Following industry influencers and subscribing to newsletters can be a great thing, too, because the hardest thing can be picking up on vocabulary and understanding the jargon of an industry.
Because I feel strongly that understanding financial jargon is important, I've defined some useful financial terms (in English, not financese) at the back of the book.
The more dedicated student would be well advised to use Ms Kellaway's book as a short-cut to understanding current corporate jargon and to picking up invaluable practical tips for the modern, upwardly mobile manager.
The fashionability of Pelicans, which lasted at least into the 70s, was connected to this breaking open of radical new ideas to public understanding – not in academic jargon but in clearly expressed prose.
A poor understanding of the diagnostic jargon used by HCPs meant some participants interpreted the diagnostic 'label' they had been given as a serious underlying pathology.
Concept inventories have limitations: what they measure is not always clear, conceptual understanding can be obscured by jargon, and a reliance on closed-ended, multiple-choice questions necessitates that they primarily assess content knowledge rather than conceptual understanding, biological thinking, and scientific literacy.
Tutors were found to 'talk in a way that is easier to understand' compared to lecturers' technical jargon, which seemed to have facilitated their understanding.
The use of medical jargon may interfere with understanding as may a lack of social support.
In regard to communication style, physicians are advised to provide clear explanations, avoid jargon, and continually check understanding.
Participants cited the use of technical language (jargon) that excluded patient understanding as undermining their contribution to bedside handover; this was thus was seen to degrade quality and safety.
