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SBGR Office Admin
SBGR MA 180 Week 2 Pearson's (2012 EK)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| receptionist | employee that greets and assists incoming patients |
| medical emergency | patient condition that requires the immediate attention of a physician |
| collating | the collecting records, test results, and information and organizing the information |
| facsimile | fax: document electronically transmitted through phone lines |
| perception | how one understands something to be |
| sarcasm | sharp and often satirical response or utterance designed to cut or give pain |
| stereotyping | standardizing or representing an oversimplified opinion |
| apathy | absence of emotion or enthusiam |
| empathy | understanding and entering into anothers feelings |
| self-esteem | a persons overall evaluation of ones own worth |
| exemplify | serve as an example |
| feedback | transmission of information to the original source about an action, event or process |
| assessment | evaluation of achievement |
| assertive | confidentialy self-assured |
| competent | properly qualified |
| demeanor | the way a person behaves toward others |
| optimistic | having a positive outlook |
| grief | deep distress caused by bereavement, a loss or a perceived loss |
| enunciate | to utter articulate sounds |
| paraphrasing | to express an idea in different wording |
| demographic | information such as age, gender, ethnic background, education, etc. |
| overbooking | when more than one patient is scheduled in the same time slot |
| no-show | patients who do not keep their appointment and do not call to cancel it |
| gender bias | indicating either male or female by the type of language used |
| redundant | repeating the same word or information |
| active voice | the subject of the sentence performs the action |
| passive voice | the subject of the sentence receives the action |
| homophones | words that have similar pronunciations but different meanings |
| closing | refers to the courtesy words at the end of a letter such as sincerely, thank you, etc. |
| reference initials | shows the initials of the person who typed the letter |
| proofreading | checking for errors in content and typing |
| thesaurus | provides a similar meaning for words |
| electronic mail communication |