unit4computersinmedicine

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your predictions. Reading Paragraph 1 Prediction: the initial role of puters in areas related to medicine Actual: The prediction was correct. It describes different uses for puters in medicine from the mid1960s. Paragraph 2 Prediction: beginnings of use in patient care Actual: It starts by describing why using puters for patient care in the 1970s was seen as a possibility. It then explains why this use remained largely theoretical and outlines the practical uses for puters at that time. F Read the text and check your predictions. Reading Paragraph 3 Prediction: practical approach to medical informatics Actual: The prediction is correct. It explains why the practical approach was possible, lowercost puters meant theory could be tested in practice. It also outlines some of the uses and benefits of this approach. Paragraph 4 Prediction: impact of the Inter on medical informatics Actual: The prediction was correct. It includes specific examples of how data transfer via the Inter can benefit patients. F Read the text and check your predictions. Reading Paragraph 5 Prediction: barriers to further developments Actual: The prediction was correct. It provides examples of areas where the benefits of the technology cannot be fully realized because of unresolved legal and ethical issues. G Does the writer of the text agree or disagree with the ideas in Exercise D? Reading Disagree Disagree Disagree agree H Study the notes a student made in the margin of the text on the opposite page. Reading 1 What ideas are in the other paragraphs? Write some key words. 2 Which words introduce new ideas in each paragraph? See skill bank. Introducing the topic In a text, a new paragraph indicates the start of a new topic. The topic is given in the topic sentence, which is at or near the beginning of the paragraph. The topic sentence gives the topic and also makes a ment about the topic. Developing ideas in a paragraph Skills bank Example: By the mid1980s, a new and far more practical approach to medical informatics was being possible. The topic is the more practical approach which, in this case, concerns medical informatics. The ment is that this was being possible. The sentences that follow then expand or explain the topic sentence. Example: The fall in the cost of puting power, a result of the development of the PC by IBM in 1980, meant that theoretical research could now be tested in practice. Developing ideas in a paragraph Skills bank Developing the topic A paragraph is normally about the same basic topic (the ‘unity’ principle). However, within a paragraph, ideas often develop beyond the initial ment. This development is often shown by: • a discourse marker: but, however, etc. • a stance marker: unfortunately, etc. Developing ideas in a paragraph Skills bank Example: However, during the 1970s, as puters became slightly smaller and less expensive, possibilities for their use in patient care began to be explored. Unfortunately, while some of these benefits have been realized, the potential of the Inter in telemedicine has yet to be fully exploited. Discourse markers mainly introduce contrasts or additional information. Stance markers show the attitude of the writer to the information, ., whether he/she is surprised, pleased, unhappy, etc., about the information. Developing ideas in a paragraph Skills bank H Study the notes a student made in the margin of the text on the opposite page. Reading 1 What ideas are in the other paragraphs? Write some key words. Paragraph 2: theoretical foundations of medical informatics, uses of。