Post Graduate Skills for Health Care Professionals

The links below are to independent study activities and resources that will help you develop academic skills. The self assessment quiz will help you to understand the areas where you have confidence and sign-post you to resources to help you develop. There are also links to referencing, time management and understanding assignment briefs.

• Do 'the Academic Skills Audit' to understand your study style (estimated time 15 minutes)

• Do 'University of Northampton plagiarism Avoidance Course' ( 40 minutes. Allow yourself to do this a section at a time as there is some really important information)

• Read Harvard quick guide (estimated reading time 5 minutes) 
• Read Nursing Introduction to Academic Sources (estimated time 10 minutes)
• Read 'What is good time management for studying?'(estimated reading time 5 minutes)
• Read 'How to understand my essay titles' (estimated reading time 5 minutes)
• Read 'Key words of academic assignments' (estimated reading time 5 minutes)
• Read Notetaking (estimated time 20 minutes.)

There is a presentation here for you to review it consolidates information contained in the links on this page.

• Learning in Higher Education Padlet

The videos below explore topics from the presentation

Deep Learning Versus Surface Learning (video 5 minutes 29 Seconds)

Understanding your Learning Outcomes Using Topic, Focus, Instruction (video 5 minutes 31 seconds)

Note-taking (video 8 minutes 44 seconds)

Smarter Working 'How do I stop from getting overwhelmed?' (video 1 minute 17 seconds)

This action plan template will enable you to make an action plan to develop your academic skills. It should take you 15-30 minutes to complete.