Using numbers and handling data

Introduction

This sample of S110 material is taken from Module 2, entitled Using numbers and handling data. As you read the material, bear in mind that it is taken from a work-based course, designed for those who are employed in the health services, perhaps as a paramedic or as operating theatre staff. If you were a student on the course, you would have an OU tutor to help you, plus a work-based mentor supplied by the employer – normally the NHS. The aim is to use the workplace as a teaching arena that helps provide relevance and meaning to the activities you undertake, and the course as a whole is especially designed to be relevant to students' current or future employment in health areas. It is representative of Level 1 foundation material in health sciences and should prove a useful taster for health workers contemplating a Foundation Degree.

This unit is an adapted extract from the Open University course Health sciences in practice (S110) [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)]