Studying postgraduate healthcare : a pre-reader / edited by Dr. Catherine Hayes and Dr. John Fulton ; contributors, Sonia Bussey [and six others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hayes, Catherine, (Of University of Sunderland), editor.

Fulton, John, editor.

Bussey, Sonia, contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical care.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (92 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cumbria, [England] : M&K Publishing, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Written by academics with long experience of dealing with new postgraduate healthcare students, this helpful guide provides a much-needed overview of the practical considerations that should be taken into account when embarking on any postgraduate healthcare course. The authors have designed the book to be an 'easy read' for those developing their thinking about study in general, and studying at master's and doctoral-level specifically. The chapters can also be read independently and readers can dip into them, as they wish. Above all, the authors hope this book will show that educational

Contents:

Cover

Prelims

Contents

About the contributors

Preface

Chapter 1 Managing expectations in postgraduate education

Chapter 2 Managing work/life balance in postgraduate academic study

Chapter 3 Postgraduate-level study skills

Chapter 4 Work-based learning in postgraduate health curricula

Chapter 5 Constructing a thesis or dissertation

Chapter 6 Disseminating academic work

References

Useful resources

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 27, 2015).

OCLC:

910445970