Study Skills for Paramedics

Chapter 1: INtroduction

• This will introduce the book itself with direction to a recognition as to the variation in study skills levels depending on where the student has come from and reassurance that students will soon find their feet.
• It will explain how university education works and how it is developing including the flipped classroom approach and what will be expected of the students
• It will recognize the practical nature of the paramedic, police and health care role and reassure students that a step-by-step gradual approach will get them to where they want to be - out working within the ambulance service or in a health care setting
• There will be a basic explanation of the general set up of the book
• It will explain that this book is designed to be inclusive for all academic capabilities including those with learning difficulties such as dyslexia
• There will be a recognition that everyone coming in to HE as a paramedic, police or healthcare professional may not have always succeeded in exams or essays however this is the start of a career they have chosen and therefore it will be easier
• The book will then cover each study skill in turn.

Chapter 2: Academic writing

Chapter 3: Refencing and information sources

Chapter 4: Essay

Chapter 5: Presentations

Chapter 6: OSCES' / OSPES

Chapter 7: Academic posters

Chapter 8: Voce via

Chapter 9: Videos' blogs or social media - presentations

Chapter 10: Group work

Chapter 11: Exams

Chapter 12: Case Studies

Chapter 13: Dissertation or service improvement project

Chapter 14: Reflective practice