Instr: Walczyk, Nancy
Office: CRT 502; 229-3302
e-mail: nwalczyk@uwm.edu
Office hours: TBA
Course Information: MW; 9:30am-10:45am; CRT 108
Health Science Writing is taught under the rubric of Business and Technical Writing. It is taken by students enrolled in pre-medicine, pre-pharmacy, nursing, occupational therapy, speech, and related health fields. The goal of the course is to teach students how to communicate clearly and effectively and to prevent misunderstandings that can interfere with good client or patient care.
This writing course is designed for students from a variety of health science disciplines; for that reason it does not focus on writing tasks or formats particular to any one medical specialty. Students will gain practice in applying general business and technical writing principles to the health field. Assignments may include writing letters to clients, instructions, policy and procedures statements, internal memos, reports, patient information brochures, a literature review on an ethical issue, and one argumentative research paper on a current health issue. Most business assignments use the case approach, which means that students are given a scenario and a persona and are asked to write a document appropriate to the situation. Prerequisite: Completion of the English composition requirement (a passing score on the English Essay Exam or a grade of C or better in English 112).
