What am i doing? I really feel like i'm in over my head at the moment. I've been trying make a start on my research essay today and I really don't think I've got it in me to do this.
Guess this is just one of the down days and I'll feel positive again in a few days.
Re: What am i doing? research is a hard topic to do sam. remember to stick a post in the assignment help page if you need some help with find refs etc.
I'm putting together a bief essay plan which the lecturer has agreed to look at for me. So at least she'll tell me if i'm on the right track.
I think i've found the two pieces of research i want to review, plus one or two others i'll probably quote elsewhere in the essay (the actual evidence review is only 30% of the whole mark).
Re: What am i doing? The marks are made up like this:
Search strategy (25%)
Review of Evidence (30%)
Application to Clinical Practice (35%)(i need to clarify what she wants in this bit cos it's not clear from the module handbook)
Conclusion/Discussion (10%)
Re: What am i doing? I also found this quite a difficult essay but when you get into it its not too bad. What scenario did you get....mine was a ten year old recovering from appendicitis. It was really interedting and doing it has been invaluable practice for the essays this year. Dont know which tutor you're seeing but i saw, cant say name but initials J N, and she was really helpful. all the best.
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I can only please one person per day. Today isnt your day! Tomorrow isnt looking good either!
Re: What am i doing? Yeah, it's the same tutor. She is being very helpful and to be fair I'm not struggling as much as some others. I really feel like i made good progrss with it yesterday. I've emailled my essay plan to her, so hopefully i'll have some feedback on it soon.
I think they've changed it slightly... they haven't given us a scenario, we have to come up with our own based around eating and drinking. It took me weeks to decide what I wanted to do it on. Every time I came up with something interesting i couldn't find any research on it!
My fingers are crossed I'm not way off with the essay plan! It'd be a huge relief to know i'm on the right path. I was dreaming about doing essays last night
Re: What am i doing? Awww she is so nice. I emailed half my essay to her and she even rang me in placement to say it was ok and give me encouragement. Yeah does sound like its changed, but they seem to have changed quite a few things from last year. You have a longer 1st placement and you dont get 4 fieldwork weeks (lucky you). hope its going ok, im in essay hell at the moment - got to have two done for after xmas plus a presentation.....and i think i've picked up a bug from the kids on the ward with just four shifts to go before i finish.
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I can only please one person per day. Today isnt your day! Tomorrow isnt looking good either!
Re: What am i doing? They told us today we have to sort out our own cross branch placements and negotiate the time off to go to them with our mentors.
I seem to have caught one bug after another since starting uni! My other half was saying today that there's a bug going round his office so i've ordered him to leave it there and not bring it home cos i've had more than my share this year
Good luck with the essays and the presentation. I'm starting to worry about mine again.... Here we go round again! hehe
