Title :
An oral communication curriculum for health science professionals
Author :
Parkhurst, Christine
Author_Institution :
Massachusetts Coll. of Pharmacy & Health Sci., MA, USA
Abstract :
This paper describes an oral communication curriculum developed at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences for future health care professionals whose first language is not North American English. The paper discuss how the MCPHS curriculum helps these students improve their oral communication proficiency, by assessing the oral skills and threshold proficiency level required to succeed, by measuring the students´ oral skills with a specialized rubric, and by using specific exercises adapted from the health sciences curriculum to help these students achieve the level of oral proficiency required of health care professionals.
Keywords :
biomedical education; health care; linguistics; professional communication; health science professional; health sciences curriculum; oral communication curriculum; student oral skills; Africa; Cultural differences; Educational institutions; Employee welfare; Europe; Medical services; Natural languages; Oral communication; Professional communication; Speech analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Professional Communication Conference, 2005. IPCC 2005. Proceedings. International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9027-X
Electronic_ISBN :
0-7803-9028-8
DOI :
10.1109/IPCC.2005.1494217