ENGL 002M. Medical Writing and Rhetoric

English 2M is a Writing (W) course that introduces students to the fields of medical rhetoric and medical humanities as well as to typical genres of writing within contemporary medicine. By analyzing texts and narratives by physicians and other health professionals, we will identify and assess rhetorical strategies they use to address specialist and non-specialist audiences. By composing your own patient or witness narrative, you will develop effective techniques to engage both scholarly and public readers while dissecting sociopolitical contexts that inform healthcare communication globally. We will also explore pop culture representations of medical practitioners and (mal)practice to interrogate some of the dominant myths-perpetuated through visual, digital, and written media-that influence the rhetoric of health and medicine today.
Humanities.
Writing.
1 credit.
Spring 2025. Mera Ford.
Catalog chapter: English Literature
Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/english-literature

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