Letter Assignment

Instructions:

$$ Prepare a letter from Dr$.$ Abraham MacDonald to the following nursing home:

Samantha MacLean, Admissions Clerk

Brighter Days Guest Home

$210$ Victoria Road

$[$your city$],[$your province$],[$postal code$]$

RE: Mary Brown$$s admission

$$ Type your letter in Word naming the file $($firstname$\_$lastname$\_$MOP$9\_$Business$\_$letter$)$

$$ Paragraph one will introduce the patient Mary Brown that will be arriving for permanent residency. Next, explain her medication routine: spironolactone $25$ mg$,2\mathrm{.}5$ per day; Nitroglycerin tab., $1$ p$.$r$.$n$.$; Vitamin B$12$ injection every two weeks. Make note that she is allergic to eggs and penicillin.

$$ Tell her future caretakers that the doctor will visit his patient at intervals; however, they should call if they feel she needs the doctor$$s attention.

$$ Create an appropriate letterhead for Dr$.$ Abraham MacDonald using a fictional address and clinic name. Use your skills from MS Word and add a picture to the letterhead. $($Review chapter $3,$ Creating a Business Letter, in your Word textbook on how to create a letterhead.$)$

Formatting:

$$ The letter should be one page in length.

$$ Create any fictional information needed to complete the letter, example addresses.

$$ Use the example block letter format to format your letter.

$$ Review Business English Communications chapter $9$ for a review on formatting business letters

$$ Create an appropriate letterhead using skills taught earlier in the program in MS Word.

The trend in business letter writing is to personalize letters by eliminating the use of formal words and keeping words to a minimum, thereby increasing clearness and avoiding overwhelming the reader with wordiness. Simplicity, clarity, and conciseness are basic standards for every medical communication.

The first paragraph of a medical letter should be positive in tone and deal immediately with the subject matter in a friendly and courteous manner. It should include an expression of interest in the patient or his or her health problem.

A concise and courteous closing statement includes some reference to the action to be taken by the correspondent.

Thanks are expressed if a service has been rendered; otherwise, the assistant waits until his or her request has been fulfilled before he or she follows up with an acknowledgment.