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Jacobson, B., Pawlowski, M., & Tardy, C. M. (2022). Make your “Move”: Writing in genres. In D. Driscoll, M. Heise, M. Stewart, & M. Vetter (Eds.), Writing spaces: readings on writing. Volume 4 (pp. 217–238). Parlor Press.

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Dentists and their staff use several types of communication in their offices for their patients as well as between offices. Some of those types include patient reminder cards, pamphlets, clinical notes, and referrals.

Referrals for care documents are often annotated by the dentist and drafted into a patient referral by the dental assistant.

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This is a very professional document, rhetorical moves used will reflect this.  All moves in a referral serve a specific purpose. If certain moves are left out or omitted there could be dire consequences for the patient, possibly resulting in the wrong treatment being carried out. There is an important order to the beginning of the referral such as the patient's name, doctor's name, and reason for referral, although there is some flexibility allowed for the other information included in the document.  The Language is very straightforward as it is between professionals in related fields. Circulation is minimal since they are only used from one office to another and since HIPPA regulations it is very important that privacy is maintained. Consent is also extremely important as referrals are not done unless the patient is made aware that their information is being sent to another provider.

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Common language features include short concise sentence structure with the use of clinical language. The use of first, second, and third-person nouns and pronouns are common throughout the referral although the second and third are most common. Passive voice is used in the referral-"The tooth was previously filled by Dr. Smith" as well as active. "Dr. Smith will continue treatment of the tooth".

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Obligatory moves in a referral are the dentist and patient's name, address, and phone numbers, the patient's D.O.B., reason for referral, clinical findings, and the dentist's signature (electronic or written). Common moves such as what type of referral this is for, ongoing treatment, or a second opinion, history of complaint, and x-rays. There are moves that are sometimes found but not typically such as medical id# or insurance information.

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Dental referrals are circulated in a few different ways. They can be emailed, faxed, mailed by post, or sent with the patient to deliver themselves.

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There is a lot of private personal information included in the referral and it is very important that the HIPPA regulations are taken into consideration in order to keep private information safe when it is being sent to another office. One very important thing to consider here is the consent of the patient to be referred to another office.

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I am examining the dental community and more specifically the dental assistant's role in that community. I have experience in this field and am working on gaining more knowledge in the near future. The role of the dental assistants is to assist the dentist while they are working on patients. Another role of the dental assistant is to write clinical notes as well as write drafts for patient referrals. Today I will be looking at the dental referral.