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Studying for your midwifery degree / by Siobhan Scanlan, Hilary Walker.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Transforming midwifery practicePublisher: London : SAGE/ Learning Matters, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Description: vi, 193 pages ; illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1446256766
  • 9781446256763
  • 1446256774
  • 9781446256770
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 618.200711 23
LOC classification:
  • RG950
Contents:
Part I. -- 1. Beginning your Midwifery Education -- 2. Understanding and Using Concepts and Principles: Values and Midwifery -- 3. Relating Theory to Practice -- 4. Writing Academically: Evaluation, Developing Arguments, Avoiding Pitfalls -- -- Part II. -- 5. Developing Critical Analysis and Understanding -- 6. Applying University Learning on your Practice Placements -- 7. Developing as a Reflective Learner and Practitioner -- 8. Understanding and Using Research -- -- Part III. -- 9. Becoming a Research-informed Student -- 10. Becoming an Independent and Autonomous Learner -- 11. Bringing Your Learning Together: The Dissertation -- 12. Dealing with Complexity: Using Knowledge in Practice.
Summary: "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. "--Publisher's website.
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Book South Campus South Campus Main Collection 618.200711 SCA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A549693B

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. -- 1. Beginning your Midwifery Education -- 2. Understanding and Using Concepts and Principles: Values and Midwifery -- 3. Relating Theory to Practice -- 4. Writing Academically: Evaluation, Developing Arguments, Avoiding Pitfalls -- -- Part II. -- 5. Developing Critical Analysis and Understanding -- 6. Applying University Learning on your Practice Placements -- 7. Developing as a Reflective Learner and Practitioner -- 8. Understanding and Using Research -- -- Part III. -- 9. Becoming a Research-informed Student -- 10. Becoming an Independent and Autonomous Learner -- 11. Bringing Your Learning Together: The Dissertation -- 12. Dealing with Complexity: Using Knowledge in Practice.

"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. "--Publisher's website.

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