Integrating General and Professional Outcomes Through Writing
Thomas D. Zlaticpages: 3 - 23
- DOI: 10.1300/J060v08n02_02
- Version of record first published: 18Oct2000
Abstract:
Although both written and oral communication are becoming increasingly important for practitioners who provide pharmaceutical care, many educators have found the emphasis on writing to be inordinate or impossibly ideal. Writing to communicate is an important ability outcome for almost any academic program, but writing can also be a tool to discover, create, analyze, clarify, and evaluate ideas. This essay attempts to provide a rationale and some strategies for using writing as one means for integrating general and professional abilities.