...Communication Modality: E-mail and Text Messaging HCS490 Communication is defined as an interaction between a sender and a receiver. Modes vary from spoken to written and from verbal to nonverbal. With the technological advancements that have taken place over the past decade, communication has also evolved from handwritten letters to emails and text messaging. Whereas before, correspondence could have taken days or weeks, we can now transmit data from sender to receiver in seconds, shortening response times. As a result of these advancements, we have seen changes in the communication modalities available to the healthcare consumer as well as their providers. The intention of this paper is to point out benefits of e-mails and text messages in healthcare, how this communication modality differs from others, its benefits and how e-mail can be used to market different health care products. There are billions of people in the world today who have access to the internet. Not so long ago, we were limited to accessing the internet from a stationary position at a desktop. With innovations in electronic communication devices and the development of Wi-Fi, those restraints are no longer visible and we are no longer limited to sitting in front of a PC. Because of Wi-Fi, we now have mobile accessibility. Wi-Fi gives the consumer the ability to access the internet and transmit e-mails and text messages from any location wirelessly from a laptop or a smartphone. Although...
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...My interest in studying ultrasound first originated during my undergraduate studies in Radiography when I had opportunities to observe and understand the roles of different modalities such as CT, MRI, nuclear medicine and mammography. While some of these modalities only involve scanning, ultrasound on the other hand offers the satisfaction of diagnosing the scans performed and following it through. This modality also offers close interaction with patients which involves more skill sets. Furthermore, having worked in the Radiology Department as a Radiographer at Kingston Hospital I have had opportunity to observe other specialties and I feel that ultrasound has attracted me the most. My enthusiasm for this modality led me to try out some hands-on sessions, the experience which I really enjoyed and it had left me with the genuine feeling that I wanted to do more of these. It also made me aware what the career entails. Having had the opportunity to scan and use the phased array probe was a great experience; it allowed me to understand the practical importance of hand-eye coordination that is vital to produce good quality images upon which critical medical decision could be based. I also attended presentations, such as anomaly, harmony testing advances and fetal echocardiology. During my present position I believe that I have ascertained the skills and motivation needed to pursue a career within this field. Working within various areas of the radiology department I...
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...are working with. How we decide which modality to use on our clients, how important an initial consultation can be and my argument for using personalised screeds. I will discuss the factors involved in creating personalised screeds, and the benefits of creating a personalised screed for clients. Using different modalities and whether a script should be authoritative or permissive. The more personalised hypnotherapy is the more effective it will be, as whilst all of us appear quite similar, we are different in many ways. We have different likes and dislike; come from different cultural backgrounds; and will have been brought up in environments that have provided us with different outlooks, values and perspectives. If the best possible results are to be obtained in a hypnotherapy session there is a need to work closely with individuals in order to identify their likes and dislikes as well as their personality. In this way we can gain their trust and assist them in reaching a deep state of hypnosis. When we communicate with people we do not only use words but body language, with tone also playing a large part in what is actually being communicated. Some people will use words that will assist you in determining which modality would suit them best. For example somebody who would say “looks good to me” shows signs that Visual is a language that suits them best. Below I will list out the modalities and how you can ascertain which modality would best suit a client, or if indeed...
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...evaluate a part of student’s learning styles. (Fleming & Bonwell, 2002, FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)). While VARK is commonly referred to as an analysis of learning styles, that is technically inaccurate. While “learning style”, as the term is generally understood, refers to several different factors such as working with others vs. working alone, physical conditions of the learning environment, and even biorhythms, VARK analyzes only one aspect of learning styles: the way a student receives and communicates information. (Fleming & Bonwell, 2002, FAQs).The term Fleming and Bonwell, among others, use for this aspect of learning style is “sensory modalities.” (2002, FAQs) In conjunction with the questionnaire, VARK provides an analysis of each person’s results identifying the student’s preferred sensory modality as one of the four listed above. (Fleming & Bonwell. 2002,...
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...Strategies When a person sits down to learn new information they do not stop to think, “How would I learn this best?” They do what they have done in the past, and the process may have served well, or poorly. Fleming and Mills (1992) “suggested four modalities that seemed to reflect the experiences of the student and teachers”. These modalities are; Visual, Aural, Read/write, and Kinesthetic and are identified by the acronym VARK. Modalities or learning styles “refer to the methods of gathering, processing, interpreting, organizing and thinking about information” (Alkhasawneh, Mrayyan, Docherty, Alashram, & Yousef, 2008) The most effective method of learning occurs when information is presented in a learning style that an individual uses, or that they can adapt to their preferred style. The methods listed above are not absolute, and individuals may use multiple types at a time, and/or may change the way they learn due to experiences or over a period of time. As tempting as it is to make this a simplistic equation it is not, because “life (and work) are multimodal so there are no hard and fast boundaries” (http://vark-learn.com/home/). In the VARK profiles from January 2011 we find that approximately 39% are unimodal, 35% use all four modalities, 14% are bimodal and 12% are trimodal. These same approximate results were found when this questionnaire was used by Alkhasawneh, & et al. (2008) and “were consistent with findings of Murphy et al. (2004)”. A multimodal style appears to be consistent...
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...personalised induction takes into account the client’s likes, dislikes, cultural, ethnic and religious background, modality preferences and any phobias, as well as considering the client’s aims for their therapy. It is hard to initially justify not using a personalised induction but this is a simplistic view and does not take into account the risks associated with such personalisation. When an induction is personalised the therapist will take on board as much information as is available in order to tailor the induction and any subsequent treatment to the individual. The language used is of paramount importance and people tend to favour one of three main modalities when listening or speaking. The first of these is kinaesthetic, which refers to the sensation of the body as it moves; kinaesthetic learners like to be physically involved in the learning process, commonly taking notes or using a highlighter in seminars or lectures. They will learn better by carrying out a task as opposed to having it explained to them. During an induction using language that is associated with these types of movement related activities is beneficial, for instance "as you walk into the garden you feel the warm breeze against your face and feel the cool, soft grass under your feet. As you approach the house a feeling of familiarity and calm flows through you". The second modality is auditory; which in its most simple definition is relating to the organs used for hearing. An auditory learner will...
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...‘A Personalised induction will always be more effective’. Discuss In the essay that follows we will be discussing whether a personalised induction will always be more effective. We will be doing this through looking how every client is different and whether or not we need to be generic in our delivery of inductions or tailor them to every individual and their needs. In tailoring the induction we will be looking at different modalities that a client may have as well looking at the history of authoritive and permissive inductions and how these could help our clients. I will then conclude whether or not a personalised induction will always be effective. Everyone is different We all know that everyone is different, we all look different, have different ethnicity, different upbringings. We are different down to our DNA. When seeing clients, hypnotherapists need to take this into account in order to obtain the best result for the client. In order to do this the hypnotherapist, when meeting a client for the first time needs to build up a good rapport. This can be done through casually speaking to the clients and observing them while doing so. The hypnotherapist needs to constantly assessing the client looking at appearance (clothing, body language, speech pattern and speech style), personality (decisiveness, degree of worry, implication of logic – gut feeling or thought driven, expression of emotions), and behaviour (internally or externally...
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...Introduction 3 Chapter 1 Modal and Semi-Modal Verbs: Theoretical Aspect 4 1.1. Modal and Semi-Modal Verbs and Their Different Interpretations 4 1.2. Syntax, Morphology and Scope of semi-modal verbs 7 Chapter 2: Semi-Modal Verb GET: Practical Aspect 12 2.1. Usage: Tense and Aspect 12 2.2. Different Uses of Semi-Modal Verb GET 14 Conclusions 19 Bibliography 20 Introduction Human language is truly unique as it allows us to talk about things beyond here and now. The way we do so is through the Tense, Aspect and Modality systems of natural language. Modality is what this paper is about. Roughly speaking, modality allows us to talk about events that may not have happened, but are desired or required. Modality is completely autonomous unit, and it affects our language usage in many ways. Tense and Modality are undeniably interconnected: what used to be a possibility a month ago may not be one today. Tense and Aspect are likewise related: a punctual event that took place yesterday may not hold at present, but an event (or state) that is more durative may still hold. The primary function of modal verbs is to enable us to talk about possibilities and necessities. We can talk about the ways the world should be, were there peace on Earth, how it might have been, would Christopher Columbus not have landed in America, etc... This ability to go beyond directly observable facts is indeed at the heart...
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...The modal verbs are:- CAN / COULD / MAY / MIGHT / MUST / SHALL / SHOULD / OUGHT TO / WILL / WOULD Modal | Example | Uses | Can | They can control their own budgets. We can’t fix it. Can I smoke here? Can you help me? | Ability / Possibility Inability / Impossibility Asking for permission Request | Could | Could I borrow your dictionary? Could you say it again more slowly? We could try to fix it ourselves. I think we could have another Gulf War. He gave up his old job so he could work for us. | Asking for permission. Request Suggestion Future possibility Ability in the past | May | May I have another cup of coffee? China may become a major economic power. | Asking for permission Future possibility | Might | We'd better phone tomorrow, they might be eating their dinner now. They might give us a 10% discount. | Present possibilityFuture possibility | Must | We must say good-bye now. They mustn’t disrupt the work more than necessary. | Necessity / Obligation Prohibition | Ought to | We ought to employ a professional writer. | Saying what’s right or correct | Shall (More common in the UK than the US) | Shall I help you with your luggage? Shall we say 2.30 then? Shall I do that or will you? | Offer Suggestion Asking what to do | Should | We should sort out this problem at once. I think we should check everything again. Profits should increase next year. | Saying what’s right or correct Recommending action Uncertain prediction | Will | I can’t see...
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...АБДУЛЛА АВЛОНИЙ НОМИДАГИ КАДРЛАРНИ ҚАЙТА ТАЙЁРЛАШ ВА МАЛАКАСИНИ ОШИРИШ ИНСТИТУТИ Мавзу: Инглиз тилида модал феъллар БИТИРУВ ИШИ Бажарди: Фамилия ва исм Илмий раҳбар: фамилия ва исм ТОШКЕНТ 2012 The institute of Retraining and qualification of the specialists named after Abdulla Avloniy Theme: Modal verbs in English GRADUATION PAPER Submitted by: Familiya va ism Scientific advisor: Familiya va ism TASHKENT 2012 Сontent Introduction………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…………….3 Chapter I. Functions of the modal verbs and their characteristics in the English language 1. Functions and types of the modal verbs……………………………. 2. Understanding the functions of modal verbs in English……………. 1.3. Morphology and syntax of modal verbs………………………………… Chapter II. Methods of teaching modal verbs to schoolchildren 2.1. The difficulties in teaching modal verbs 2.2 Different types of utilization of the English modal verbs 2.3. Context use of the modal verbs 2.4. Range of forms of the modal verbs in English Conclusion……………………………………………………………………… The list of used literature……………………………………………………… Conclusion……………………………………………………………………...
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...MODAL VERBS IN COMMUNICATION There is no communication among people without expressing their attitudes to what they say and to one another. It means that we cannot manage without modals in everyday life. But those who speak English as a foreign language may have great difficulty choosing the correct modal verb to express exactly what they want to. These are the most common situations in which modals are helpful: 1. Asking for permission: Can I ask you a question, please? (informal) Could I (possibly) ask you a question, please? (more polite) Can’t / Couldn’t I ask you a question? (if you want to put extra pressure on someone to give a positive answer) I wonder if I could ask you a question. (very polite) May I ask you a question, please? (formal) Might I ask you a question, please? (very formal) 2. Giving / Refusing permission: You can park your car here. (informal) You may park your car in this area. (formal – usually written) You can’t / mustn’t park your car here (informal, prohibition) You may not park your car here (formal – usually written) You needn’t do it. (permission not to do) 3. Making requests / instructions / orders: Can you explain this to me? (informal) Could / Would you explain this to me? (more polite) Will you explain this to me? (polite instruction) You must explain this to me. (very strict) Can I have some water? (informal) Could I have some water? (polite) May I have some water? (formal) Might I have some water? (very formal) ...
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...Communication Modalities in Health Care Jacquelyn Clemmer HCS 490 January 30, 2012 David Dye Communication Paper Health care is a wide growing industry, and it is no surprise that the use of technology is incorporated into many practices of the health care field today. The use of technology in the health care field poses many advantages and disadvantages, both to the consumer and the provider. One common modality for communication in health care is through e-mail. There are several patients and providers that communicate their needs through e-mail messaging. The Internet is a communicative tool that has become ever more popular today and is used in several ways. Consumers are using the internet for the purpose of research, purchasing goods or services, and to communicate with other people, among many other things. E-mail communication has become increasingly more popular among patients and providers. One advantage to using email communication for the patient is that it gives the patient and provider a private domain wherein private information pertaining to health-related information can be exchanged (Korus, 1999). This communication modality allows adequate time to form an appropriate response on behalf of the provider and is convenient for both parties involved. Although there are advantages with using email communication in health care, it also poses many risks. Patient confidentiality is still important. It is the legal and ethical obligation of the provider...
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...Syllabus School of Business COM/537 Version 1 Organizational Communication Copyright © 2011 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course prepares graduate students to apply written and oral communication principles to the roles they play as managers. Students will learn how to persuade a variety of stakeholders to commit to a proposal. Other topics include the role of perception in communication techniques, aligning communication to an audience, business justifications, presenting data, and ethics in organizational communications. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class. If you have recently changed modalities, read the policies governing your current class modality. Course Materials Spatt, Brenda. (2011). Writing from sources (8th ed.). Boston, MA: Bedford/St. Martin’s. Stuart, B. E., Sarow, M. S., & Stuart, L. (2007). Integrated business communication in a global marketplace. West Sussex, England: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. All electronic materials...
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...Human Relations, communication, and interaction with others are key components to effective educational leadership. These are the foundation as to what leadership lies upon. This continues to be important in education, as accountability in schools and its workers are constantly being increased. In order to work well within the organizational environment of a school, superintendents, coaches, teachers, parents, community members and students must be able to communicate in a variety of effective modalities (Razik & Swanson, 2010). These modalities gives school leaders the tools that they need to make effective decisions that can improve a school and all it’s components. Without an understanding of human relations and how it pertains to communication, this cannot happen. The increased use of technology has changed these interactions to a great extent, it is important that up and coming leaders are familiarized with these shifts; so they can communicate effectively with those they work with. Empowerment- Empowerment is a huge proponent of human relations. It is imperative that educational leaders allow their staff and stakeholders to feel empowered in order to make those powerful decisions that can shift how a school is run. “When teachers build collaborative partnerships, they are empowered to foster more democratic ideals and embody transformative classroom practices such as inquiry, reflection and critique” (Razfar, 2011, p. 27). At my school that was recently redesigned, all...
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...Effective Communication in Crisis Holly L. Clerkin HCS/320 Abstract Today, you are the director of a regional Emergency Management Office. You begin receiving official reports that the public water supplies of several towns in the area have become contaminated with a life-threatening biological agent. Contingency plans must be addressed within the organization and with the public without creating a panic. The following paper is my plan of action. Effective Communication in Crisis It is absolutely essential, pre-crisis, to establish notification systems that will allow you to rapidly reach your intended audience using multiple modalities. The Virginia Tech campus shooting catastrophe, where email was the sole means of alerting students initially, proves that using any single modality can make a crisis worse. Some of us may be on email constantly, others not so. Some of us receive our cellphone calls or messages quickly, some not. If you use more than one modality to reach your stakeholders, the chances are much greater that the message will go through. (Bernstein, 2013) To have effective communication in time of crisis, our organization has implemented plans that allow us to effectively deal with the situation, the media and those that are effected. With the use of all forms of media, as well as documented known conditions we hold a strong belief that we can correct this current situation. It has come to the attention of the county and this office of the Emergency...
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