A Post-Graduate's Guide to Doing a Literature Review in Health and Social Care, 3rd Edition

This book is a comprehensive guide for postgraduate students in health and social care. It breaks down the complexities of literature reviews, exploring various approaches and focusing on two key types: those preceding empirical research and standalone literature reviews. By addressing the unique challenges faced by students this book provides practical advice and guidance to help them excel in their academic endeavours.

Audit, Service Evaluation and Research in Health and Social Care: Getting Started in Project Work, 1st Edition

Doing an audit, service evaluation or other small scale research project is often the starting point for experiential learning about research. In completing a study of this type, you gain real experience of inquiry which will inform your later practice, be this in education, clinical practice or research. These projects are often a pivotal point in the career of researchers, educationalists and clinicians alike. 

Whilst much has been written about doing research, for those embarking on a small-scale project for the first time, there is far less guidance. This book provides a guide for doing audit, service evaluation and other small-scale research projects. This book highlights the systematic research process that all projects will follow but identifies the differences too. Following the guidance in this book, readers will understand how to undertake a small-scale project.
 
This book is essential reading for undergraduate, masters students and those in practice settings.

Key features:

• Clear guidance about how to do a small-scale project
• Further signposting to additional resources
• Real life examples of student projects
• Overview of ethical approval and other permissions needed

A Beginner's Guide to Critical Thinking and Writing in Health and Social Care, 3rd Edition

Returning in its third edition, this bestselling guide takes you through every stage of becoming a critical thinker, from approaching your subject to writing your essays or dissertation in health and social care. Each chapter tackles a different aspect of critical thinking and shows you how it’s done using examples and simple language.

Beginning with an overview of the importance of critical thinking, the book goes on to cover:
How to think more critically about readily available information
How to find the ‘best available’ evidence and be more critical of it
How to demonstrate critical thinking in written work and presentations
How to adopt critical thinking in practice
How critical thinking can play a key part in the development of health and social care services

Refreshed with up-to-date theory and contemporary ideas throughout, this fully revised third edition includes:
Further examples to illustrate important points
Additional activities to help deepen learning
New sections on writing with a critical voice from notetaking to a final draft
Advice about thinking and writing critically when using online resources and social media
Further developments to the key tool ‘Six questions for critical thinking’ which will assist you in developing your skills for academic work and practice - updated for this edition in response to student evaluation

This book is an essential purchase for students and qualified healthcare staff alike.

A Beginner's Guide to Evidence-Based Practice in Health and Social Care, 4th Edition

A Beginner's Guide to Evidence-Based Practice in Health and Social Care, 4th edition is the book for anyone who has ever wondered what evidence-based practice is, or how to relate it to practice or use it in academic work. Thoroughly revised with two new co-authors this brand new edition uses simple and jargon-free language to help those new to the topic. It provides an accessible step-by-step guide to what we mean by evidence in practice and how to apply this concept to learning and practice.

This new edition features:

• New explanations with examples from both health and social care practice, using a wide range of research that is also relevant outside of the UK
• Coverage of new discourse on the use of evidence generated by COVID-19
• Coverage on the role, need and quality of rapid reviews
• New end-of-chapter questions to help assess how much you have learned

This book provides an inter-professional approach and is key reading for both students and professionals who need to search for, appraise and apply evidence across nursing, allied health care or social care.

Doing a Literature Review in Health and Social Care: A Practical Guide, 5th Edition

This best-selling book, now in its fifth edition, is a step-by-step guide to doing a literature review for students in all areas of health and social care. It is essential reading for all those doing their undergraduate dissertation or any study that involves doing a literature review.

The new edition maintains its signature ‘can do’ approach and provides a practical guide to doing a literature review from start to finish. This book includes:

• A broad and updated range of real life examples of how to overcome challenges in the process
• Tips on how to get your question right
• Updated guidance on following a clear search strategy for relevant literature using the appropriate technology
• Brand new and accessible chapter summaries
• An expanded guide for the application of critical appraisal tools
• An increased emphasis on presenting your findings or using them in practice
• Tips and coverage on how to write up your review

Doing a Literature Review in Health and Social Care is vital reading for anyone new to reviewing and presenting evidence in a review.

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