
Study Skills for Paramedics, 1st Edition
Paperback
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Chapter 1: INtroduction
- This will introduce the book itself with direction to a recognition as to the variation in study skills levels depending on where the student has come from and reassurance that students will soon find their feet.
- It will explain how university education works and how it is developing including the flipped classroom approach and what will be expected of the students
- It will recognize the practical nature of the paramedic, police and health care role and reassure students that a step-by-step gradual approach will get them to where they want to be – out working within the ambulance service or in a health care setting
- There will be a basic explanation of the general set up of the book
- It will explain that this book is designed to be inclusive for all academic capabilities including those with learning difficulties such as dyslexia
- There will be a recognition that everyone coming in to HE as a paramedic, police or healthcare professional may not have always succeeded in exams or essays however this is the start of a career they have chosen and therefore it will be easier
- The book will then cover each study skill in turn.
Chapter 2: Academic writing
Chapter 3: Refencing and information sources
Chapter 4: Essay
Chapter 5: Presentations
Chapter 6: OSCES’ / OSPES
Chapter 7: Academic posters
Chapter 8: Voce via
Chapter 9: Videos’ blogs or social media – presentations
Chapter 10: Group work
Chapter 11: Exams
Chapter 12: Case Studies
Chapter 13: Dissertation or service improvement project
Chapter 14: Reflective practice
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Helen Cobb, BSc Professional Practice, BSc Paramedic Science, HCPC Paramedic, MCPARA and Emily Forster, PGCE Primary; PhD Social Policy; MRes Social Policy; BA Applied Social Science Fellow of the Higher Education Academy