This discussion question is an audio dialogue. Start the discussion and leave it open for your classmates to dialogue with you. As part of this discussion, you will discuss patients' referrals, patient education, diagnosis, treatment plan or medical coverage issues. You must also provide a written transcript of all your responses. Your portion of the discussion must reflect the following criteria:

o Be recorded in an audio file and submitted as a link within the post
o Include a written transcript
o Use at least three appropriate and specific medical words from this week's readings

You are an office manager working in an endocrinologist's office. The endocrinologist has asked you to create an educational brochure about certain conditions. Begin by describing a medical condition of the endocrine system using proper medical terms; then, translate that into patient-friendly language. You can continue the dialogue by adding more medical terms and patient-friendly terms to the information.