I could improve on my writing and communicating skills. Let's face it, we are all very good to have gotten through medschool but at the same time we all have room for improvements!

This book shows you how to write better and more effectively, too. Also, a great section deals with presentations and how to make them more understandable to the audience.

There are great chapters dealing with publications and how to write good and clear scientific articles. This is great for all of us who strive for more publications! I always wondered how some medical articles were so unclear; I guess those guys didn't read this book!

10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A review for this book, February 6, 2006

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This review is from: Writing, Speaking, and Communication Skills for Health Professionals (Paperback)

I feel that Writing, Speakng, & Communicating for Health Professionals was a very educational book. As for being a Dental Hygienist, i feel that this book helped me organize and gather my thoughts in a meeting. I feel that the chapter on effective communication was written exceptionally. The book gave great detail on how to improve communication skills in a health setting, and i believe that the writers did an exceptional job doing it. The chaper on how to speak effectively was very knowledgeable and informational. I like how the book explained every step by step in order to improve something, whether it be speaking, reading, or planning an effective meeting. I feel that this book will help others in any Health Profession to learn some tips to be more comfortable in the Health setting. This book is exceptional for helping in team and group communication. Each chapter helps one stay more relaxed and calm once knowing some simple tips for success. The only compliants that I had dealing with the book was it was too long and elaborate. I feel thatthe book did not need so much information. Otherwise, I do recommed Writing, Speaking, & Communicating for other Health Professionals. The book enabled me to prepare a speech that dealt with team and group communication. This book is very educatonal for a manager that has to put together their first meeting. Also this book is exceptional for a health professional that is just starting off in their profession. It teachs any health professionals the basic steps that they may have not already learned. This book was comprehendable and educational for readers. Writing, Speaking, & Communicating taught me the ways to achieve success as a group. It helps one realize that everyone can come together with their talents as a group and have things be completed more effectively.