Written vs. Oral Communication: What’s the Difference?
Communication is central for allied health services. It is clearly important for speech and language pathologists, but communication skills are also important for occupational therapists, physiotherapists, psychologists, and many more. How these allied health professionals communicate and share information can make a real difference to services and outcomes. This...
Preparing and serving a meal: A metaphor for allied health reports
My research on allied health report-writing has focused on understanding the experiences of the readers and the writers of reports written for and about people with lifelong communication disability. I’m doing this to find ways for reports to be easier to read and understand, and possibly easier to write...
Lessons in allied health report-writing from the Administrative Review Tribunal of Australia
Sounds boring, I know, but the Administrative Review Tribunal of Australia might have just given allied health professionals the ‘play book’ on report writing. I asked Copilot to help me understand the important messages for allied health professionals who write reports for the NDIS. Let me know your thoughts?...
Rethinking Health Literacy: Moving Beyond “Low” and “High”
Health literacy is often described in binary terms: “low” or “high”, “limited” or “adequate.” While these labels may seem intuitive, they can oversimplify a complex and dynamic concept. It also risks placing the burden of health literacy on individuals, rather than prompting healthcare services, systems and professionals to reflect...
Survey about reading allied health reports
I am doing research about written reports that allied health professional write about people with communication disability who have a lifelong disability. I want to know: This anonymous survey is for people who: The survey which should take approximately 20 minutes. Start the survey by using this link: https://redcap.link/AlliedHealthReports...
Allied health report writing: resource curation
This post is a collation of documents and links to resouces that are designed to support allied health professionals to write more accessible reports that meet the intended purposes....
I asked Chat GPT to write a speech pathology report. Then things got serious(ly silly).
What is Chat GPT? Here’s the answer straight from Chat GPT itself: I am ChatGPT, a large language model created by OpenAI based on the GPT-3.5 architecture. I use artificial intelligence and machine learning to understand natural language and provide responses to user inquiries. My purpose is to provide...