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ISBN-10 : 1412920396
ISBN-13 : 9781412920407
Author: Mr Graham Brotherton, Steven Parker
Written to accompany the Foundation degree in Health and Social Care, and other higher education courses in the same area, this book offers a user-friendly approach to help you make the most of your course. Matched to the Foundation Degree guidelines, Your Foundation in Health and Social Care gives you the knowledge and skills necessary for effective learning both in academia and in the workplace.
SECTION ONE: APPROACHES
1 APPROACHING LEARNING
Ruth Beretta
Introduction-learning in higher education
Learning how to learn
Learning styles
Making good use of your time
Tips for planning your time
What should you study?
The set or recommended textbook(s)
Where to start finding information for your course
Reading skills
Making the most of lectures
Writing essays
Writing a report
Summary
Further reading
2 WORK-BASED LEARNING/REFLECTIVE PRACTICE
Graham Brotherton and Steven Parker
Introduction
Work-based learning and placement
Entering the workplace
Reflecting on practice
Developing a framework of reflection
Reflection and empowering practice: praxis and Paulo Friere
Summary
Further reading
3 COLLECTING, SELECTING AND ASSESSING EVIDENCE AND INFORMATION: BECOMING RESEARCH AWARE
Graham Brotherton
Sources of information
Evidence-based practice
Techniques of research in health and social care
The ethics of research in health and social care settings
'Doing' research
Involving service users in research
Summary
Further reading
SECTION TWO: THEORY AND PRACTICE
4 THE SOCIAL CONTEXT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE
Robert Mears
Introduction
Making sense of 'care' Medicalisation
Health inequalities
Women and health
Gender and "emotion work'
From acute to chronic illness
Seeking help - the problem of stigma
Future challenges and relations between clients and professionals
Summary
Further reading
5 VALUES IN PRACTICE
Steven Parker
Introduction
Defining values
Understanding values, moral principles and ethics
Ethical principles in health and social care
Empowerment
Social model of disability - a rights model of
empowerment
what is a foundation degree in health and social care
where can health and social care take you
what is the foundation of your social health
your social health
what forms the foundation of your social health
Tags: Your Foundation, Health, Social Care, Foundation, Degree Students, Graham Brotherton, Steven Parker
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