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Erin Dietel-Mclaughlin Multimedia Writing and Rhetoric 08 November, 2013 Annotated Bibliography In this paper I plan to argue the positive significant effects of multimedia and screenbased interaction on medical practice. Multimedia and technology focused on healthcare has influenced both the way in which patients seek medical care and the way in which doctors attain to the needs of their patients. As a result, this research paper seeks to explain why technology may enhance medical practice and demonstrate how such technology may be applied to the medical field. It is important to clarify this topic to others because technological influence on medical practice is taking place today and may have significant effects in the future. For example, medical care via Skype and e-meetings exist today and has significantly changed the way in which patients seek healthcare. Pre-clinical programs apply the use of digital-based tools in order to enhance the skills of practitioners. It is clear that medicine is adapting to a modern environment where technology has allowed both doctors and patients to take a step forward. Miah and Rich. The medicalization of Cyber Space. New York, NY: Routledge, 2008. Print. In this book, Andy Miah and Emma Rich seek to inform the reader about technologys potential to change the patient-doctor relationship (6). Although the source acknowledges that there ethical and moral dilemmas involved, it focuses on the interactions between health, medicalization and cyber culture and seeks to illustrate various ways in which technology is

Rolon 2 redefining expectations of and relationships with medical culture (Introduction). Since the book focuses on topics such as mediatized health, medicine in cyberspace, digital culture, and the medical control of health information, it is a valuable source that argues in favor of my research paper. The book supports Felkeys Pharmacy automation and Technology by arguing that the opening of cyberpharmacies makes possible the opportunity for non-medics to find others who can provide information for them (7) and goes even further by addressing the importance of health informatics. It also supports the idea that telemedicine may create an environment where the patient is more likely to comply with medical assistance and favors Slacks Cybermedicine by arguing that technology includes the gendered and generational social relations which form the context in which peoples daily interactions take place (10). This source provides background information and specific examples that will prove useful throughout my research paper. Slack, Warner V. Cybermedicine: How Computing Empowers Doctors And Patients for Better Health Care. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Inc., 1997. Print. Warner V. Slack (M.D, pioneer in the development and research of application of computers in medicine), provides an overview of technology in the medical field from a more personal perspective; a book relevant to both health professionals and individuals. The book encompasses topics such as the computer and patient relationship, the clinician and computer relationship, as well as barriers to technology and a brief overview of health informatics. Slack, as a medical practitioner, acknowledges that face-to-face interaction is useful in small groups (4), but moves on to argue that technology can enhance medical practice because computers are able to converse with its user. This source supports the idea that computers stimulate patient interaction and compliance with medical assistance, as Slack argues that computers can be

Rolon 3 programmed to stimulate one-on-one conversation, but with collective wisdom of many doctors (10). Slack agrees with Miah and Richs idea that networks bring about universal access by stating that computers may print a patients information in a traditional format (19) and as a result, the universalization of health informatics may apply to other forms of Cybermedicine such as Felkeys idea of pharmacy automation. Slack provides both innovative ideas and useful examples that will help strengthen arguments in my research paper. Shortliffe, Edward H. Medical Informatics Meets Medical Education. Medical Technology 1.1 (1999): 1-3. Pdf file. Dr. Shortliffe (Professor of Medicine and Computer Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine and Director of Medical Information Sciences Training program at Stanford), through his article on Medical Informatics, addresses health professionals and medical students by stating that medical schools should ensure that students are computer literate (1). The source seeks to argue that technology has an inevitable influence on every aspect of life and that medics should therefore enhance their practice by improving their technological skills. The author argues that medical education should expose students to key concepts of health informatics (1), which supports Hamiltons idea in his study of cultural barriers in medical practice, because both authors argue that technology can be used to improve the medical practice of physicians and health workers. Shortliffe also asserts that information technologies is an inevitable element in the medical practice environments of the future (1), which could be used to support the idea that technology will allows doctors to communicate information to anyone who needs it. While the source provides ideas that support my thesis, it also provides a different perspective, as it is an article written by a doctor who is also specialized in the field of technology.

Rolon 4 Anderson, Ross. Medicine and Multimedia. British Medical Journal 316.1 (1998): 158-159. Pdf file. Professor Ross Anderson of Cambridge University, through his review on both Cybermedicine and Guide to Medical Informatics, The Internet and Telemedicine, has written an overview that supports the main ideas provided in each source. Anderson addresses medical practitioners by saying that each book demonstrates the way in which technology might be influencing medicine. The author provides an eloquent summary of Coieras Telemedicine, but goes further to announce his personal opinion by stating that the book identifies and explains the basic concepts medical informaticsa fair account of the potential and limitations of electronic patient records, telemedicine, and clinical decision systems (158). Anderson also addresses Warner Slacks Cybermedicine b y arguing that this source provides a more personal perspective as the author speaks from his personal experiences. Since I will be using both books in my research paper, Andersons review will strengthen my research paper by providing an external opinion that supports specific arguments and claims I make. In other words, the use of someone elses opinion will cause my research paper to gain credibility. This source provides a useful review of two sources being used, which both strengthens the arguments made and gives my paper a greater sense of plausibility. Felkey and Fox, Pharmacy Automation and Technology: Technology and Teamwork for the Patient-Centered Medical Home. Hospital Pharmacy 46.10 (2011): 807-808. Pdf file. This source provides a pharmaceuticals perspective of health informatics and pharmacy automation with the application of information technologies. The authors give an overview of Health Systems and address their need for improvement. Brent (Pharmaceutical Degree) and Dr.

Rolon 5 Fox write to the patient by stating that they have created a Health System with the ability to communicate information of any form to anyone who needs it, anywhere in the enterprise (807). The pharmacist argues that the integration of health informatics and technology has improved health systems because they are now able to handle a greater influx of patients per day (807). In other words, the application of technology in the medical field has improved patient care and medical practice as a whole because health systems are now able to assist a greater amount of patients and because health informatics has allowed them to provide information to anyone who needs it. This source relates to The Medicalization of Cyber Space because because speaks in favor of technology as an influence in medical practice. The written work might be biased to a small degree since the authors seek to persuade the patient and advertise. This should not affect my research paper because I will use it as an example of medical technology. Hamilton, and Woodward-Kron. Developing Cultural Awareness and intercultural communication through multimedia: A Case Study from Medicine and the Health Sciences. Elsevier BV 38.4(2010):560-568. Pdf file. Jan Hamilton and Robin Woodward-Kron of the University of Melbourne, Faculty of Medicine, provide a different approach to medical education, by integrating technology and screen based learning. The source argues that the application of an intercultural communication multimedia tool in medical education might be a key tool in future medical practice as it could help tear down the cultural barriers often present in medical practice. As a result, this source serves to exemplify the use of technology in the medical field and seeks to demonstrate that such idea may enhance doctors abilities in the future. The purpose of such technology was to produce a resource that would foster effective communication in a specific real world context from an intercultural stance (563). Since the tool was developed in Australia, the use of such

Rolon 6 technology at an international level might require adaptations to other social and cultural environments. Such use of technology however, does demonstrate that its integration in medical education may lead to better qualified doctors. This may also relate to Medical Informatics Meets Medical Education because it supports the idea that the proper use of technology is a skill that medical students immersed in a modernized world need to acquire. This source therefore supports statements that are key in proving the thesis of this research paper.