Healthcare Edition

Medically Speaking Rules Health Care Edition

Rules for Using Linguistic Elements of Speech

Lynda Katz Wilner and Marjorie Feinstein-Whittaker

Medically Speaking Rules Healthcare Edition, Rules for Using Linguistic Elements of Speech

Medically Speaking RULES Healthcare Edition

Table of Contents

Introduction

1.   Introducing Yourself (pre- and post-speech samples)
2.   The American Sound System

Effective Communication in the Work Setting

3.   Strategies for Effective Communication
  • Introductions - Communicating with Patients/Family Members
  • Tips for Dictation
  • Speeches and Case Presentations
  • Communication Tips for Poster Presentations
  • Tips for Controlling Nervousness
  • Tips for Active Listening
  • Tips for Giving and Receiving Feedback
  • Small Talk and Networking
  • Tips for Transitional Statements
  • Repairing Communication Breakdowns
  • Answering Questions

4.   Tips for the Telephone

Stress and Intonation RULES

5.   Compound Nouns
6.   Proper Nouns
7.   Acronyms/Initializations
8.   Numbers
9.   Syllable Stress Patterns
10. Syllable Reductions
11. Sentence Level Stress Patterns
12. Questions
13. Heteronyms

Pronunciation RULES

14. Contractions
15. Past Tense -ed Endings
16. -s Endings
17. Y-Insertion

Language Usage RULES

18. Idiomatic Expressions
19. Articles and Demonstrative Pronouns
20. Prepositions

Putting It All Together

21. Summary Chart
Note for Oral Paragraph Reading/Tips for Reducing Rate
22. Sound Loaded Paragraphs
Sound Loaded Paragraphs
23. Compound Nouns
24. Proper Nouns
25. Acronyms/Initializations
26. Acronyms/Initializations/Numbers
27. Miscellaneous Medical Reports

Medically Speaking RULES Description

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