Study Skills

Marjorie Ghisoni is a Lecturer and course lead for mental health nursing at Bangor University in North Wales. Marjorie qualified as a nurse in 1996 with Bangor University and worked as a community psychiatric nurse for a few years before becoming a lecturer practitioner part-time, then a full-time lecturer in 2003. After gaining her PhD in 2012, Marjorie believes that compassionate understanding of the needs of people in all walks of life is the main component of healthcare skills, education, development and practice.Peggy Murphy is a Senior Lecturer in adult nursing at Liverpool John Moores University. She has nursing experience in acute medicine and cardiothoracic intensive care and has worked as a registered nurse both in the UK and Australia. She became a nurse lecturer in 2003 and developed an interest in working with students as partners to enhance inclusive practice in nurse education. Peggy was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship by the Higher Education Academy in 2014 for her collaborative work on assessment and feedback. Peggy has published and co-presented her work with students nationally and internationally. She currently acts as a co-convenor for the Researching, Advancing and Inspiring Student Engagement (RAISE) Special Interest Group on partnerships.

• About the authors; Introduction1. Skills for the resilient learnerPeggy Murphy and Marjorie Ghisoni1.1 Introduction1.2 Five ways (5rs) to develop resilience for health and wellbeing1.3 Developing resilience in everyday life1.4 Developing resilience for lifelong learning1.5 Developing resilience for employability1.6 Conclusion2. Effective time managementPeggy Murphy2.1 Introduction2.2 Strategies to combat time-wasters2.3 Suggested study toolkit2.4 Conclusion3. Reading and note-taking skillsMarjorie Ghisoni3.1 Finding the right information3.2 Making concise notes3.3 Writing a literature review3.4 Conclusion4. Skills for literature searchingSeren Roberts4.1 Introduction4.2 Starting your literature search4.3 What is literature?4.4 Developing a systematic approach to literature reviewing4.5 Conclusion5. Skills for critical thinkingTracy Ross5.1 Introduction5.2 What is critical thinking?5.3 How to think critically: a six-stage process5.4 How does critical thinking improve resilience?5.5 How does critical thinking improve employability?5.6 Conclusion6. Writing essays and reportsMarjorie Ghisoni6.1 Introduction6.2 Begin at the beginning6.3 Make a plan6.4 Referencing from journals and books6.5 Organising and composing your work6.6 Engineering your work and writing reports6.7 Spelling and structure6.8 Conclusion7. Referencing skillsHelen Thomas, Jacqui Maung, Ella Turner and Paul Verlander7.1 Referencing and academic integrity7.2 Plagiarism7.3 Developing a rigorous approach to referencing7.4 Referencing7.5 Conclusion8. FeedbackPeggy Murphy and Craig Morley8.1 Introduction8.2 The purpose of feedback8.3 Feedback mindset8.4 Feed-forward8.5 Action-planning8.6 Marking rubrics8.7 What to do after you receive feedback8.8 Conclusion9. Reflective writing skillsMarjorie Ghisoni9.1 Introduction9.2 Models of reflective practice9.3 Should we follow our gut instinct?9.4 Keeping a reflective journal9.5 Developing reflective resilience in our everyday practice9.6 Reflective writing, self-compassion and student resilience9.7 Reflective writing and lifelong learning9.8 Professional requirements for reflective practice and lifelong learning9.9 Reflective writing for employability9.10 Conclusion10. Skills for teamworkingLiz Lefroy10.1 Introduction10.2 What is a team?10.3 Teamwork in time of change10.4 Team role theory10.5 The development of groups and teams10.6 Communication and sustainable teamwork10.7 Dealing with conflict10.8 Resilience10.9 Conclusion11. Skills for presentations and public speakingPaul Jeorrett11.1 Introduction11.2 The 3 Ps: preparation, planning, practice11.3 Delivering the presentation11.4 Conclusion12. Skills for employability in health and social careMarjorie Ghisoni12.1 Introduction12.2 Developing employability skills using your lifelong learning skills12.3 Key lifelong learning skills for employability12.4 Employability skills and professional practice12.5 Developing resilience skills to improve your employability12.6 Developing transferable skills for employability12.7 Conclusion13. Skills for the developing professionalMarjorie Ghisoni13.1 Introduction13.2 Developing resilience as a professional13.3 Developing employability skills in professional practice13.4 Developing lifelong learning skills as a professional13.4 Conclusion14. Lifelong learning skills: future-proof your learningPeggy Murphy14.1 What is lifelong learning?14.2 Where does resilience fit into LLL?14.3 Employability and lifelong learning skills14.4 Future-proofing learning to maintain professional standards14.5 Future-proofing learning to maintain professional registration14.6 Combining reflective practice with a growth mindset14.7 ConclusionAnswers to chapter quizzes; Index

‘The contents of the book are laid out in an attractive, bright and easy to navigate format making it inclusive for all. The tone of the content is very positive, helping students enhance their employability and embracing the prospect of becoming a lifelong learner. There are many activities which can be utilised by lecturers during classes, to enhance development of study skills in all related subjects. I would highly recommend this book as an essential text and am already using and recommending it to pre-registration nurses of all fields.’Senior Lecturer, Mental Health Nursing, University of Chester