Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Academic Writing for Healthcare Students in Higher Education
St George's, University of London and Kingston and St George's Faculty of Health, Social Care and Education
This online course explored the fundamental skills required to achieve success in healthcare related academic writing, which is a significant part of healthcare related study and profession. The course covered topics including writing styles with an emphasis on grammar and vocabulary, critical thinking, and sourcing credible and reliable evidence to support written work. The course also covered skills to reflect and evaluate academic writing and editing skills.
3 weeks, 3 hours per week
Claire Emery
Senior Lecturer in Academic Skills
St George's, University of London
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Apply an academic writing style, appropriate for healthcare
- Demonstrate competence in the use of essential English grammar
- Produce well-structured assignments that address a range of assessment questions
- Demonstrate reflective writing skills
- Apply appropriate sources of evidence with accuracy to demonstrate critical thinking skills
- Reflect on your progress as an academic writer
Syllabus
- Essential English grammar for academic writing including use of tenses, quantity and punctuation
- Writing clearly and concisely and using academic vocabulary and expressions appropriately
- Writing reflectively using models as a basis
- Using sources of evidence effectively and accuately to demonstrate critical thinking skills
- Planning an outline of the whole assignment and each paragraph to produce an organised and comprehensive piece of work
- Developing your editing skills and evaluating your own progress
Issued on 1st March 2024
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