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Assessment Criteria –WRITING Your Your writing writing will be rated by at at least 2 assessors assessors who will use the the criteria below to determine determine your writing writing level. Therefor Therefore e study this information carefully so that you can develop the skills to write at A or B level. Category

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Self Assessment

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Always aim to write between !"#$2## words. %hort letters don&t allow you enough sentences to demonstrate your ability. 'ong letters may mean you have not summarised or focussed on the main issue. (ead the task )uestion carefully* and make sure your letter has a clear focus. As a rule* recent case history is more important than older case history. %tate the purpose of the letter clearly in the introduction and focus on important information and minimise less relevant detail. +ake your conclusion specic to the situation ,se your own words as much as possible - don&t simply copy sections from the case notes.

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s the letter of the re)uired length/ 0as your letter responded to the task )uestion/ 1oes your letter focus on the important points such as chief complaint* your main concern* important social factors and reason for writing/ s the language in your letter original/

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(ead the information carefully and plan the content of the letter before beginning to write. !3 minutes planning and 23 minutes writing is a good model. 1on&t let the main issue become hidden by including too much supporting detail. Base your letter from today&s perspective. That means* include all the relevant history* but in summary form* eliminate less important detail and focus your attention on the current situation. %how clearly the connections between information in the case notes if these are made4 however* do not add information that is not given in the notes.

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0ave the key points been mentioned and grouped appropriately/ 0ave you identied and emphasised the reason for writing the letter. 0ave you selected relevant information and omitted non5 relevant information/









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Always keep in mind the reason for writing - don&t 7ust add information randomly. randomly. Avoid informal and casual e6pression and e6pression and maintain a formal tone.

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s the vocabulary and e6pression of a suitable standard/ 0ave the abbreviations and acronyms been written in full/

1o not overuse medical terminology including terminology including abbreviations and acronyms

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%how that you can use language accurately and 8e6ibly in your writing. 9nsure you use correct verb tense and form as this an essential re)uirement +ake sure you demonstrate a

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Follow standard letter format for format for referral letters

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,se correct punctuation including commas and commas and capital letters appropriately heck for spelling mistakes and for spelling consistency through your writing e.g. misspelling the patients name is not good

s the letter formatted appropriately/

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s the punctuation correct/

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0ave you used capitals correctly/

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Are there a lot of spelling errors/

Organise the letter into clear paragraphs and leave a blank line between paragraphs to show the overall structure of the letter.

Writing Sub-Test Overview The writing writing sub5test sub5test is usually a letter of referral referral but but it may also also be a lette

sting or giving giving advice. advice. andidates andidates are given









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1ischarge to a community nurse< focus on medical history and on going care re)uired 1ischarge to social worker< focus on social factors rather than medical details. ,se lay language rather than technical 7argon 7argon

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Transfer Transfer to palliative care< focus focus on medical medical history history and on going care care re)uired re)uired

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Transfer Transfer to patients home< home< use lay language rather than than technical technical 7argon 7argon

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@sychiatric condition< focus on social factors D behavioural problems and issues

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'etter to a doctor< focus on medical history and medication

The important important point point is to always always read the the task )uestion )uestion carefully carefully and respond respond appropriately appropriately. Hany Hint 1o not 7ust summarise the medical history. Always consider what the referred to person needs to know and what they will do with information. The social factors are sometimes very signicant* hence the need for ongoing care* and are included to make the task more comple6 and challenging for the candidate. Tas! Ty"es #etter Ty"e

C$ief Com"laint % &ur"ose of Writing

Com"li'ating fa'tors in 'ase notes









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(eferral to admitting doctor in 9mergency 1epartment

(eferral to 0ospice Hpalliative careI

(eferral to school psychiatrist

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On going care

hest @ain

Terminal Terminal cancer

Behavioural problems in child since death of father

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'anguage barrier

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%ignicant medical history

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,rgent case

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(e)uests no further treatment

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1etailed medical history

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%ocial factors leading to psychiatric problems Focus on social not medical history











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1iabetes

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1etailed medical history

%ocio5economic situation of patient 1etailed medical D social history











E. (ead (ead the history to identify identify trends trends in medical condition* condition* treatment* treatment* medication medication etc. C. Bring a highlight highlight pen on test day and highlight related related points with the same colour colour pen to help you summarise summarise and group the information 3. On test day write write with a pencil so that you can erase any any mistakes mistakes K. A format format which will t most scenarios scenarios is as follows< follows< o

ntroduction< ncluding purpose of writing and chief complaint in brief











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>hat information can be grouped together/ Introu'tions

There are a variety variety of ways ways to write introducti introductions ons and with with practice you can develop develop a formula formula that that works for for you. For For the purpose of this document* the opening salutation and sub7ect will be included as part of the introduction. Salutation< Salutation< f the name of the person is included in the case notes then it should be used. This can be followed by either a comma or full colon.











)* Background information such as name* age* occupation* marital status and gender of the patient if relevant and not mentioned in the sub7ect line +* A brief summary of the chief complaint* purpose of writing or your main concern t will usually be only ! or 2 sentences long and detailed information about the patients history and condition should go in the main body of the letter* letter * Im"ortant Grammar Rules











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 am writing to refer this patient* a KE years old man who lives alone.  am writing to refer this patient* KE years old man who lives alone.

Corre't M  am writing to refer this patient* a KE5year5old man who lives alone. M  am writing to refer this patient who is KE years old and lives alone.







































































































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