Reflective Practice In Health And Social Care
“Reflective practice is a process by which you: stop and think about your practice, consciously analyse your decision making and draw on theory and relate it to what you do in practice.” (Csp.org.uk, 2014).
Reflective practice allows us to evaluate how we provide care and to learn from both good and bad outcomes. It is important to be open, honest and critical when reflecting on our work. A diary may be utilised to help you reflect by yourself or you may find it beneficial to work with a colleague working through the findings together, (group supervision).
When working within a team there are different personalities, Walton and McKibbin, (2008) identify the importance of adapting practice so as to meet individual needs of staff. This holds …show more content…
Different interactions can either mean improving the wellbeing of a client or producing a negative impact on their well being. By reflecting we can improve the care we provide and also share our learning with others to improve what they do. Moon 1999 spoke about how the sharing of reflection can enhance reflective practice. We must remember when reflecting it is ourselves we are critically analysing. We must not blame the client; we must look at how an interaction went and what, (if anything), we can do differently to improve the interaction and the response.
It is important once you identify shortfalls in practice that you identify what could be done better in future. With good record keeping you can record the efficacy of different techniques, ascertaining which works best and understand why they work best along with what does not work and why. If one takes time to examine the effectiveness of a particular approach it can lead to more effective performance (Greenwood …show more content…
On reflection of what is available, it is important to attend inductions and all follow up meeting with your manager. Use this time to high light training needs and be able to justify why your organisation should provide you with this additional training and the value of it. There is plenty of free information on line; if you don’t have access to a computer at home then you could go to your local Library, factor some time into your work day to go on line.
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Harold Shipman was family doctor who took the life of his elderly patients by injecting them with lethal does of Diamorphine. As he took his own life it can never really be clear why he did what he did. Psychiatrists believe the trauma of loosing his mother to a painful illness and not been able to help her may have contributed to his actions.
Following the Shipman Inquiry there was a number of recommendations which would be implemented to safeguard patients in the future. The one I have chosen to look at it recruitment and screening as this changed and improved practice within our organisation.
When applicants apply for a job they give full details of all there working years and explain gaps in
Reflective practice allows us to evaluate how we provide care and to learn from both good and bad outcomes. It is important to be open, honest and critical when reflecting on our work. A diary may be utilised to help you reflect by yourself or you may find it beneficial to work with a colleague working through the findings together, (group supervision).
When working within a team there are different personalities, Walton and McKibbin, (2008) identify the importance of adapting practice so as to meet individual needs of staff. This holds …show more content…
Different interactions can either mean improving the wellbeing of a client or producing a negative impact on their well being. By reflecting we can improve the care we provide and also share our learning with others to improve what they do. Moon 1999 spoke about how the sharing of reflection can enhance reflective practice. We must remember when reflecting it is ourselves we are critically analysing. We must not blame the client; we must look at how an interaction went and what, (if anything), we can do differently to improve the interaction and the response.
It is important once you identify shortfalls in practice that you identify what could be done better in future. With good record keeping you can record the efficacy of different techniques, ascertaining which works best and understand why they work best along with what does not work and why. If one takes time to examine the effectiveness of a particular approach it can lead to more effective performance (Greenwood …show more content…
On reflection of what is available, it is important to attend inductions and all follow up meeting with your manager. Use this time to high light training needs and be able to justify why your organisation should provide you with this additional training and the value of it. There is plenty of free information on line; if you don’t have access to a computer at home then you could go to your local Library, factor some time into your work day to go on line.
4.4 (3)
Harold Shipman was family doctor who took the life of his elderly patients by injecting them with lethal does of Diamorphine. As he took his own life it can never really be clear why he did what he did. Psychiatrists believe the trauma of loosing his mother to a painful illness and not been able to help her may have contributed to his actions.
Following the Shipman Inquiry there was a number of recommendations which would be implemented to safeguard patients in the future. The one I have chosen to look at it recruitment and screening as this changed and improved practice within our organisation.
When applicants apply for a job they give full details of all there working years and explain gaps in