Written Communication in Family Medicine

1. Front Matter

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2. Writing Skills

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Elements of Composition

      • John J. Frey

      Pages 3-15

   3. On Writing: Getting Started, Getting Stuck, and Getting Finished

      • Gay C. Kitson

      Pages 17-29

3. Writing for Publication

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 31-31

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   2. Writing a Medical Article

      • Joseph E. Scherger, Robert B. Taylor

      Pages 33-41

   3. Seeking Publication

      • Pamela LaVigne

      Pages 43-63

   4. Writing for Communication with the Public

      • Susan Okie

      Pages 65-78

4. Administrative Communication

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 79-79

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   2. Administrative Communication by Written Correspondence

      • E. P. Donatelle

      Pages 81-122

5. Educational Communication

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 123-123

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   2. Grant Getting

      • Carole J. Bland, Maureen M. Moo-Dodge

      Pages 125-143

   3. Curriculum and Instructional Applications

      • Katharine A. Munning

      Pages 145-157

   4. Writing Patient Education Materials

      • Don W. Bradley, Bruce F. Currie

      Pages 159-172

6. Common Interest Areas

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 173-173

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   2. The Editorial Process of Family Medicine

      • Joan S. Carmichael, Lynn P. Carmichael

      Pages 175-181

   3. Selected Publishing Sources in Family Medicine

      • Jane Barclay Mandel

      Pages 183-194

   4. A Short, Annotated Bibliography for Authors of Medical, Scientific, and Other Scholarly Articles

      • Thomas E. Crowder

      Pages 195-203

7. Back Matter

   Pages 205-256

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This work presents the knowledge and skills necessary for successful written communication in family medicine. It is intended for use by teachers of family medicine who, as part of their academic responsibilities, are called upon to produce written documents in a wide variety of areas. The book has also been written to serve as a resource for leaders presenting faculty development activities in various aspects of written communication, including writing for publication, administrative and educational communication, and other topics of interest to academicians. The Task Force on Professional Communication Skills was formed in 1981 as an initiative of the Board of Directors and the Communications Committee of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM). In early meetings, the Task Force defined its goal as improvement of the communication skills-both written and oral-of STFM members. A survey of Task Force members revealed that the greatest challenges lay in the area of written communication skills, although the needs are not confined to medical article and book writing, but extend to the full range of academic communication. The Task Force set as its first task the creation of a monograph on written communication in family medicine.

• communication
• education
• family medicine
• medicine

• Department of Family Practice, The Oregon Health Sciences University School of Medicine, Portland, USA

  Robert B. Taylor

• Department of Community and Family Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, USA

  Katharine A. Munning

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