Study Skills

Marjorie Ghisoni is a Lecturer and course lead for mental health nursing at Bangor University in North Wales. Marjorie qualified as a nurse in 1996 with Bangor University and worked as a community psychiatric nurse for a few years before becoming a lecturer practitioner part-time, then a full-time lecturer in 2003. After gaining her PhD in 2012, Marjorie believes that compassionate understanding of the needs of people in all walks of life is the main component of healthcare skills, education, development and practice. Peggy Murphy is a Senior Lecturer in adult nursing at Liverpool John Moores University. She has nursing experience in acute medicine and cardiothoracic intensive care and has worked as a registered nurse both in the UK and Australia. She became a nurse lecturer in 2003 and developed an interest in working with students as partners to enhance inclusive practice in nurse education. Peggy was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship by the Higher Education Academy in 2014 for her collaborative work on assessment and feedback. Peggy has published and co-presented her work with students nationally and internationally. She currently acts as a co-convenor for the Researching, Advancing and Inspiring Student Engagement (RAISE) Special Interest Group on partnerships.

About the authors; Introduction



1. Skills for the resilient learner

Peggy Murphy and Marjorie Ghisoni

     1.1 Introduction

     1.2 Five ways (5rs) to develop resilience for health and wellbeing

     1.3 Developing resilience in everyday life

     1.4 Developing resilience for lifelong learning

     1.5 Developing resilience for employability

     1.6 Conclusion



2. Effective time management

Peggy Murphy

     2.1 Introduction

     2.2 Strategies to combat time-wasters

     2.3 Suggested study toolkit

     2.4 Conclusion



3. Reading and note-taking skills

Marjorie Ghisoni

     3.1 Finding the right information

     3.2 Making concise notes

     3.3 Writing a literature review

     3.4 Conclusion



4. Skills for literature searching

Seren Roberts

     4.1 Introduction

     4.2 Starting your literature search

     4.3 What is literature?

     4.4 Developing a systematic approach to literature reviewing

     4.5 Conclusion



5. Skills for critical thinking

Tracy Ross

     5.1 Introduction

     5.2 What is critical thinking?

     5.3 How to think critically: a six-stage process

     5.4 How does critical thinking improve resilience?

     5.5 How does critical thinking improve employability?

     5.6 Conclusion



6. Writing essays and reports

Marjorie Ghisoni

     6.1 Introduction

     6.2 Begin at the beginning

     6.3 Make a plan

     6.4 Referencing from journals and books

     6.5 Organising and composing your work

     6.6 Engineering your work and writing reports

     6.7 Spelling and structure

     6.8 Conclusion



7. Referencing skills

Helen Thomas, Jacqui Maung, Ella Turner and Paul Verlander

     7.1 Referencing and academic integrity

     7.2 Plagiarism

     7.3 Developing a rigorous approach to referencing

     7.4 Referencing

     7.5 Conclusion



8. Feedback

Peggy Murphy and Craig Morley

     8.1 Introduction

     8.2 The purpose of feedback

     8.3 Feedback mindset

     8.4 Feed-forward

     8.5 Action-planning

     8.6 Marking rubrics

     8.7 What to do after you receive feedback

     8.8 Conclusion



9. Reflective writing skills

Marjorie Ghisoni

     9.1 Introduction

     9.2 Models of reflective practice

     9.3 Should we follow our gut instinct?

     9.4 Keeping a reflective journal

     9.5 Developing reflective resilience in our everyday practice

     9.6 Reflective writing, self-compassion and student resilience

     9.7 Reflective writing and lifelong learning

     9.8 Professional requirements for reflective practice and lifelong learning

     9.9 Reflective writing for employability

     9.10 Conclusion



10. Skills for teamworking

Liz Lefroy

     10.1 Introduction

     10.2 What is a team?

     10.3 Teamwork in time of change

     10.4 Team role theory

     10.5 The development of groups and teams

     10.6 Communication and sustainable teamwork

     10.7 Dealing with conflict

     10.8 Resilience

     10.9 Conclusion



11. Skills for presentations and public speaking

Paul Jeorrett

     11.1 Introduction

     11.2 The 3 Ps: preparation, planning, practice

     11.3 Delivering the presentation

     11.4 Conclusion



12. Skills for employability in health and social care

Marjorie Ghisoni

     12.1 Introduction

     12.2 Developing employability skills using your lifelong learning skills

     12.3 Key lifelong learning skills for employability

     12.4 Employability skills and professional practice

     12.5 Developing resilience skills to improve your employability

     12.6 Developing transferable skills for employability

     12.7 Conclusion



13. Skills for the developing professional

Marjorie Ghisoni

     13.1 Introduction

     13.2 Developing resilience as a professional

     13.3 Developing employability skills in professional practice

     13.4 Developing lifelong learning skills as a professional

     13.4 Conclusion



14. Lifelong learning skills: future-proof your learning

Peggy Murphy

     14.1 What is lifelong learning?

     14.2 Where does resilience fit into LLL?

     14.3 Employability and lifelong learning skills

     14.4 Future-proofing learning to maintain professional standards

     14.5 Future-proofing learning to maintain professional registration

     14.6 Combining reflective practice with a growth mindset

     14.7 Conclusion



Answers to chapter quizzes; Index