How To Write Well
A Guide For Health And Social Care Students
1st Edition
Published on 1. October 2013
202 pages
978-0-335-24494-2 (ISBN)
Description
This practical guide will demystify academic writing for health and social care students so they will feel confident submitting their assignments.
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June Keeling | Hazel Chapman | Julie Williams
How to Write Well: A Guide for Health and Social Care Students
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Open University Press
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Content
- How to Write Well: A guide for health and social care students
- How to Write Well: A guide for health and social care students
- Praise for this book
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- List of tables
- List of figures
- 1 Introduction
- How to use the book
- Structure of the book
- 2 Preparing to write
- Introduction
- The psychology of writing
- How to reduce stress and anxiety
- Why writing is important for learning
- Why do you want to write well?
- A space of one's own
- Getting started and finishing well
- Reading for writing (and other sources of inspiration)
- Feedback for success
- Accessing learning support
- Conclusion
- References
- 3 Basic writing and essay planning skills
- Introduction
- Writing for a purpose
- Demonstrating your learning through academic writing
- The rules of academic writing
- Demonstrating thinking through academic writing
- Essay writing
- Planning, writing and structuring the main body
- How to phrase your work: to quote or not to quote?
- Making the most of your conclusion
- Using feedback to improve your writing
- Conclusion
- References
- 4 Advancing yourwriting skills
- Introduction
- What is different about writing at university?
- Levels of academic writing
- How to think differently and write at the next level
- Descriptive writing
- What is explanation?
- What is argument?
- What is analysis?
- What is evaluation?
- What is synthesis?
- Conclusion
- Web resources
- References
- 5 What is reflective writing?
- Introduction
- What is reflection?
- Why reflect?
- Types of reflection
- Reflective models
- How to use a reflective model
- How to write reflectively
- Critical reflective writing
- How to structure a reflective essay
- Conclusion
- References
- 6 Writing for practice
- Introduction
- How is writing for practice different from academic writing?
- Why is it important that records are well written?
- What is a record?
- What should be recorded?
- How should the information be recorded?
- Confidentiality, access and disclosure
- What role do records have in complaints and legal claims?
- Writing a report or statement
- Conclusion
- References
- 7 Presenting your writing in different formats
- Introduction
- Essays
- Oral presentations/examinations
- Poster presentation
- Dissertation
- Portfolio development
- Writing for publication
- Conclusion
- Referenc
- 8 Students' experiences of writing
- Introduction
- Personal motivations for writing
- Finding out what to expect from writing
- Learning how to write well in health and social care
- Advice for other students
- 9 Eight simple rules for writing in health and social care
- Introduction
- Rule 1 Write
- Rule 2 Plan your writing
- Rule 3 Proofread and edit your writing
- Rule 4 L ook it up
- Rule 5 Reflect
- Rule 6 R ecord the care you give
- Rule 7 Prepare
- Rule 8 Enjoy yourself
- Final thoughts
- Advert
- Back Cover
