PRAGMATIC ASPECTS OF ACADEMIC WRITING IN HEALTH CARE

Authors

  • Leontina Kerničan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Belgrade, Serbia
  • Nadežda Stojković Faculty of Electronic Engineering, University of Niš

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22190/JTESAP2002061K

Abstract

A clear delineation is obvious to understand specific aspects regarding the use of academic writing in health care. Thus, more pragmatic and less general aspects of academic writing for medical purposes will be taken into account. Due to solid experience in students’ education of LSP at medical faculties, we are delighted to share our academic experience primarily with students as well as with our colleagues. The paper will be focused on emphasizing the critical points of structuring medical texts. Namely, it will present the path of text structuring to help readers understand the specific aspects of high relevance for medical authors. Also, it will draw attention to the role of health care practitioners as well as how they should evaluate this aspect in their professional communication. Furthermore, we would like to pay attention to approaching fundamental problems in academic writing in health care.

Author Biography

  • Nadežda Stojković, Faculty of Electronic Engineering, University of Niš

    Nadežda Stojković, PhD, Associate Professor, Lecturer of English Language, Faculty of Electronic Engineering, University of Niš, Serbia.

    Main areas of interest and research: English for Specific and Academic Purposes, academic writing,  relationship between language and identity, literature.

    Author of textbooks Written and Spoken Communications in English for Science and Technology, Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Niš, 2005, and coauthor of English for Students of Information and Communication Technologies, Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Niš, 2012.

    Author of a chapter in each of the following books: Identity and Difference, Peter Lang Publishers, Switzerland, 2005, Metafrastikes Optikes: Epiloges ke Diaforetikotita. Athens University: Parousia, 2006, Languages for Specific Purposes – Searching for Common Solutions, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2007, Education Landscapes in the 21st Century: Cross-cultural Challenges and Multi-disciplinary Perspectives, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK, 2008, Recounting Cultural Encounters, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK, 2009, Identity Issues, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK, 2010, ‘Cultural diplomacy as a Form of Intercultural communication’, Cambridge Schoolars Publishing, 2013 (pending), ‘The Liberation of the Self through a Self Imposed Exile’, in The Beauty of Convention, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013 (pending).
    Initiator and the President of the Program Committee of the First International Conference on Teaching English for Specific Purposes, Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Univeristy of Niš, 17-19 May, 2013.

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Published

2020-05-18

Issue

Vol. 8, No 2, 2020

Section

Articles