Main description:

Communicating in the Health Sciences, 2nd edition introduces students to the nature and importance of communication in the health sciences, with comprehensive coverage of all the written, electronic, visual and interpersonal communication skills essential for professions in the health sciences. This new edition has been completely restructured with a more logical flow, building skills and giving students the best access to information. Oxford would also like to congratulate author - Joy Higgs - for winning an Australian Teaching and Learning Council Fellowship for Practice-based education: enhancing practice and pedagogy. For more details please see http://www.altc.edu.au/altc-teaching-fellow-joy-higgs-am

Contents:

Part 1 Learning to Communicate 1. Communication in the health and social sciences 2. Theories of Communication New 3. Getting Organised for Effective Study 4. Academic honesty and ethical communication 5. Plagiarism New 6. Learning to do academic writing 7. Learning to write essays and assignments 8. Reference systems and strategies 9. Electronic Communication and communicating in flexible learning 10. Communicating in problem-based learning classes 11. Giving feedback Part 2 Communicating in the Workplace 12. Talking with colleagues, patients, clients and carers 13. Interviewing patients and clients New 14. Working with groups: Consulting, advocating, mediating and negotiating 15. Intercultural communication 16. Communicating clinical reasoning 17. Writing records, reports and referrals in professional practice 18. Case conferences and student case presentations 19. Preparing a community health proposal 20. Communicating with the community about health 21. Communication and Duty of Care New Part 3 Giving Presentations 22. Designing tables and graphics 23. Preparing posters 24. Giving talks in class 25. Doing PowerPoint presentations 26. Presenting talks at conferences Part 4 Communicating in Teams 27. Working as a member of a health care team 28. Communicating in teams New 29. Being assertive in terms and workplaces New 30. Leading groups and meetings Part 5 Advanced Writing 31. Searching the literature and managing the collected data 32. Writing papers for journals 33. Thesis Writing 34. Formatting and text styles