Learning Outcomes:
After this module, you will be able to:
1. Demonstrate knowledge of evidence-based practice in nursing/midwifery, drawing on multiple sources of knowledge and present this in an academic essay.
2. Apply reading strategies to engage with different texts required for academic or professional purposes.
3. Apply the conventions of academic integrity and Harvard referencing to your academic work.
4. Position ideas to form an intellectual argument that displays academic voice and critical thinking in writing practices.
5. Identify and manage your own learning processes and wellness/wellbeing and in doing so develop a learning plan with relevant application of self-development strategies.
Indicative Module Content:
• Introducing the characteristics of a self-regulated learner and the concept of 'metacognition'.
• Practical resources and learning strategies to promote metacognition/effective learning.
• Concept of wellness/well-being and its relevance for student success and in professional practice.
• Practical resources & wellness/well-being strategies, specifically Healthy UCD's three pillars.
• Concept of Academic/Disciplinary literacy.
• Concept of Evidence-based practice in nursing/midwifery.
• Reading practices for university learning and professional practice.
• Knowledge (evidence) building: Engaging, analysing, and presenting knowledge.
• Critical thinking and demonstrating this in communicative practices.
• Academic writing.
• Academic integrity, plagiarism, and Harvard referencing.
• Introduction to using an electronic database.
• Requirements for presenting scholarly work in SNMHS.