Academic Writing Skills Study Day (ONLINE), Wed, 05/02/25, 9.15am-2.30pm

Delivered online via MS Teams

Wednesday, February 5, 2025

Academic Writing Skills Study Day (ONLINE), Wed, 05/02/25, 9.15am-2.30pm

Delivered online via MS Teams

Wednesday, February 5, 2025

What you need to know

Target group 

  • Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust staff ONLY on Clinical Academy or external courses

Overall aim 

  • Staff learn to write an assignment at Level 6 with the support of online resources to find evidence-based literature.

Key areas covered:

  • Introduction to the Day: Introductions | Overview of the day | Online etiquette 
  • Writing Skills: Characteristics of academic writing | Characteristics of level 6 writing | Planning an assignment | Structure and content  |Presenting evidence | Common errors 
  • Plagiarism and ReferencingDefining plagiarism | Consequences of plagiarism | Referencing materials within the text | Creating a reference list 
  • BREAK 11:10 - 12:10
  • Introduction to Library Resources: How to join the library | OpenAthens accounts | Electronic resources (including ejournals, e-books and databases)
  • Literature Searching: Planning a search | Combining search terms | Applying limits | Saving search strategies | Processing result
  • LUNCH 13:20 - 14:20
  • Introduction to critical appraisal
  • Final Questions and Closing Remark

Preparatory task

  • An OpenAthens login will be necessary to access the online resources after this session. To register for an account go to: https://openathens.nice.org.uk/ 

Delivery 

  • Delivered online on MS Teams.

Attendance advice

  • If after registering for the workshop, you find you are unable to attend please cancel your place using the link you were sent. 

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