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Communicating in the Health Sciences

Second Edition

Joy Higgs, Rola Ajjawi, Lindy McAllister, Franziska Trede, Stephen Loftus


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

  • More detail on academic honesty and ethics, and plagiarism is further developed in its own chapter (5).
  • New chapters on communication theory (2) and interviewing (13), negligence (21), teamwork (22), and being assertive in the workplace (24).

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


Joy Higgs – Professor and Director, the Education for Practice Institute, Charles Sturt University
Rola Ajjawi – Postdoctoral Research Fellow, the Education for Practice Institute, Charles Sturt University
Lindy McAllister – Associate Professor School of Community Health; Deputy Director of the Education for Practice Institute, Charles Sturt University
Franziska Trede – Postdoctoral Research Fellow, the Education for Practice Institute, Charles Sturt University
Stephen Loftus – Deputy Director, the Education for Practice Institute, Charles Sturt University