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A Beginner's Guide To Critical Thinking And Writing In Health And Social Care
A practical introduction to the skills of critical appraisal and writing in healthcare.
192 pages, Paperback
First published August 1, 2011
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December 14, 2020
Great book.
The concepts themselves are reasonably simple but the examples, research and case studies really bring the content to life.
There are many snippets that I've taken from the book which will help me to be more critical and as a result improve my ability as a practitioner.
The concepts themselves are reasonably simple but the examples, research and case studies really bring the content to life.
There are many snippets that I've taken from the book which will help me to be more critical and as a result improve my ability as a practitioner.
November 28, 2021
Started this book a year and a half ago and I've finally finished it!
A Beginner's Guide to Critical Thinking and Writing in Health and Social Care is a great book for anyone studying Public Health. Would highly recommend.
A Beginner's Guide to Critical Thinking and Writing in Health and Social Care is a great book for anyone studying Public Health. Would highly recommend.
February 13, 2016
I cannot count the number of times that I have read contradictory health stories published at nearly the same time.
I remember one report told me that drinking red wine was good for my heart while a few days later another report suggested that red wine was bad for my health. Okay, which is the truth? Which report should I follow to maintain or improve my health?
Stymied by this apparent contradiction, I conducted my own research into the matter of red wine consumption. My conclusions are that red wine, in moderation, is indeed great for heart health. So what was all the confusion about?
More often than not, writing the heading of the article in a way that is supposed to grab your attention and get you to delve deeper into the story often seems to cause more harm than reading interest.
Not long after the red wine articles came out, people who know that I am interested in such topics asked me if red wine was bad for them. I asked them where they got this idea from and they mentioned that particular article. I corrected them by presenting the facts of red wine consumption to them where they then asked why the two different articles then.
When I came upon this book, it obviously grabbed my attention in a big way. The authors present the facts of how critical thinking and writing are so important in health and social care.
By introducing why critical thinking is important, the authors get the reader to start to analyze why critical thinking is vital in health writing. You are dealing with people’s lives; sometimes these people do not have as much education or experience to know what is right from wrong.
In order to become more informative and educated about health issues, people need to read more critically and to locate the best source(s) of evidence to support opinions.
Of course, we can hold conversation with people around us about the newfound knowledge but what about reaching the millions of other people not close enough to hear your opinion. Here is where great writing skills come into play.
Sharpening our critical thinking skills has many benefits to the health and social care fields. Being able to decipher what some report is trying to tell us can pose problems.
I have read many health reports where I was completely lost within the first paragraph and these are about topics that I have a lot of knowledge in. I understand that the authors were concerned about providing detailed information to colleagues around the world; that is the purpose of these reports.
Yet many non-professional people are interested in these topics as well so why not write for the bigger, worldwide audience. Authors do not have to sacrifice critical thinking in order to get the message out to more people.
However, they do have to write in a way that common people can get the message and benefit from that message.
The future of critical thinking and writing is ephemeral. I am sure all of us would appreciate well thought out and written works that convey succinct and pertinent information.
This was a great book as it opened my already opened eyes to an immense problem in the healthcare field. I hope that more healthcare writers read this book and get some better ideas of how to present their information.
Happy Reading,
I remember one report told me that drinking red wine was good for my heart while a few days later another report suggested that red wine was bad for my health. Okay, which is the truth? Which report should I follow to maintain or improve my health?
Stymied by this apparent contradiction, I conducted my own research into the matter of red wine consumption. My conclusions are that red wine, in moderation, is indeed great for heart health. So what was all the confusion about?
More often than not, writing the heading of the article in a way that is supposed to grab your attention and get you to delve deeper into the story often seems to cause more harm than reading interest.
Not long after the red wine articles came out, people who know that I am interested in such topics asked me if red wine was bad for them. I asked them where they got this idea from and they mentioned that particular article. I corrected them by presenting the facts of red wine consumption to them where they then asked why the two different articles then.
When I came upon this book, it obviously grabbed my attention in a big way. The authors present the facts of how critical thinking and writing are so important in health and social care.
By introducing why critical thinking is important, the authors get the reader to start to analyze why critical thinking is vital in health writing. You are dealing with people’s lives; sometimes these people do not have as much education or experience to know what is right from wrong.
In order to become more informative and educated about health issues, people need to read more critically and to locate the best source(s) of evidence to support opinions.
Of course, we can hold conversation with people around us about the newfound knowledge but what about reaching the millions of other people not close enough to hear your opinion. Here is where great writing skills come into play.
Sharpening our critical thinking skills has many benefits to the health and social care fields. Being able to decipher what some report is trying to tell us can pose problems.
I have read many health reports where I was completely lost within the first paragraph and these are about topics that I have a lot of knowledge in. I understand that the authors were concerned about providing detailed information to colleagues around the world; that is the purpose of these reports.
Yet many non-professional people are interested in these topics as well so why not write for the bigger, worldwide audience. Authors do not have to sacrifice critical thinking in order to get the message out to more people.
However, they do have to write in a way that common people can get the message and benefit from that message.
The future of critical thinking and writing is ephemeral. I am sure all of us would appreciate well thought out and written works that convey succinct and pertinent information.
This was a great book as it opened my already opened eyes to an immense problem in the healthcare field. I hope that more healthcare writers read this book and get some better ideas of how to present their information.
Happy Reading,
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