This chapter defines professional communication in intercultural contexts. It presents a workable model of culture, connects that model to rhetoric, and provides a method to analyze rhetorics and cultures in intercultural contexts. It also contextualizes the model of intercultural rhetorical research in prevailing paradigms of rhetoric and professional communication, strongly criticizing the lo...

This paper describes the evaluation of an online course in Neonatal Medicine, which involved medical practitioners across Europe. It focuses on analysis of the discussion groups. The project aimed to develop an online course for practitioners and included the development of 4 modules. Delivery was achieved using hybrid technology via distribution of course materials on CD ROMs accompanied by an...

Knowledge work increasingly relies on the utilization of information and communication technology (ICT). However, communication and knowledge sharing via ICT may be challenging due the lack of physical face-to-face interaction. The strength of social ties is critical to the success of an organization, since it determines how deeply individuals interact with each other. Prior research has paid o...

The article is devoted to the problem of teaching English Chinese students at Russian non-linguistic universities. It described some factors influencing choice technologies aimed developing and strengthening skills in different language activities. Based on results work during a year entry achievement tests, that demonstrated progress learning professional by master's program Economics, it give...

BACKGROUND Strengthening the communication and professional relationships between clinicians and laboratory workers is essential in order to positively change clinicians' attitudes about the reliability of diagnostic tests, enhancing the use of laboratory diagnostics and, ultimately, improving patient care. We developed an analytical framework to gain insight into the factors that influence com...

BACKGROUND Professional expectations for communication skills are explicit. These skills are needed for professional integrity and personal morale. Nevertheless, occupational physicians see doctors as patients for whom communication among between doctors and with their managers are the principal cause of their presenting health problems. AIM To describe the frameworks of professionalism in me...