A Beginner's Guide to Critical Thinking and Writing in Health and Social Care
Ever struggled to write a critical essay?
Ever wondered what critical thinking actually is and how you can apply it to your academic work and your practice?
This beginner's guide introduces the skills of critical thinking, critical writing and critical appraisal in health and social care, and talks you through every stage of becoming a critical thinker. Each chapter tackles a different aspect of the process and shows you how it's done using examples and simple language.
The book begins with a broad overview of critical thinking before building in subsequent chapters to discuss specific areas including:
• How to think critically about different types of information as potential evidence
• How to demonstrate critical thinking in written work and presentations
• How to adopt critical thinking in practice
Tools including ‘six questions to trigger critical thinking' and ‘questions for critical thinking in practice' will assist you in developing the skills to help you in both academic work and practice.
Written by a bestselling author team, this book is a fantastic resource for both students and qualified healthcare staff.
HELEN AVEYARD is Senior Lecturer at Oxford Brookes University, UK and author of the bestselling book Doing a Literature Review in Health and Social Care, 2nd edition and A Beginner's Guide to Evidence Based Practice, both published by the Open University Press.
PAM SHARP is Senior Lecturer at Oxford Brookes University, UK. She is co-author of A Beginner's Guide to Evidence Based Practice, published by the Open University Press.
MARY WOOLLIAMS qualified as a nurse and health visitor in 1990, then specialised in acute general medical nursing and the care of older people. In 2003 Mary joined the School of Health and Social Care at Oxford Brookes University, UK as a Senior Lecturer in Adult Nursing.