Tuesday, April 22, 2008. I was surprised that many of my classmates want to pursue their eduction in the medical field. As many of their minor issues were different they all shared one major issue in common. All the students agree that building a strong physician-patient relationship is essential. It is necessary to make this bond with their patient in order to effectively communicate. Wednesday, April 16, 2008. Physician and patient communication is crucial.

Tuesday, April 22, 2008. Throughout the past week and a half, there seemed to be a common trend within the content or orientation of our presentations, as I guess there should be considering the assignment. Though I had never thought of it this way before, communication issues are caused almost exclusively by lack of communicational common ground. The solutions to the problems varied, however, depending on the field. It seemed that the responsibility lay primarily on the physician to accommodate the pati.

Tuesday, April 22, 2008. Tuesday, April 15, 2008. When Steward describes good writing he goes into the details of employing action verbs, concrete nouns, keeping adjectives at a minimum, and even giving your reader a break every now and then.