Caez 1 Cristopher Caez Wolcott ENC 1102-0014 February 14, 2014 Pediatric Sports Physicals and the Progression of Medicine Throughout Time Amy J. Devitt, a professor at the University of Kansas defined genre as "a response to a recurring rhetorical situation." Through this definition we've been able to deduce that genres are printed forms of communication that discourse communities use for various purposes, In a research paper co-written by Devitt titled Materiality and Genre in the Study of Discourse Communities Devitt, Anis Bawarshi, and Mary Jo Reiff, determined that studying genres allows researches to learn how text plays a role in the experience of a group. In an example, Devitt studied the legal genre of jury instruction, here she was able to find that there was a gap between the creators of the communal agendas and those who use them. More specifically, there was a gap between the specialist and non-specialist. This paper will specifically look into a genre used by pediatric physicians who are conducting sports physicals on patients. Through the examination of the paperwork used to record information found during the physicals we will be able to determine that pediatric medicine is continuously progressive and inclusive meaning that medicine is continuously evolving to both move forward in the diagnosis and treatment of health, as well as allowing for it to include a variety of people and conditions that arise when considering the health status of a patient. Obtaining the Genres
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Caez �1
Cristopher Caez"
Wolcott"
ENC 1102-0014"
February 14, 2014"
Pediatric Sports Physicals and the Progression of Medicine Throughout Time"
Amy J. Devitt, a professor at the University of Kansas defined genre as "a
response to a recurring rhetorical situation." Through this definition we've been able to
deduce that genres are printed forms of communication that discourse communities use
for various purposes, In a research paper co-written by Devitt titled Materiality and
Genre in the Study of Discourse Communities Devitt, Anis Bawarshi, and Mary Jo Reiff,
determined that studying genres allows researches to learn how text plays a role in the
experience of a group. In an example, Devitt studied the legal genre of jury instruction,
here she was able to find that there was a gap between the creators of the communal
agendas and those who use them. More specifically, there was a gap between the
specialist and non-specialist."
This paper will specifically look into a genre used by pediatric physicians who are
conducting sports physicals on patients. Through the examination of the paperwork
used to record information found during the physicals we will be able to determine that
pediatric medicine is continuously progressive and inclusive meaning that medicine is
continuously evolving to both move forward in the diagnosis and treatment of health, as
well as allowing for it to include a variety of people and conditions that arise when
considering the health status of a patient."
Obtaining the Genres!
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All three genres used in this paper were obtained from the same organization,
the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). All three forms, although distributed by the
same organization, have been used at different time periods. Form 1(Appendix A) was
in use from 1997 to 2004, Form 2 (Appendix B) was in use from 2004 until 2010, and
Form 3 (Appendix C) was published in and distributed by them since 2010 and is still
used today."
All of these forms can be found through the AAP website, the first form is
relatively easy to find and is included with other forms and information, the second and
third forms are not as easy to find, as they are stored in their archives. The AAP
archives are free to search through and you can find some information and forms free of
charge, like these past forms, but research papers and AAP manuals can be obtained
through a small fee. The availability of so much information free to the public through
these archives suggests that the organization wants to show that medicine is
progressive and inclusive, this being the repeated rhetorical situation as defined by
Devitt."
Examining and Analyzing the Genres"
All three forms follow one basic format, the same font and the same basic