Academic Skills for Nurses

The purpose of this session is to develop your skills:

• Identifying sources

• Analysing sources

• Writing with sources.

• How do I use information from sources the essentials (estimated reading time 5 minutes)
• Critically Evaluating Journal articles a worked example (estimated reading time 10 minutes)

• Literature review (video 6 minutes 14 seconds)
• Literature review the essentials (estimated reading time 7 minutes)
• Literature Review Template (downloads document for your own use)
• Formatting Assignments and Dissertations (for your reference)

• How do I create an academic poster?

The session presentation is available here for anyone who may wish to review it before or after the session.  The session is based around activities, and you will get the most benefit from participating in the sessions.

The session video is available here for anyone that had problems connecting to the session.  It is not a substitute for participating in the session as the learning is activity based but is available so that you can review the contents.

Creating an action plan based on your reflection is an essential part of the assessment. Use this template to get started.