Pages covering specific skills in more depth:
Doing a literature review in health and social care : a practical guide by 
How to Use Your Reading in Your Essays by 
How to Read a Paper by The Drill Hall Librarians cannot help you with academic skills queries such as how to structure your essay or improve your writing, but we do know people who can!
The Royal Literary Fellow (RLF) for Medway is available online on Mondays and Tuesdays, open to all students, and can help to make your writing more expressive and impactful.
You will need to book an appointment as the service is very popular - contact clare.chambers@rlfeducation.org.uk to book.
Your home institution will run workshops and drop-in sessions as well. Click the links to see what's on offer! Greenwich | Kent | CCCU
A great place to start is the Academic Skills Hub. This resource was created by the University of Greenwich, but is open and free for anyone to use!
Also, new for 2020, is Canterbury Christ Church University's Learning Skills Hub. Also open for anyone to use.
A quick overview of the process of searching for evidence for health students.
If you are doing a literature review or need to do any other form of structured literature searching, it is essential to have a search strategy. These documents can act as useful templates for your strategy.
This guide is based on the teaching I do for third years. click the hot spots for ideas on how to carry out a successful literature search. Expand to see in more detail.
If you're not used to reading journal articles, this guide may be a useful starting point.
The Drill Hall Library runs dropins and also hosts workshops and dropins run by each of the 3 Universities at Medway. They are open to students from all 3 universities.
Slides used in our drop-in workshop sessions will be posted here: