Nov 22, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2024-25
IHS 3700 - Writing in the Health Sciences and Professions
Explores different formats specifically utilized within the health sciences and professions. Provides a platform for students to develop and practice their writing and interpretation of written communication skills.
Requisites: Soph or Jr or Sr
Credit Hours: 3
OHIO BRICKS: Foundations: Advanced Writing
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the context and purpose for writing such that the text has the writer’s intended effect on the audience in healthcare.
- Students will be able to use appropriate, relevant, and compelling content to illustrate mastery of the subject, conveying the writer’s understanding, and shaping the whole work.
- Students will be able to apply strategies of effective writing through the formats typical of technical writing using effective syntax and mechanics effectively to communicate ideas.
- Students will be able to apply source texts (written, oral, behavioral, visual, or other) to extend, argue with, develop, define, or shape the writer’s ideas.
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