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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.
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Written Communication in Family Medicine Written Communication in FalTIily Medicine By the Task Force on Professional Communication Skills of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Edited by Robert B. Taylor, MD. Katharine A. Munning, PhD. Springer-Verlag New York Berlin Heidelberg Tokyo Robert B. Taylor, M.D. Department of Family Practice The Oregon Health Sciences University School of Medicine Portland, Oregon 97201 U.S.A. Katharine A. Munning, Ph.D. Department of Community and Family Medicine Duke University Medical Center Durham, North Carolina 27706 U.SA Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Main entry under title: Written communication in family medicine. Includes index. 1. Family medicine-Authorship. 2. Medical writing. I. Taylor, Robert B. II. Munning, Katharine A. [DNLM: 1. Communication-Methods. 2. Family practice. WZ 345 W956] R729.5.G4W75 1984 808'.06661 84-5408 With 6 Figures © 1984 by Springer-Verlag New York Inc. Softcover reprint of the hard cover 1st edition 1984 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be translated or reproduced in any form without written permission from Springer-Verlag, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10010, U.S A The use of general descriptive names, trade names, trademarks, etc., in this publication, even if the former are not especially identified, is not to be taken as a sign that such names, as understood by the Trade Marks and Merchandise Marks Act, may accordingly be used freely by anyone. While the advice and information of this book is believed to be true and accurate at the date of going to press, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to material contained herein. ISBN-13: 978-0-387-90979-0 DOl: 10.1007/978-1-4612-5248-1 e-ISBN-13: 978-1-4612-5248-1 Preface 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. Th