SP1203 - Foundation in Effective Communication

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Background information links

1. World Health Organization (WHO): http://www.who.int/en/
2. International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP): http://www.fip.org/www2/
3. Singapore Pharmacy Board (SPB): http://www.spb.gov.sg/html/SPB_Home.html
4. Health Science Authority (HSA): http://www.hsa.gov.sg/publish/hsaportal/en/home.html
5. Health Promotion Board (HPB): http://www.hpb.gov.sg/default.aspx
6. Plagiarism warning: http://www.eng.nus.edu.sg/ugrad/plagiarism.html
7. Avoiding plagiarism: http://www.cdtl.nus.edu.sg/success/sl7.htm

Assignment related links

Pamphlet to educate the public

1. HPB educational pamphlets, etc: http://www.hpb.gov.sg/edumaterials/default.aspx
2. Jones C, Armstrong M & Pruce D. How pharmacy can help public health. The Pharmaceutical Journal. 2004;272:672-74.
3. Institute for safe medication practices. What does your patient safety brochure really say about safety? Medication safety alert! [Internet] 2006 Jan 26 [cited 2010 July23]. Available from: https://ismp.org/newsletters/acutecare/articles/20060126.asp

Survey Questionnaire

1. Denscombe, M. The Good Research Guide. Philadelphia: Open University Press; 2003.

2. Chew, ML & Lee, KC. The Science of Effective Communication in the Workplace. Singapore: Pearson Prentice Hall; 2006.

3. Manis, J. Tabulating responses. [cited 7 April, 2009] Available from http://www2.hn.psu.edu/faculty/jmanis/questi_1.htm

Consultation role play

1. McDonough RP, Bennett MS. Improving communication skills of pharmacy students through effective precepting. Amer J Pharm Educ. 2006;70(3):article 58.

Citation guides

1. Scientific style and format: The CSE manual for authors, editors, and publisher 7th ed. Reston (VA): Council of Science Editors; 2006. NUS library reference number: SC Reference 9 T11 Sci 2006.

Poster presentation

1. Purrington CB. Advice on designing scientific posters [Internet]. Swarthmore (USA): Biology@Swarthmore; [updated 2007 January 6]. Available from: http://www.swarthmore.edu/NatSci/cpurrin1/posteradvice.htm.

2. Tham MT. Poster Presentation of Research Work – tips and guidelines [Internet]. Newcastle upon Tyne (UK): University of Newcastle upon Tyne; [updated 2001 October 31]. Available from: http://lorien.ncl.ac.uk/ming/dept/tips/ present/posters.htm#planning.

3. Block S. The DOs and DON'Ts of poster presentation. Biophysical Journal [Internet]. 1996;71:3527-3529. Available from: http://www.biophysics.org/ education/block.pdf System requirements: Adobe Acrobat.

4. Scientific poster information [Internet]. Randwick (AUS): Medical Illustration Unit; [updated 2005 August 3]. Available from: http://miu.med.unsw.edu.au/download_files/Scientific%20Poster%20info.pdf System requirements: Adobe Acrobat

5. Davis M. Scientific papers and presentations. San Diego: Academic Press; 1997. (CL & MD/SC books T11 Dav)