This essential handbook helps midwifery students to make the most from their time studying. It clearly explains the core learning skills you will need right from the start of the course, such as academic writing, placement learning and understanding theoretical concepts. It also introduces more advanced skills, such as reflection, research, evidence-based practice, writing a dissertation and complex decision making. It shows why these important skills are essential for you both to succeed at university and when you are a registered midwife.
Key features
– An accessible student-friendly guide specifically written for midwifery students
– Three midwifery students are followed throughout the book to show real issues that you may face during your studies
– Activities throughout help you test and develop your own learning skills
– Each chapter is linked to relevant NMC and QAA standards, so that you can see what you are expected to know in order to pass your programme.
Series Editor
The Transforming Midwifery Practice series editor is Judith Jackson, Canterbury College.
Cuprins
Introduction
PART ONE
Beginning your Midwifery Education
Understanding and Using Concepts and Principles: Values and Midwifery
Relating Theory to Practice
Writing Academically: Evaluation, Developing Arguments, Avoiding Pitfalls
PART TWO
Developing Critical Analysis and Understanding
Applying University Learning on your Practice Placements
Developing as a Reflective Learner and Practitioner
Understanding and Using Research
PART THREE
Becoming a Research-informed Student
Becoming an Independent and Autonomous Learner
Bringing Your Learning Together: The Dissertation
Dealing with Complexity: Using Knowledge in Practice
Conclusion
Despre autor
Siobhan Scanlan is a clinical midwife in Oxford, a coordinator of a busy delivery suite and a Supervisor of midwives. She has a PGCE and since 2006 has worked part-time for Oxford Brookes University as an associate lecturer.
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