Jake Van Pelt

7/20/16

Kane, Beverley, and Daniel Z. Sands. "Guidelines for the Clinical Use of Electronic
Mail with Patients." Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association:
JAMIA. American Medical Informatics Association, Jan.-Feb. 1998. Web. 20 July
2016.
This source contains information pertaining to how medical professionals should use
email to help better their connection with their patients without creating further
issues. The source outlines the benefits of using emails compared to methods of
contact like over the phone speech or verbal confrontation. Additionally, it mentions
how emails dont necessarily have a sense of urgency, making communication
easier as now the patient can respond at any time and can be sent an email
whenever the medical professional feels the need to do so. The article also covers
the proper formalities to be used in the email to maintain professionalism while
being able to convey information in a manner that the patient can easily interpret.
This source pertains to my subject of research in that it addresses the genre of
emails as a form of communication within the medical field as well as establish as to
why this method is quite useful and gives examples of some distinguishable
features or genre conventions for emails. This source relates to the others in that it
addresses the genre conventions of a specific genre of communication in the
medical field. This source differs from the others in that it is written in a manner to
convince the reader to use email in their communication with their patients, or if the
person is not a doctor or medical professional, argue the point as to why they
should support or come to understand why email is started to be used to contact
patients. From this source I am going to be giving the genre conventions of what
distinguishes professional emails from those written in a less professional context as
well as just the general genre conventions that set email apart from some of the
other methods of communication within the medical field.

Robey, Thomas. "AMA Journal of Ethics." VM. American Medical Association, July
2011. Web. 20 July 2016.
In this source, the main idea covered is about how to write patient record notes. The
article takes things from a fairly humorous point of view using some of the authors
own personal experiences to further enhance the credibility and uniqueness of the
article. The general idea is that writing the notes should be like telling a story of the
person like using metaphors and personal descriptions to add to the detail of the
notes while increasing their individuality. The author warns readers not to get
caught up in their own actions while operating on or evaluating the patient so as not
to miss details like heart murmur or additional information they may add at some
point. This relates to the research paper in that it contains descriptions as to how
patient notes should be written, hence it details the genre conventions of patient

records. This source is similar to the others in that it gives the genre conventions of
the specific type of genre within the medical field with this one providing
information pertaining to patient medical records and the process by which they
should be written with. It differs from the other sources as this article was written
with the intention being to teach the reader proper technique rather than explaining
as to why this type of genre exists or as to argue for why the genre is or needs to be
used. Still, I require further information as to what needs to be done in order for
patient records to be considered fully professional, to which I shall seek knowledge
from the person I choose to interview.

Gutheil, Thomas G. "Fundamentals of Medical Record Documentation."Psychiatry

(Edgmont). Matrix Medical Communications, Nov. 2004. Web. 21 July 2016.
In this source, the main idea is regarding as to how medical practitioners take notes
and about mistakes that they frequently make. In the article, the author mentions
about how medical professionals make the mistake of giving or following the advice
that they just need to write down more. According to the author this is not the case
however, as clinicians then tend to not write down much if anything due to all the
extraneous details in the notes. Also noted was how doctors tend to write down the
possible side effects that a medicine may cause, which only stresses out the patient
as well as those reading the report. The author also mentions how doctors only
mildly consider or mention the benefits of the medicine and often fail to record the
consequences of not taking the medicine. The author believes that these last two
tidbits of information are amongst the most important in the record as they are
what will have the greatest possible positive impact upon the patient. The source
relates to the research topic as it deals with the methods and information needed to
be included in making records for patients. This source is like the others in that it
deals with a specific genre within the medical field with its genre being patient
records. Unlike the other source dealing with patient records, this one differs quite
substantially as it takes things from a much more critical point of view, primarily
pointing out fallacies that doctors often commit rather than elaborating upon
specific techniques that doctors could and should use. I still need to find out more
about all the data that is expected to be contained within patient medical records so
as to be able to identify the primary genre conventions that set patient records
apart from the other genre conventions within the medical field.

Goldberg15, Charlie. "A Practical Guide to Clinical Medicine." A Practical Guide to

Clinical Medicine. University of California San Diego, 15 Oct. 2015. Web. 21
July 2016.
This source pertains to the writing of the history and physical records of medical
patients of a medical practitioner. The lists all the important information that needs
to be included and as to why the information is needed and as to why the report
needs to be written in the first place. The article entails that the report is to be
written to serve as a reference for the patient as to how medical action should be

carried out should a problem be discovered as well as establishing who has access
to the medical information of the patient. In the case of this article, the audience is
medical students and interns who are expected to know what needs to written down
as well as the importance of such records. The article also lists the medical
examinations that are performed and the circumstances that would necessitate
them. This source answers my questions pertaining to what is all the information
that needs to be included in the medical record as well as further establish the
importance of it. This source is like the others in that it gives details about what the
genre conventions are for the specific genre of communication within the medical
field. It differs from the others in that unlike the previous two sources that were
about medical patient records, its starts at the very beginning, describing what the
purpose of the genre is and including every single genre convention of patient
records. I am going to give a few examples about what the patient record is
expected to include and why it is needed.
I eliminated the last source from the first three due to it having been written in
1951, although it still did include relevant data, it was simply to outdated.