Gerbrich Galema, Robbert Duvivier, Jan Pols, Debbie Jaarsma, Götz Wietasch
Learning the ropes: strategies program directors use to facilitate organizational socialization of newcomer residents, a qualitative study
BMC medical education
systematic review designed assess importance academic literacy undergraduate nursing students relationship future professional clinical practice aimed explore link academic literacy writing undergraduate nursing degree development critical thinking skills future professional clinical practice systematic review qualitative studies expert opinion publications systematic literature search undertaken following databases eric pubmed cinahl medline scopus papers reviewed 2000 2016 written english identified 981 studies expert opinion papers selected databases reviewing key words abstracts inclusion exclusion criteria 48 papers selected review read reread 22 papers including one thesis selected quality appraisal one paper discarded due exclusion criteria three major themes evident study first students need assistance develop tertiary level academic literacy skills commence undergraduate nursing degree second teaching practices need consistent designing assessments giving feedback students order assist improvement academic literacy skills finally academic literacy facilitate critical thinking students assessed using discipline specific genres relate future professional nursing practice review highlights importance critical thinking clinical nursing practice strong relationship academic writing skills shown critical thinking discipline specific nursing students need taught discipline specific literacy genres undergraduate nursing degrees nursing diverse educational cultural mix students educators assume academic literacy skills upon commencement undergraduate nursing programme