Academic Study Skills Assignment: Learning Styles and Mental Health

This report, prepared for an Academic Study Skills assignment, comprises two main tasks. Task 1 delves into the student's learning style using the Honey & Mumford model and their form of intelligence based on Gardner’s theory, identifying personal strengths and weaknesses related to studying. Task 2 presents a literature review focusing on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of care providers. The review examines various studies and perspectives on the challenges faced by healthcare professionals during the pandemic, including increased stress, anxiety, and burnout. The report highlights the importance of mental well-being for healthcare workers and the need for support in these challenging times. The student utilizes various sources to analyze the topic. This report is available on Desklib, a platform providing past papers and solved assignments to students.

ACADEMIC STUDY SKILLS

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION.....................................................................................................................................3
TASK 1.......................................................................................................................................................3
Reflective statement................................................................................................................................3
TASK 2.......................................................................................................................................................4
Literature review.....................................................................................................................................4
CONCLUSION..........................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES..........................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Academic study skill is used to learn something new in term of subject, or develop
understanding about specific topic. It applied for purpose of learning, which provide benefits to
individual person. The current assignment will be based on two tasks, task one will discuss
learning style utilizing Honey & Mumford and form of intelligence using Gardener’s theory.
Furthermore, task two will review the literature around particular topic and that is “To determine
the impact on mental health of care provides during COVID-19 pandemic.
TASK 1
Reflective statement
There are varied forms of models and concepts available in the world that has been used
by many people to develop or improve their learning style, from which they may get better
understanding about specific topic and use information related to it in the future.
Honey & Mumford is one of those models that has been taken into consideration by
many learners, just to obtain benefits from it (Dantas and Cunha, 2020). It encompasses four
learning styles that define who people observe activities of other people and learn from these, to
work, to act, etc. It includes activist, pragmatist, theorist and reflector.
By referring to this model, I want to discuss my learning style and that is a combination
of activist and reflector. Just because of having these two styles, I am capable to take better
action and handle the varied situations in effective and systematic manner, which is quite
important for me. I prefer to learn some new activity and action by taking initiative to do at
myself, because it enable me to determine where I am lacking and where I work hard to make
everything better. By conducting practices and converting ideas into practice manner, I had
learned what I want from longer, whether it relate to my personal or professional career. I take
initiative to engage myself totally on specific task or project that I have and efforts a lot of
complete it, without taking support from the other individuals who exist around me. It is just a
simple and short description about my first learning style which I have. I also want to discuss my
second learning style, according to that I prefer to observe what revolves around my place and
then think to take action regarding it. By thinking and observing about what happening, I had

taken all the decision and learn. I also prefer to watch what other people are doing to achieve
desire outcomes by conducting several practices and activities systematically.
Along with above discussion, I want to describe, form of intelligence, which I have and
use to obtain expected results, by taking varied initiatives. By referring to Gardner’s theory, I
want to define my intelligence that I had been used to obtain desire outcomes. I am able to
analyze the issues and recognize patterns relate to work because I have logical and mathematical
intelligence, which allow me to handle critical situations and also strengthen to recognize the
problems for that effective and appropriate solution is require. I am capable to apply logical
solutions and good at reasoning, which is important for everyone to have.
The outcome of overall analysis present in term of description that define my skills and
weaknesses related to studying. In term of key strength, I am capable to convert my ideas and
thoughts into practical manner and learn from my mistakes. With the help my activist learning
style as my strength, I am capable to take all the responsibilities of my work and issues which
may emerge during overall process of learning and understanding new thing. Another think that I
want to describe is that I am able to analyze issue at my own level and take initiative to solve
these by taking appropriate decisions. I am independent person and never take suggestions from
other about what to do or not. Furthermore, just because of my weaknesses it is quite difficult
from some time to achieve set goals and objectives related to studying. In term of weakness, I am
unable to collaborate with other people and communicate with them in effective manner.
TASK 2
Literature review
According to, Held, Jones and Forrest-Bank, (2020) mental health is defined as
behavioral, cognitive and emotional well-being of human. It gets affected due to varied factors or
circumstances, whether it relate to personal or professional life. In recent time, COVID-19 is one
of those forces that affect mental health of care providers, who are taking initiatives and
performing really quite hard to save the life of population, who suffers from viral infection
named corona-virus. It has negatively affected entire world in term of taking human life. It put
negative impact on mental health of care providers at high level, in term of increasing a lot of
pressure on them about taking care of each patient, because they all suffering from harmful
infection. As coronavirus consistently sweeps across the world, it is inducing a considerable

extent of pressure and stress upon health care providers. They are doing double duty services
during this situation, which directly put negative impact on their psychology as they felt stress
out, because of seeing many people dying in front of their eye.
Huffman and et.al., (2021) stated that pandemic affecting mental stability and well-being
of health care providers, who are playing vital role during pandemic, in term of providing
medical services, without taking working hours into considerations, they are performing day and
night with less break, just to save human life. As an outcomes of ongoing corona-virus, they are
facing major issues specially related to mental health due to varied reasons such as heavy load of
cases. In many nations, they work continually long hours, often with a dubious infrastructure and
limited assets such as lack of equipment’s, beds for patients and space, where they may treat
people appropriately and contribute to overcome the negative impact of health issues. It is quite
important for health care providers to make themselves mentally and physically fit, which is
difficult to do in pandemic situation, where everyone needs their help and support, whether it is
day out mid night. The continuing pandemic has massive effect on mental ability of health of
heath care professionals. In the whole world, government in each nation has taken major decision
in term of lockdown, which lead to limit spread of infection and reduce new cases by
maintaining social distance in all local public areas.
Population during pandemic by undertaking safety measures may prevent themselves
from being infected, but health care providers are unfortunately left unprotected to handle with
several challenges that arise because of current situation. They face issue in form of physical
discomfort and more in term of facing problem for breathing, while wearing mask, safety kit and
other personal protection equipment that they are sanitizing time to time and important for them
to wear because it help to save them from exposure to pandemic. Along with increasing stress
level, COVID-19 situation affect mental health of health care providers in term of maximizing
degree of anxiety. It a kind of human body response in revert of stress and depression among
individual, due to specific factor and the current one of them. The level of depression among
them were increasing day by day as they felt depressed by seeing how worstly virus impacted
human life and destroy everything.
In the view of, Wu, Styra and Gold, (2020) coronavirus pandemic has put significant
impact on mental or psychological well-being of hospital staffs and other workers who are

performing in varied healthcare centers, where people came for treatment. Many of them are
afraid of infection, because they have to go closer to treat patients and provide better services. It
is fact that health & social care employees exhibit high extent of pre-existing mental well-being
disorders, which put negative impact on quality of their services. Many health care providers in
recent time, just because of pandemic are suffering from burnout, depression, stress, anxiety,
psychoses and other mental health situations relating to harmful disease crisis. Mental stress
made them unable to stay focus on which action they may take to protect human life and how to
handle each patient as it has been analyzed and identified that cases related to serious illness due
to pandemic has increased rapidly.
Sarkar, Debnath and Reang, (2021) contradict that COVID-19 situation create worst
environment worldwide, where health care providers, while working in hospital or small clinic
face many issues that directly impacted their mental health. As outcome lack of sleeping is the
main reason in the context of mental disability of each worker, as they are unable to take proper
sleep because of increasing number of cases that need their attention, efforts and focus day and
night. Most of the health care providers get frustrated, which is not good for their health, whether
it is mental or physical. Due to frustration, many of them felt weak and unwell. There are many
reason exist where they act and conduct daily practice just to make assure that no one will suffer
and die because of pandemic. They work hard to protect people from serious illness, without
taking any long break, which directly make them mentally and physically ill. It is not a job to do
for them and deal with overall situation, but still they perform actually tough. Global pandemic
emerge as significant source of high threat and concern related to their life and spread of
infection. During these days, health care providers face varied challenges and issues for example,
heavy work flow, according to that they are unable to play their role under earlier schedule and
do their duties after working hours, which is really not an easy for anyone.
Badahdah, Khamis and Al Mahyijari, (2020) discussed that when person is mentally
strong, they are capable to conduct any activity and practice in effective manner. Good mental
health is quite important for everyone, because it enable them to take better decision and allow to
deal with any circumstances that occur whether in personal or professional life. Mental well-
being of health and social care providers is get impacted due to current pandemic, which have
made varied changes in their personal as well as professional life style and impact in negative

manner. They felt a lot of pressure, not only for taking care of patients, but also to prevent others
from being infected including staff, family members of each patient, etc. which is important and
covers under their duty. It can be said that pandemic has comprehensively burdened health care
procedures and systems throughout the whole world. The mental health of healthcare workers
affected due to it that negatively impacting their physical well-being, and decreasing efficiency
to perform in productive manner. Anxiety, stress and depression are those outcomes that have
been present because of this situation, which is not good for the health of employees, as they
should make their mental and physical health fit to fight against pandemic in term of preventing
life of many people by providing require treatment according to their health concerns on time at
right place to the right person as faster as possible.
Extremely high burden on health care service providers because of pandemic, may
impact their mental wellbeing as they are unable to take proper rest and continually handling
cases related to patients who are suffering from critical situations due to harmful virus and most
of them were died during and before treatment. Their working time and each activity related to
their job role is affecting too much, as they are accountable to save lives and efforts do so from
early morning to mid night.
According to, Stelnicki, Carleton and Reichert, (2020) Health care employees within
hospitals and other health care organizations may suffer to mental illness, because they are
performing continually where they do not have time to sleep well, and take long break. Their
responsibilities related to patients and their lives may double, and according to that each
applicant take initiative to accordingly, which is necessary during pandemic. They are depressed
when many people losses their love one and family member in front of them. Number of death
cases were increased day by day, which threaten them a lot and directly or indirectly impact their
mental health that is not good. Mental stability on health care employees may persistently
seemed during recent global health issues, where each person is concerned about their health,
and family life. Anxiety and depression are the two mental conditions that presented as a result
to this situation, from which candidates are suffering. Under this situation they are unable to take
any leave, because their accountabilities are just more than earlier period and they perform by
considering each safety measures to prevent own health from being infected. The mental health
impact that a health care provider experience is unpredicted and unbelievable, as it just above the

expectations of patients or normal person. Lack of resources also contribute to increase work
pressure that lead to mental illness and physical as well. Instead of male, female workers or
nurse’s mental health is affecting the most as they not much strong at emotional level, and get
attached to patients quickly.
CONCLUSION
From above analysis, it has been concluded that by taking initiative to make themselves
motivated, health care providers obtain positive outcomes in term of overcome negative impact
of pandemic upon their mental health. They have used all their experience, knowledge and skills
to save the life of many people.

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