Academic Skills for Postgraduate Study

Program Overview

This module is designed for healthcare professionals without recent academic experience. It helps students develop transferable skills for postgraduate study, including critical thinking, academic integrity, and writing. The module also provides personalized guidance on digital capabilities, such as referencing, literature searching, and critical reading. The assessment involves an annotated bibliography on the student's own practice area.

Program Outline

Assessment:

• The assessment for this module will be an annotated bibliography of evidence in relation to the student’s own area of practice.
• The module will enable students to develop key transferable skills through a range of online activities that prepares the student for transition to level 7 postgraduate study.
• This module will enable students to achieve the learning outcomes through guided activities that focus on: critical analysis and evaluation of research evidence, academic integrity and standards of academic writing for level 6 through to level 7.
• The units will direct students through a personalised journey of digital capabilities to develop knowledge and skills in referencing, literature searching and critical reading.

£1155.00