1. 15th November: Fife Colleges Access Students
Scottish University of the Year 2017
15th November: Fife Colleges Access Students
Suzanne Bell

2. Reading for academic purposes Writing for academic purposes
Today
Introductory lecture
Reading for academic purposes
Writing for academic purposes
How to think more critically
Evidence based care
Summary

3. Lets consider examples? What types of reading?
Books
Tabloids
Magazines
Peer reviewed journals
Evidence based Guidelines
Social Media
THOUGHTS???
Fiction?
Fact?

4. This is an example of a newspaper articles– we’ll pick out: sensationalist language; emotive language; how it draws readers in by alarming them

5. Academic Reading

6. Writing for different purposes
How we write may depend on what we have read?
Change this sentence from the Times to the Daily Mail
Commended policeman who apprehended the mentally ill murderer of two women has raised serious questions about the police force
Brilliant-but-ruined cop who nailed psychopathic killer of two women raises grave questions about modern policing
Differences?

7. Writing more academically….
NOT ACADEMIC

8. Critical thinking
The first requirement for developing critical thinking skills is being able to ask relevant questions
Always be inquisitive, asking enhances knowledge. Often the naive question is the one that makes everyone pause….and allows you to see things differently too
Weighing different viewpoints, offering alternatives
Decide the relevance of things and defend what you think best
think of different solutions… These skills develop as experience accumulates…..
“Critical thinking, then, is that which enables the nurse to function as a knowledgeable doer….….someone who selects, combines, judges and use information in order to proceed in a professional manner.” (Price & Harrington (2016)

9. Lets try it out!!
Questions you might want to ask?

10. Applying evidenced base health care
Ensures patient or clients receive the care that fits their needs
Facilitates sound decision making
Minimises' risk to the patient or client so that benefit outweighs harm
Exposes gaps in knowledge
Needs to be current and integrated with clinical knowledge, research and the patient or clients own values/needs

12. SIGN April 2016
Patients with ST-elevation ACS should be treated immediately with primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)
When primary PCI cannot be provided within mins of diagnosis, patients with STEMI should receive immediate (prehospital or admission) thrombolytic therapy
Drug Therapy – STEMI (SIGN 2016)
Drug Therapy – Non ST-elevation ACS (SIGN 2016)
Continuous cardiac monitoring, usually bed-rest (up to toilet) 24 hours then telemetry
Vigilant observation & report changes early, Pain assessment and analgesia
Monitor respiratory status, particularly after opiate, anti-emetics
Cardiac Rehabilitation and referral back for ongoing review with cardiology/GP.

13. Becoming more discerning Ask Questions Consider the evidence!
SUMMARY
Becoming more discerning
Ask Questions
Consider the evidence!
Read the detail!