An Observational Study of a Medical English Writing Program for the Staff Members of a Medical Center in Central Taiwan

Increased use of English for Specific Purposes, including English for Medical Purposes (EMP) to assist in the internationalization of medical education and within healthcare institutes (HCIs), has become more and more essential. To improve the quality of English writing skills and to enhance writing ability at HCIs, our institute in central Taiwan invited an English as a Second Language (ESL) writing expert and conducted a Medical English Writing Program (MEWP). The aim of this observational study is to describe their knowledge, attitude and behavior for medical English writing after participants attending MEWP. The MEWP course included weekend workshop sessions and individual coaching sessions by the invited writing professor (WP). The research tools in this study included a standard questionnaire for professional purposes workshop evaluation, a self-report satisfaction survey, and a system to track manuscripts on the way to publication. Forty-five participants attended this MEWP in total, and one hundred and twenty one units of person-time participated during the period March 17 to March 22, 2015. Almost half of the participants were in their twenties as well as attending physicians. The results for knowledge and attitude modules are around 56% to 61.5%. More than 88% participants were satisfied with the teaching methods of the WP. The overall satisfaction was 93.7%. Nine of sixteen participants who had individual manuscript review sessions successfully submitted their manuscripts soon after the workshops. In this study, we observed the participants were satisfied with the 2015 CCH MEWP. We emphasized the importance of knowledge because that is a major positive influence affecting participants. The importance of the MEWP was demonstrated in this study with regard to improving English writing ability and the fact that HCIs need this kind of workshop. The positive results of this study could provide HCIs with a reference regarding MEWP. Our study is valuable with respect to educational information regarding the MEWP.

關鍵字

English for medical purposes ； English for specific purposes ； English writing ； Healthcare institutes ； Medical English writing program

並列摘要

英語在特定用途的使用，已經逐漸增加，例如，在醫療機構中，運用醫療用途的英語，以協助醫學教育的國際化，這種需求變得越來越重要。為提高醫療機構工作人員的英文寫作能力，本中心進行計畫，邀請專精英語第二語言的寫作專家，執行醫學英語寫作計劃。本研究的目的，是描述參加醫學英語寫作計劃以後的參與者，在醫學英語寫作的知識，態度和行為的改變。英語寫作計劃課程包括團體研討會及與教授預約的個人輔導課程。本研究中的研究工具，包括使用標準化的問卷評估，參與者的滿意度調查，與追蹤論文書寫的系統。在2015年3月17日至2015年3月22日期間，45名參加者參與本中心醫學英語寫作計劃，總計參加人次為121個人次。半數以上的參與者都是二十多歲，參與者職務包含醫院各職等。參與者在參加醫學英語寫作計劃以後，知識和態度模組的結果，由56%進步到61.5%。超過88%的參加者，對本計畫的教學方法感到滿意。參加者整體滿意度為93.7%。有九個參加個人輔導課程，在課程後，很順利地投稿。在本研究中，我們觀察到參與者，對2015年醫學英語寫作計劃感到相當滿意。我們強調，參與者對於醫學英語的知識與學習態度的重要性，因為這是影響參與者的學習成效的主要因素。在本醫學英語寫作計劃，凸顯出提高英語寫作能力的需要性。本研究的結果，可以作為其他醫療機構，在提供工作人員有關醫學英語寫作計劃的參考。

並列關鍵字

醫療用的英語；特定用途的英語；英語寫作；醫療機構；醫學英語寫作計劃

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An Observational Study of a Medical English Writing Program for the Staff Members of a Medical Center in Central Taiwan

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